Screenshot Issue

When you take a screenshot on Mac, it does the thing where it shows you in the bottom right what you just screenshotted. But recently I've had an issue where when I take a screenshot (doesn't matter which type), instead of showing me the preview int the corner, it opens it up fully and asks where I want to save it. It will also pop up with the file selection screen, and if I click open, it opens every single file I have on my device that it can link to from my desktop.

The picture I will attach is just what happens directly after I try to take a screenshot. It's hard to show it opening all my files.

Does anyone know what could be causing this? I am on macOS Mojave 10.14.4

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on Apr 10, 2019 7:46 AM

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Posted on Apr 12, 2019 9:16 AM

Press "command shift 5" and make sure the screenshot is being sent to "Desktop" and not "Preview".

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