Comment on Mac OS Screenshot does not Allow DVD Player to Appear in Captured RegionComments−kalleboo13yIt used to actually give you an error dialog box - http://imgb.mp/jaY.jpgIt's not due to hardware acceleration, I've never been unable to take a screenshot of anything else in OS X, I think it's due to how Quartz does its compositing (everything is a 3D texture, there are no 2D-style overlays).−workbench13yUsed to get round it with a terminal command, until Lion IIRC.
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It used to actually give you an error dialog box - http://imgb.mp/jaY.jpg
It's not due to hardware acceleration, I've never been unable to take a screenshot of anything else in OS X, I think it's due to how Quartz does its compositing (everything is a 3D texture, there are no 2D-style overlays).
Used to get round it with a terminal command, until Lion IIRC.