Whenever you take the screen shots on Mac it directly save those on desktop. This would be better if you specify a folder on Mac to automatically save the screen shots because in that way it’ll be easy to organize them. So, if you want to change the default storage location, which is the desktop on Mac for screen shots then follow these steps to do so.
See also: How to capture screen shots on Mac
Step 1
Click on Finder
Step 2
Navigate to Utilities folder and click on Terminal icon to launch it
Step 3
Type the following command in Terminal and press enter button to execute. You have to specify username and foldername in command according to your Mac settings and most importantly do not use space in folder name otherwise command will not provide the required results
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/username/desktop/foldername
where: mac09 = mac user name & twscreenshots = specified folder on desktop
Step 4
Now, type and execute another command in Terminal
killall SystemUIServer
Close the Terminal window, the default location to save the screen shots has been replaced by the new specified folder
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I was just wondering that how to change the default location to save screenshots on mac, thanx for this
I want to say - thank you for this!
that's right, when you take screen shots on mac they all store on desktop and create a mess. Nice tip to set a folder to save them all
nice tip, Is there any separate program available to capture screens in mac?
Whydo you need a separate program for screen capture only. I think built-in screen capture shortcuts are enough to capture screen shots of Dialogs, region, icons etc.
Thanks neMo
cool blog
I bookmarked this link. Thank you for good job!
Yes, built-in functinality is eniugh to take screen shots
Mac default screenshot taking feature works nice and especially your this informative writing adds value to that
Thanks