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Sending Screenshots to a Folder

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When creating screenshots using CMD Shift 4, the screenshots are placed randomly on your desktop. This article describes how to have your screenshots to to a folder of your choice.

1. Create a folder for your screenshots.

2. Open your terminal.

  • On the desktop, type: cmd F.
  • Search for Terminal.
  • Open 'Terminal'.

3. Type the following lines hitting enter after each.

  • defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/Shots
  • killall SystemUIServer

Change the first line to reflect the location of the folder of your choice!!!

4. That's it! Test this by taking a screenshot and checking the folder for it!

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