How to change the default location of the screen shot?

Question

I use Command + Shift + 4 + Space to screen shot.

But you know the default place of the screen shot is Desktop.

So, how can I change the default location? I want to the location to be a custom document folder, not desktop.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '17 at 02:24

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You can change this with a bash command.

Open the Terminal Application and enter this:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Pictures/

And change '~/Pictures/' to your preferred Location. For example, if you have in your User folder a Folder named 'screenshots' then change the command to:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/screenshots/

Press enter to execute command
Next: Enter: killall SystemUIServerto reinitialize the 'SystemUIServer' to adopt changes

For more information check out: oxdaily

answered Mar 08 '17 at 02:24

oliverwebr

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This does not seem to be working for me in macOS Mojave, even with the killall invocation. – Alan H. Oct 23 '18 at 23:22
in Mojave you don't need this any more you can change the save location now from the GUI see this tutorial – oliverwebr Oct 24 '18 at 09:15

How to change the default location of the screen shot?

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