How to Screenshot on iPhone 3G (2.0)

     Taking a full screenshot is very easy on the new iPhone software. Just press both the Sleep/Wake button and Home button at the same time. You will see a “flash” and the screenshot will be saved on your Camera Roll.

       If you are writing blog posts (like me) or tutorials, you can then annotate those screenshots in Photoshop or Skitch. I especially like Skitch – I also liked Jing’s annotation tools and simplicity of use but Skitch allows annotations of photos other than screenshots. Jing does not.

Adding a Picture Background to Finder

        The old finder background is awfully boring so make it more lively by adding pictures to the background! It is really easy to do and you can either just set the current folder background to a certain picture or set all folders’ backgrounds to the same picture.

        And here’s a preview:

       So open up a folder and right-click, then “Show View Options”. For you speed daemons, press “Command+J”.

        Now, just click on the button highlighted in the screenshot below: