How to Set Timer to Take Screenshot on Mac Using Terminal

If you want to take screenshots of any movie or application with a specific time interval on Mac OS X then manually it is a little bit difficult task to manage. So, here we are writing a simple method which let you allow to take unlimited screenshots automatically and you may also set time interval between the screenshots according to your requirement.

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Set Timer To Take Screenshot On Mac Via Terminal

1. Go to Finder
   
2. Navigate to Applications > Utilities and launch Terminal
   
3. Type the following command in Terminal and hit Enter
   while [ 1 ];do vardate=$(date +%d\-%m\-%Y\_%H.%M.%S); screencapture -t jpg -x ~/Desktop/TrickyWays/$vardate.jpg; sleep 10; donewhere:
   vardate = used to give the names to screenshots which will be the system date & time.
   jpg = the format of screenshots.
   Desktop/TrickyWays = folder to save the screenshot.
   sleep = time interval between screenshots.
   done = ends the while loop.
   
   Press Ctrl+C to stop this loop
   
   Or use the following command
   i=1;while [ 1 ];do screencapture -t jpg -x ~/Desktop/TrickyWays/$i.jpg; let i++;sleep 6; done
   where:
   i = variable which is used to give the names to screenshots
   jpg = the format of screenshots
   Desktop/TrickyWays is the folder to save the screenshot
   sleep = time interval between screenshots
   done = ends the while loop
   
   Press Ctrl+C to stop this loop