Screen shot no longer works in Mavericks..?

The issue I have is similar to original post- I take a screenshot and it does not appear in the "screenshot" directory immediately like it used to pre-Mavericks. However, if I do a search for the file by date, such as "05-21" for a file shot today, it will find it in the search right away. But it doesnt appear in the directory listing. It eventually shows up in finder, but it can take minutes So everytime I do a screenshot now, I need to search for the file instead of just seeing it in Finder.

Screenshots still seem to work for me.

As you can see here, I took a screenshot of your post:

Perhaps your disk is full? Or maybe for whatever reason your screenshot is going to a different location than the desktop. For a while with Lion(I think) I had issues with screenshots not saving to the desktop but after a while it just started working again. I'm not positive what the problem is. I'm running Mavericks now and haven't had any problems with it.

I had same problem. I fixed mine by going to System Preferences > Hardware Keyboard > Screen Shots (which is also "Keyboard Shortcuts") and then click each of the 4 boxes ... so it looks like this ...

And as you can see, I got my command-shift-4-space click back to do screen captures! SOOO happy.

I am running a Retina Macbook Pro with Mavericks 10.9.3 installed. I was having this problem today, but I did a few things that got rid of the issue...

1) Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Screen Shots, and click each of these 4 boxes...

Then close the window.

2) Open the application "Terminal."

Type in killall Finder > Push enter

Type in killall Dock > Push enter

Close the program

3) Turn off the computer. Now turn it on, but hold down "CMD + OPTION + P + R" on the keyboard as it boots up. This will restart your computer. Let the keys go after the restart, and let it boot all the way. Pressing these keys clears your PRAM and NVRAM settings--it doesn't harm your computer at all, but it is supposed to help give your battery a boost. Apparently, it also resolved my screen shot issues.

I blame my screen shot issues on a program I tried installing today--it must have messed with the OS somehow. Hope all of this helps!

There may be a plist file of some sort. I'm not sure what it would be named and would have to do a little poking around in my MacBook. I checked the Grab.app and it doesn't seem to affect the use of the shortcut though so it isn't there. I will keep looking and hopefully find something, or better yet someone who knows a bit more about this solves the issue!

So they're in your desktop directiory and show in Finder but they won't show on your desktop?

Do you have any applications that modify the desktop or any UI views? (i.e. Flavours, etc.)

Also, there is no plist file I can see. I'm assuming you've attempted a restart and re-log in to the computer. That's always a good place to start. Or you can open Terminal.app and use these two commands to restart your Finder's UI.

killall Finder

killall Dock

I also experiencing this issue after i upgraded to Mavericks... screenshots are no where to be found, cant locate them in Finder and searches. I have also tried "

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Screenshots

I'm also having this problem, but it's only surfaced in the last week or so - a system update problem?? I find that if I go into e.g. Photoshop and browse to my Screenshots directory, the files show up; they just don't appear directly in the Finder, which seems odd. I can open in Photoshop and re-save the image to the same location, but it's a real pain. Please fix, Apple!!

Back up solution: /Applications/Utilities/Grab

It uses shift+command+A to capture selection.

I have OS X 10.9.2 and all keyboard screen capture sequences work just fine. There is a slight lag writing the file to Desktop, but not an issue for me. No invisible capture images.

Can you open finder to your home directory (command-shift-G) and type ~ in the box. Now right click and select "get info" on your screenshot directory. What do the permissions say? Is the locked button check by chance?

I had this problem as well, and realized it was DropBox causing the issue. For those of you that have Dropbox installed, click the DB icon from your toolbar and select the little gear icon in the lower right corner of the window to access the preferences. Under the Import tab, there is a Screenshots box. If the "Share Screenshots using Dropbox" checkbox is selected, all of the screenshots you take using the key commands go into your DB>Screenshots folder instead of on your desktop. Just uncheck that box, and any screenshots you take from now on using those key commands will land on your desktop. Good luck!