Comments on: How to Set a Folder to Save Screen Shots on Mac

By: ular.padat

ular.padat — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:02:51 +0000

Thanks man. It works like a charm!

By: Rangle

Rangle — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:35:31 +0000

That’s a posting full of insight!

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By: cyberante

cyberante — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:18:56 +0000

Bless you!

By: CJ

CJ — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:13:38 +0000

Nevermind. I was using a mouse shortcut to select screen captures, which is actually “Region capture”. When I used the default OS X screencap settings it worked fine.

By: CJ

CJ — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:10:54 +0000

For some reason I can’t get this to work for me. I followed the directions thoroughly, didn’t include any spaces in my folder name (defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/CJ/Desktop/Screenshots) Also restarted my computer and everything keeps going to my desktop.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:17:27 +0000

Thank you for making this so easy!

By: anders

anders — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:33:05 +0000

exactly what I was looking for!
works perfectly!
thnx.

By: garra

garra — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:01:34 +0000

Well written and its easy to set folder for screenshots, thanks

By: Polka 95

Polka 95 — Tue, 04 May 2010 11:10:13 +0000

thanks for this mac tip it works perfect

By: trickYguY

trickYguY — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:29:49 +0000

Don’t use space in folder name that you use to store screen shots. You are using “screen cap”, so remove space, you can use “_” or “-” instead of space in folder name.

Create a folder with name like “screen_cap” on your desktop then run the command from terminal.

Command Syntax:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/username/desktop/twscreenshots

username = Your Mac Username
twscreenshots = Folder name that you want to use for screenshots

Feel free and reply if you still have any problem with command, Thanks.

By: ular.padat

ular.padat — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:50:43 +0000

Didn’t work. I did exactly what you told. Below is what I typed.

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location/Users/my mac/desktop/screen cap

I tried it 4 times and still doesn’t work. Did I type it wrong or what?

Thanks in advance

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By: Harlad

Harlad — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:06:29 +0000

this was really a problem for me that screen shots came directly to desktop where already i have a lot of stuff. After reading your article I fixed a folder for screen shots on mac.

By: Nummer 12

Nummer 12 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:32:49 +0000

nice Mac OS tips

By: Paul Johannesson

Paul Johannesson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:03:01 +0000

Nice mac work

By: Asao

Asao — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:37:32 +0000

I was really wondering about this mac screenshot problem thanks for this knowledgeable work

By: Yebi

Yebi — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:29:30 +0000

thanks a lot really helped me out to change the default location of screen shots to save in mac

By: marcus 7

marcus 7 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:33:59 +0000

you people are doing nice work

By: Ulf

Ulf — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:25:00 +0000

great work all the time I have problems while taking screen shots on mac

By: Mats Wiklund

Mats Wiklund — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:48:27 +0000

thanks for Mac article

By: phein

phein — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:28:44 +0000

Thanks

By: Nono

Nono — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:03:54 +0000

Mac default screenshot taking feature works nice and especially your this informative writing adds value to that