The default location for print screen in Mac is located at the user desktop. Some people dont like to save files to their desktop. Here’s the way to change default location for print screen in Mac.
To change default save location for print screen in Mac, follow the steps below:-
- Go to Finder -> Application -> Terminal
- First, type this command. Make sure you change the path to the location you want
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Full/Path/To/Folder
- Once it’s done, type this command to apply the changes.
killall SystemUIServer
- Done. You just change the default save location for print screen in mac os x
YEAH SO NICE
And very important with the last /
its not working help please
where Exactly do i put the locationin the command
my location is in a folder called Printscreen on the desktop
these prints are driving me wild help!
thnks
Make sure the line of text ends with a /.
Also make your folder a one word folder name ie. printscreen
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/macman/printscreen/
What did you do Drew as I cannot get things working? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
John
Got it working
Ha! thanks
Hi Chua, thanks for the post. This did not work for me however, when I typed in the first line (believe the path looks correct) nothing happened, it just kicked down to the prompt again. When I type in the second line it says and I quote, “Unexpected argument killallSystemUIServer; leaving defaults unchanged.”
Using Mac OS X 1.5.8
Any advice? Thanks
Drew