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Is there a glitch with swiping screen recordings?

When you take a screenshot, swiping right on the preview saves it to your default path.

However, when you screen capture with Cmd + Shift + 5, the preview doesn't go away on its own but swiping right will delete the entire recording.

Apple even says it's supposed to save after swiping.

This is very frustrating because I was recording something important. Turns out it only saves if you open it! What a load of crap! Is anyone else having this problem???

@doctor_denise asked this same question.

MacBook Air 11″, macOS 11.3

Posted on Sep 8, 2021 6:47 PM

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Luis Sequeira1

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Posted on Sep 9, 2021 2:51 AM

If you have the thumbnail show up at the bottom of the screen and do not need to edit, then either:

1) Disable the "Show Thumbnail" - then the screenshot is saved immediately with no opportunity for accidentally deleting

2) If you want to keep the show thumbnail option, want some 5 seconds and it will be saved without further action.

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