Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
Just got a new iMac running yosemite. tried to make a screen capture using command shift 3 (and 4). Up jumps an alert box that says Your screen shot can't be saved. You don't have permission to save files in the location where screen shots are stored."
Where are they stored and how do I change the permissions and to what?
Thanks
Ric
Ric,
Screenshots taking by using ( Command ) ( Shift ) ( 3 ) or ( Command ) ( Shift ) ( 4 ) are by default saved to the Desktop for your user. I'm not sure why you wouldn't have permission to save there. Either ( Right-Click ) or ( Control ) ( Click ) your desktop and select get info. At the bottom of that window you'll see a "Sharing & Permissions:" Section. Make sure your users name has "Read & Write" selected in the Privilege column. If you need to change it you can do so by clicking on the lock in the bottom right corner of the Get Info Window and authenticating as an administrator. Then change the Privilege column for your users name to "Read & Write".
Also while there make sure that in the Get Info Window the "Locked" option up in the General Section is unchecked.
Below is a screenshot of the Get Info Window. I've highlighted and pointed to the items I'm talking about above.
Hope that helps,
Weston
Weston
thanks for the advice. Followed your advice. Get info permissions were as you specified and the locked check box is unchecked. Perplexing.
Appreciate your efforts. Thanks again.
Look at defaults for screencapture - from a Terminal window
defaults read com.apple.screencapture
and see if they specifiy a default location and image type for screen captures
here is what mine say (slightly edited to avoid revealing personal info):
$ defaults read com.apple.screencapture
{
location = "/Volumes/xxx/Users/yyy/Desktop";
type = jpg;
}
So you can tell screen capture the default file type and location via
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/xxx/Desktop/Screencapture_folder
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg
Good luck......
That did the trick. Can't thank you enough. FYI the problem was that the default file type was .pict.
thanks again.
I think that I found a little bug in screen capture function in Yosemite. I've done all the steps above and discovered that screen shots are taken only when the name of the screen shot is save with quotation marks (").
Here is an example:
Screen capture don't work:
$ defaults read com.apple.screencapture
{
location = "/Users/olesiarurak/Documents/Screenshots";
name = Printscreen;
type = png;
}
Screen capture works:
$ defaults read com.apple.screencapture
{
location = "/Users/olesiarurak/Documents/Screenshots";
name = "Print screen";
type = png;
}
Of course to sat that you need to enter:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture name "Print screen"
I hope it helps.
I tried all the steps. I entered "defaults read com.apple.screencapture" in the console and nothing showed up.
I can put screenshots on the clipboard, but not to the desktop.
Screen Capture does not work
