Taking screenshots of my screen automatically open Mail app

This should help:

Open Terminal (in Applications->Utilities), and then copy/paste the following after the cursor:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ˜/Desktop/Screenshots

and Enter, then log out (apple menu).

Then log in again.

Now the screenshots are saved on the desktop without starting Mail (if everything went well).

chrisdancy wrote:

I have the same problem. It's been months. I can't find an answer anywhere on the web. New MBP 15 with touchbar. The touchbar screenshot automatically opens in mac mail.
If I login as a guest or test user, it saves to the desktop.
I have reset all the permissions, changed the path for screenshots, check file permissions. I'm going crazy.
What exactly did you do to fix your problem?

Chris

See if this helps…

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/11/16/how-to-take-screenshots-of-your-macs-tou ch-bar/

If after changing the location for the Touch Bar screenshot location still doesn't work you most likely have a corrupt .plist file where its settings are saved. I don't own a tMBP so I don't know what that file would be.

by default screenshots are going to the Desktop.

did you change where screenshots are saved?

etrecheck.com

Good to hear. I just wish I would have thought of undoing what you did. 😎