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TayHarley

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Mar 14, 2008
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I've gotten into a bad habit of saving everything to the to the desktop for easy access and now I'm having screenshot overload !

i) when taking a screenshot is it possible to override the auto naming function i.e. open the shot to then save as? or

ii) is it possible to take a screenshot and auto-save it into a specific folder, rather than the desktop, even a single desktop folder would help me?

The desktop is a total mess and I've a 50 or so screenshots mixed in with everything else - each screenshot just seems to look for the next available space on the desktop !!!

Thx in adv . . . . Stuart
 
ii) Yep. Open up the Terminal and type

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location path

The path has to begin at root (/). So if you want to save to a subdirectory of your home folder type /Users/<your username>/<subdirectory name>

e.g.

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/Queso/Screenshots

You have to log out then back in to activate the change.
 
Thanks Queso - using Terminal is a bit scary for a novice but it works !

Thanks Miles - I'll have a look at Secrets too.

another day and other Mac Trick Learned :)
 
Onyx and TinkerTool also have those functions, as well as being able to customize the format of the screenshot (.png, .jpg, etc.).
 
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