Screen capture impossible
Some time ago I have rebooted my I Mac OSX 10.6.2 and since then the screen capture doesn't work anymore. I get a prompt saying impossible to capture, impossible to create typical chain. Another time ago I have read on a blog that this has occurred to other users and that it was to be fixed by Macintosh. So far nothing such happened. Anyone knows of a possibility to fix the problem?
Thanks beforehand, qatmars
Hi,
Do you mean these keystrokes do not work ?
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/secretcapture.html
Try a PRAM reset.
Shut down the computer.
Restart it holding down APPLE(or ⌘ )ALT(⌥)+PR Keys until you have heard three Start Up Bongs.
10:11 PM Thursday; March 4, 2010
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