Disable the "edit" option for screenshots?

[Jasonondesign]

Back in the day when I took a screenshot (command-shift-4) it would put the screenshot directly into my downloads folder, but for the past couple o' versions of MacOS/OSX it instead brings up a little preview and I either have to wait for it to show up in downloads or click on that preview and click "done". Is there a setting that just pushes the screenshots to my downloads folder the second I take them?

 

[bogdanw]

You can disable the Floating Thumbnail in Options https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/take-a-screenshot-or-screen-recording-mh26782/mac

 

[Jasonondesign]

Thank you! You're awesome! I saw that option and just didn't understand it.

 

[DeltaMac]

You can also change the location where screenshots are saved in that screenshot Options window.

 

[Jasonondesign]

Thanks yes I did set that to the downloads folder.

 

[IainB]

You can disable the Floating Thumbnail in Options https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/take-a-screenshot-or-screen-recording-mh26782/mac

Thank you +1. That's irritated me for months and never took the time to work out what was causing it (or indeed what the point of it is). Probably time I read the MacOS manual again to see what other features and options are in there. That's the trouble when you started with System 4.0 (yes on one floppy disk with a copy of Word as well... yawn.)

 

[bogdanw]

Alternative way, from Terminal:
- disable Floating Thumbnail

defaults write com.apple.screencapture show-thumbnail -bool NO

- enable Floating Thumbnail

defaults write com.apple.screencapture show-thumbnail -bool YES