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As you might expect, we take a lot of screenshots here at TUAW, so I'm always interested in ways of making it easier. Most of the time I either use ImageWell or one of the built-in keyboard shortcuts. Nonetheless, InstantShot! looks like a convenient alternative for folks who prefer using the mouse. This little menubar utility waits quietly until you need to make a screenshot and is only a mouse-click away.

It offers most of the same options as OS X's built-in Grab application, but is a bit more configurable as to file format. You can also use it to take multiple shots (like on a digital camera) every so many seconds (configurable in the Preferences). There's also an option to hide your desktop with a solid color, but it's not quite as nice-looking as Backdrop.

InstantShot! is Universal Binary and a free download from Digital Waters.

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Mathew

@Jason: It is in fact an Intel build of Meteorologist.

January 23 2007 at 4:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Megan

> Matt and I have sorted the issues

@Glen,

I'm glad you seem to be content now. Perhaps you could use this opportunity to publicly apologize to Mat and us TUAW readers for hijacking the original thread with your 'stolen content' diatribe.

FYI: Matt != Mat, just like Glen != Glenn.

January 23 2007 at 8:30 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jason Smith

Mat,

What is the name of the weather program you have running in your Menu Bar next to the GMail notifier? Been looking for something since using Meteorologist years ago.

January 23 2007 at 2:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Glenn Wolsey

Matt and I have sorted the issues out, there was no need for the Digg story. The issue is solved and finished.

January 22 2007 at 11:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Smaran

Ah, okay. You're right, Victor. Sorry for jumping to conclusions.

And Megan, I'm taking your advice. I'll stick to writing on my own blog. :-)

January 22 2007 at 9:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Megan

So, is Mat Lu a thief or is Glenn Wolsey some sort of lame punk?

http://digg.com/apple/TUAW_caught_stealing_online_content

January 22 2007 at 2:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Victor Agreda, Jr.

Smaran, it's not incredibly strange. Please go to VersionTracker and note when the update was posted. We set posts to "go live" sometimes hours later. We love digg, and credit it when we find something there. No conspiracy, it's just a very big internet and coincedences happen every day.

Anyway, this is the first I've heard of the app (and I use the digg widget, but this didn't catch my eye until I got involved in this silliness).

Looks cool! My wife can never seem to remember the keyboard shortcut, and it's a bit of a pain to switch around the file format. Very handy.

January 22 2007 at 1:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Smaran

Okay, I'm ready to admit that maybe I was wrong about you guys finding out about it from digg. It sounds incredibly strange though...

January 22 2007 at 12:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mars

I prefer using the free Screenshot Plus Widget

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/business/screenshotplus.html

It probably the only widget I use on a daily basis

January 22 2007 at 11:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

so, back to comments on the software...

what about capturing the active window only, not the entire screen? does anyone know of a way to do this? instaShot seems like a viable option, but i don't want to draw a rectangle everytime i want to capture my active window...

January 22 2007 at 11:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply