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Mac 101: Taking PhotoBooth pictures without flash, count-down

We love the quick tips that Tekzilla brings everyday. The other day they showed off a tip that we just couldn't turn down spreading. When you're in PhotoBooth you can use two key combos to either turn off the flash or temporarily disable the count-down.

Hold down the shift key when you press the take picture button and your picture will be taken without using the flash. If you hold down the option key when you press the take picture button your picture will be taken without using the count-down delay. If you hold down both the shift and options keys, your picture will be taken immediately and without the flash.

We love the quick tips that Tekzilla brings everyday. The other day they showed off a tip that we just couldn't turn down spreading. When...
 

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Yakov Chodosh

can we start putting spaces in between separate words? the program is called "Photo Booth"

June 15 2008 at 4:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dazonic

Is there a way to disable both of these when using 'take video snapshot' in Automator?

June 14 2008 at 9:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sigourney

I have a mac computer and my friends and I were useing the photo booth when somthing came up and told us to shut down but we didn't and now my photo booth doesn't work, is there any way i can down load it back on,.. or???

June 14 2008 at 2:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
urth

tried shift and photo in photobooth- did nothing.
only flash work-around , that I know , is to press ctrl-option-cmd-8 to invert screen then flash is black and then return screen to normal.
why you say shift work but not working for me?

June 13 2008 at 1:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mystic

Press 'return' to take a picture.

June 13 2008 at 11:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark

I was surprised the other day to find out the Apple remote cannot be used with PhotoBooth (without additional software)..

June 13 2008 at 10:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
NavStar

Finally! I hate that flash!

June 13 2008 at 10:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
riddlu

And how to disable flash permanently? I’ve never used it anyway. Any *.plist hacks, guys?

June 13 2008 at 9:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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