How do I change the location of screenshot in OS X Lion?

Question

The old method that works for Leopard/Snow Leopard doesn't work any more on Lion:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/kamus/Pictures/snap

Has something changed or does anyone have some good workarounds?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '11 at 19:05

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Perhaps it's because your path isn't really a path to a folder: Notice to terminating /:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/kamus/Pictures/snap/

answered Dec 06 '11 at 19:05

user1040049

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Note to any other boneheads like me out there: this doesn't take effect until you log out and back in. – hairboat Feb 05 '12 at 00:46
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@AbbyT.Miller No need to log out, just enter this in terminal: killall SystemUIServer – Jul 18 '12 at 21:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:45

You can also try TinkerTool to accomplish the same thing. I've found that TinkerTool is much easier than having to remember a whole bunch of defaults write com.apple... commands. It has all of the most useful ones in one place for you to easily change. You can find the screenshot destination one under the General tab:

(as noted by this comment, you don't have to log out and back in again, just use the Terminal command killall SystemUIServer)

How do I change the location of screenshot in OS X Lion?

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