Why and how to remove the shadow of the screenshots in OS X [Guide]

This very brief statement can be useful for users of OS X, which periodically makes screenshots and then use them for publications, for example, in my personal blog.

And what, in fact, we solve the problem? OS X default settings given that the keyboard shortcut  command + shift +4 + space bar  to take a screenshot of the active window, framed shadow on four sides. This, perhaps, is beautiful, but not always justified - the shadow is part of a decent storage space screenshot.See for yourself.

Previously, when writing instructions , I had to handle screenshots in image editor, or even cut them when they are created ( command + shift four) , depriving the image rounded edges of windows. My colleague Jonas suggested a simple and effective solution to the cleaning shadow, leaving only the window. It looks like this:

To "teach» OS X to take screenshots without a shadow, you type in "Terminal" command (you can copy and paste):

defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow-bool true && killall SystemUIServer

To return to the shadows to perform the command:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-Shadow-bool false  && killall SystemUIServer

I would be glad if someone has this trick useful.

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