I finally got around to playing with TinyGrab from the MacHeist nanobundle today.  After playing with it for a little bit, I have a bone to pick with them.  See this blatantly false description posted on their website:

What’s wrong with it? Well I’ll tell you! It takes no where near 30 seconds.  More like 5 seconds! IF THAT!  TinyGrab is seriously cool, and it’s cross platform (OS X and Windows).  Of course, the image you see above was generated and hosted by TinyGrab.  And it can do more than just screenshots - you can upload any image you have and have it generate a random URL for you.

Even if you didn’t get it in the MacHeist bundle, it’s only a one-time £10 payment for the premium service, which gives you unlimited screenshot-posting bliss.  And if you don’t want to pay, there’s a limited free account you can get that just limits you a bit, but it should give you an idea of how cool it is.  Check it out at http://tinygrab.com/.

BONUS CONTENT! Since TinyGrab works with the built-in screenshot tool in OS X (it really just grabs the file off the desktop when it’s generated), you can of course use all of the features of OS X.  And since it’s working with the files off of your desktop, you may want it to automatically move the files to the trash (or a folder elsewhere) to keep your desktop clean.

And if you forgot the screenshot hotkeys, here’s what will work with TinyGrab:

• Command+Shift+3 = Capture entire screen and save as a file
• Command+Shift+4 = Capture dragged area and save as a file
• Command+Shift+4 then Space bar = Capture a window, menu, desktop icon, or the menu bar and save as a file

This is a repost from my old blog, but I think it was useful enough to post it again.

Here’s a little list that Doki and I came up with a while back. It’s only a little out of date in that we’ve also found some great new things that I will be sharing later.  Check out the full list after the break…

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