Amaya Toman How to change screenshot saving destination on Mac? If you often take all sorts of screenshots on your Mac, you might want them to be automatically saved to one specific folder. One option is to always manually move the captured screenshot to the desired location. But Mac also allows you to set automatic saving to a location of your choice.
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Taking a screenshot on a Mac is fairly simple, but some elements of the process remain a mystery. Beginners may not realize where the screenshot is saved because by default it is saved to the desktop and not to the clipboard like in Windows for example. But even fairly advanced users may not be aware that you can change the save location — which you might want to do if your Mac desktop is getting really cluttered.
Where are screenshots saved on Mac?
By default, screenshots on a Mac are saved to the desktop and have a title like Screenshot 2023-09-28 at 16.20.56, which indicates the date and time the screenshot was taken. In our tutorial today, we'll show you how to set up your Mac to automatically save screenshots to a location you specify.
- Take a screenshot using the keyboard shortcut Cmd + Shift + 5.
- Click on Elections.
- In the section Save to.. click on Other location.
- Select the desired folder, or create a new one.
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Done. This way, you can set where all the screenshots you take are automatically saved on your Mac. Nothing else needs to be set up. If the current location does not suit you for any reason, you can easily change it using the same procedure.
