How do I control where the screen shot goes?

viathelens wrote:

I take screen shots often, but they pop up all over the desktop. How can I control where the screen shot goes? I'd like to have a "screenshot" folder and have them land there.

You can change the "location" of where screen shots are saved by using the Terminal and a bit of the command line.

Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app

for example, say to your Desktop, you would copy and paste:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/   && killall SystemUIServer

Another example, a folder "my_screenshots" on your Desktop:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/my_screenshots   && killall SystemUIServer

http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/26/change-the-screenshot-save-file-location-in-mac-o s-x/

I rarely do a default save screen shot. I usually do Ctrl CMD Shift 4 which allow me to select the real estate I want to save. After moving the cursor to the location that captures what I want, I hit enter. Then I open Preview, hit CMD n and what I captured is there in front of me. I can then name it and save it where ever I choose.

After you take the screen shot go to the Grab menu bar top of your screen click File > Save. From there you can choose where you want the file to go.

See: How to Change Your Mac's Default Screenshot Directory

Who still uses Grab? It will soon be deprecated anyway. In approximately 3 days.