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Taking Desktop Screenshots Under Mac OS X and Windows OS (Windows XP) for Boot Camp Users

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As you probably know, taking desktop screenshots is pretty simple under Mac OS X. Actually, you won’t know how simple this OS is designed as far as taking desktop screenshots is concerned unless you use other operating systems. Anyway, if you want to take a full-screen desktop screenshot, you just need to press Command + Shift + #3. And you can take as many desktop screenshot as you need consecutively or not consecutively by using this shortcut combination. Press Command + Shift + #4 to take a desktop screenshot after making a selection. If you want, you can open System Preferences and click on Keyboard & Mouse Preference Pane to customize these shortcut key combinations. (See Screenshot 01.)

Mac OS X Windows XP taking desktop screenshots
Screenshot 01: Source – MacHouse		 Mac OS X Windows XP taking desktop screenshots
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By the way, default system settings are such that screenshots will all appear on the desktop. And the default screenshot format is set to PDF. You can change these default settings, using system utility freeware/shareware like OnyX, which gives you access to hidden Unix commands. For example, after launching OnyX, click on the Parameters button at the top and then the General tab. (See Screenshot 02.) Now, if you want to change screenshot formats, click on the pull-down menu under Screen capture format. Supported formats include BMP, JPEG, PICT, PNG, TIFF and more. (See Screenshot 03.) You can also change the default location for saving screenshots by clicking on the button that says Select under Path.

How does taking desktop screenshots work under Windows OS? What is the short cut key combination for taking desktop screenshots? So let’s see what Boot Camp users have to know about taking screenshots under Windows (Windows XP).  Continue reading →

Mac Software Review: Screenflick 1.6.2

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Mac shareware Araelium Group Screenflick
Mac software review

We have reviewed several screen-capture software titles for Macs in the past. We have recently got to know a relatively new one from Araelium Group. Visiting their website and reading its description, we were very much interested in Screenflick. They say

Screenflick can now record “captured” displays. Keynote, slideshows, and video games for example will “capture” the screen, which previously would prevent Screenflick from recording. (See Screenshot 01.)

Mac shareware Araelium Group Screenflick
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So Screenflick can capture game play screens, huh!? That’s cool. Let’s try out Screenflick, then.  Continue reading →

Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Game Play Video

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Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties

I have played several Age of Empires games on both Mac and Windows OS. I played the very first one on Mac. Then I tried to play Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and the Conquerors Expansion with Virtual PC 4, which didn’t work. So I purchased a cheap PC for these games. I also played Age of Empires III and Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs on my old iMac last December to January.

There’s one more expansion pack available for the Age of Empires III series. It’s Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. The PC version was released on October 23, 2007. How about the Mac version? It looks like MacSoft is going to release it soon. If you are a Mac user and are dying to play this expansion, you may want to watch a game play video that we’ve created and keep your expectations high.

Unlike Age of Empires III and its first expansion pack, The Asian Dynasties has nothing to do with the Black family. It includes three new Asian civilizations: Japan, China and India. The first civilization to play is Japan. The year is 1600. It’s the year when Hideyoshi Toyotomi dies and when Yeyasu Tokunaga is eager to conquer the nation and end the 130-year-long dark ages of continuous wars.  Continue reading →

Sid Meier’s Pirates! Game Play Video

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Sid Meier's Pirates! Firaxis Games

Sid Meier is one of the biggest names in the computer video game industry. One of the best selling series is Civilization. There are other successful games. One of them is Sid Meier’s Pirates. The PC version of the game was released on November 22, 2004. It’s a nearly-4-year-old game. And English game developer Feral Interactive has recently announced they will bring this game to Mac OS. So what kind of game is it?

At first, you play a character as a boy who was born in a relatively affluent family. One night, a group of pirates comes to the house and kidnaps your family. Somehow, you slip away before they get you. Ever since, you’ve sworn to yourself that you will become a great sea pirate, sailing the Atlantic Ocean, and find your family.

Anyway, the following is a game play video that we have created. Again, the audio quality is not the best. At least, it’s there. So watch it away if you like.  Continue reading →

Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare Game Play Video 2 – Rocky Ride

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Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

For those who cannot wait to play Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on their Macs, here is another game play video to raise your expectations on the game. I have several Medal of Honor and Call of Duty games including Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough and Call of Duty 2. All of them include at least one mission with a rocky ride. That is, you are ordered to shoot enemy soldiers while your colleague drives a jeep. How about Call of Duty 4? Does it have a rocky ride mission? Yes, it does.  Continue reading →