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Created March 12, 2015 18:33
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  1. liscio created this gist Mar 12, 2015.
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    #!/bin/sh

    # First, set the width/height DPI on the file
    sips -s dpiWidth 144 -s dpiHeight 144 "$1"

    # Fake that it is a screen capture (wat?)
    xattr -wx com.apple.metadata:kMDItemIsScreenCapture "62 70 6C 69 73 74 30 30 09 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09" "$1"
    xattr -wx com.apple.metadata:kMDItemScreenCaptureType "62 70 6C 69 73 74 30 30 59 73 65 6C 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12" "$1"
    xattr -wx com.apple.FinderInfo "00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00" "$1"

    # Force spotlight to re-index the file to see the DPI change, etc.
    mdimport "$1"

    # Now, open it in preview
    open "$1"