Good option. I just delete the screenshot after I use it. No clutter.
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How to Change Where Screenshots Are Saved on Your Mac
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Change the sort order for the folder to date modified, instead of file name?
They should add the ability to have screenshots named with 24-hour time, but the system has always had a way to view files in chronological order.
You can customize time formats in System Preferences -> Language & Region -> Advanced -> Times. The "Medium" field appears to be the relevant one here.
Change how dates, times, and more appear on Mac
For many apps on your Mac, change how dates, times, numbers, currencies, and more appear using Language & Region settings.
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Ha. That slipped my mind. Using Mac for 25 Years and still clicking twice with a pause.
That ends now. Thanks.
A Much Easier Method: Let DropBox, (Free) Handle your screenshots. Once Dropbox is installed on your Mac and you take your first Screenshot, DropBox will ask you if you would like “IT” to store them for you. And you then create a folder called Screenshots in Dropbox.How much easier is that, and no unweildy stacks on your desktop. Set It & Forget it!
More importantly though, is it possible to save screenshots immediately? I HATE when I take a screenshot and must wait for it to disappear from the bottom right and appear onto the desktop. Yes I know I can drag it but sometimes that ends up opening it by mistake due to double clicking the thumbnail on the bottom right. Can't you make it instant "like in the old days?"
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In the same Command-Shift-5 Options pop up. Uncheck "Show Floating Thumbnail" -- but I still feel like it takes too long to appear.
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Same. And since I have a couple of Macs, I put my Screenshots folder on iCloud Drive. I did the same with my downloads folder. (Also I'm determined to get my money's worth out of this 2TB iCloud quota...)
I used to use Dropbox, but the software kept getting more and more bloated and I finally ditched it when iCloud Drive folder sharing went live.
Am I the only need who uses Automator for this?
- Folder action for Desktop
- Filter where any are true: Name begins with Screen Shot, and Name begins with Screen Recording
- Nice finder items to folder of your choice
command+control+shift 4 -> capture selection to clipboard.
press space while the crosshairs are visible toggles between capture window mode. this also works with capturing to folders. (cmd+shift+4)
capture window mode also grabs the contents from the non-visible regions of a window (i.e. not in foreground).
press space while the crosshairs are visible toggles between capture window mode. this also works with capturing to folders. (cmd+shift+4)
capture window mode also grabs the contents from the non-visible regions of a window (i.e. not in foreground).
I have not actually SEEN my desktop in a long long time... maybe a year? But this is good to know.
Sounds good... but many of my screenshots are of online transactions I want to save in case there is a problem a month or two down the road.
Funny, that.
I just looked. There's 604 screen shots on the desktop. No wonder that icon pile in the upper left has very dark borders around the text titles. ;-)Can't get it to work on El Capitan. When you hit enter what is the response supposed to be? It just goes to a blank line. I did put the space after location before dragging the folder. DO I have to reboot for it to work?
nevermind. used Oynx instead.
nevermind. used Oynx instead.
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just installed Onyx for EL Capitan. How do I use it to put screen captures into a folder?
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Thanks now working Found it in parameters, Can also save the file in different formats. I chose TIFF.
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