Timelapse screen capture in MacOSX

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash

# Minimal script for timelapse capturing your screen in MacOSX.

# You must run the script, from an empty directory where the images will be stored.

# Usage: ./timelapse
# or
# Usage: ./timelapse <seconds>

# Default capture every 10 seconds, which is about 10 minutes of 30fps video for a 48 hours record.
# On a Retina Macbook Pro, it will needs about 15 Go of images for 48 hours of images.
# See: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qFeF0cZi19mMjwj-SO5qsuAp3MET0bKBM79JBx69nWI

TIME_BETWEEN_CAPTURES=${1-10}

while ((1)); do
  screencapture -x -t jpg "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d@%Hh%Mm%S').jpg"
  sleep $TIME_BETWEEN_CAPTURES
done

# Gaëtan Renaudeau - DWTFYW License http://www.wtfpl.net/