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Name a screenshot immediately and save to location other than the default?

When I take a screenshot and a thumbnail appears in the lower right corner of my screen, I can click on it, edit it, and then choose either to share it via Messages or Notes or other apps, or to trash it.


Or I can just click "Done," and it will close and land on my desktop with its incredibly long date & time filename.


Is there no way to name the screenshot and save it in some place other than the one designated as the default? I'm always having to go to my Finder (or other designated default folder), find the .png, name it, and move it, which is incredibly clunky.

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Apr 29, 2022 2:30 PM

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Posted on Apr 29, 2022 3:19 PM

Yes, this I knew about. I'd really thought of it as just changing the default save location, but you're right. That's where you choose to save it. Still no way to name it, though.

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Apr 29, 2022 4:04 PM in response to Rob Ehle

You could create a Folder Action that asks for a name for the screenshot after it is saved into the destination folder.

Add a Run AppleScript action with this code:

on run {input, parameters}
	tell application "Finder"
		activate
		repeat with anItem in input
			
			if name of (anItem) begins with "Screen Shot" then
				set extension to "." & name extension of (anItem)
				display dialog "Enter new name for " & name of (anItem) & ":" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Rename"} default button "Rename" cancel button "Cancel" with title "Rename Screen Shot" giving up after 30
				set newName to text returned of the result
				if newName is not "" then
					set name of anItem to newName & extension
				end if
				
			end if
		end repeat
	end tell
end run


If you use that folder for other things, put a Filter Finder Items action before the AppleScript action and set it to name contains Screen Shot.

Name a screenshot immediately and save to location other than the default?

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