How to find out when you don’t know where to save your Mac screenshots

Updated : Nov 21, 2021
Stray cat

When you take a screenshot of your Mac, the image file is saved on your desktop by default.

Here’s how to find out where to save the image file if you can’t find it even if you hear a clicking sound when you take a screenshot.

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Compare with the list of how to check

Merit Demerit
How to checkAdvantagesDisadvantages
① Check with “Screenshot.app”・Easy to operate・Only availabe
on macOS 10.14
Mojave or later
② Check with “Terminal.app”・Can be used
all macOS versions
・Easy to operate
・You can search
up to the folder hierarchy
・The operation is easy,
but it may not be easy
for those
who are not accustomed
to using the “terminal.app”.
かわうそ君
Mr. Otter

I wonder if ① is easier to understand when using it normally.

If you use macOS 10.13 High Sierra or older, or if you want to check the folder hierarchy, you should remember ②.

小悪魔キツネ
Little devil fox

As a supplement, please see the following figure.

I tried to display the results of the investigations in ① and ②.

小悪魔キツネ
Little devil fox

From the result of ①, I understand that there is a folder called “screencapture”, but I don’t know the hierarchy.

As a result of ②, it is “~ / Pictures / screencapture”, so you can see that it is in “Picutures”-> “screencapture” under the home folder.

【Result of ①】

Mac "Screenshot.app"

【Result of ②】

Mac "Terminal"
かわうそ君
Mr. Otter

So that’s it!

There is also such a thing.

I’ll keep it in my mind.

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① Check with “Screenshot.app”

▶ Launch the app “Screenshots.app” with the following keyboard shortcuts.

  • shift + command ⌘ + 5
Mac US Keyboard

▶ When you reach the screen where you want to take a screenshot, click the word “Options” from the list of icons and menus displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Mac "Screenshot.app"

▶ A menu opens as shown, displaying a list of items.

The top of the list shows “Save to”.

If you change this, you can specify the save location to any location, and you can select to copy to clipboard, attach to “Mail.app”, attach to “Messages.app”, or open in “Preview.app”.

Mac "Screenshot.app"

▶ To close the screen, press esc on your keyboard.

Mac US Keyboard

This is the end of the explanation, “① Check with Screenshot.app”.

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② Check with “Terminal.app”

▶ Open the “Applications” -> “Utilities” folder in the Finder and double-click “Terminal.app”.

Mac "Terminal.app"

▶ When “Terminal.app” starts, copy and paste the following command to the position where the cursor is.

defaults read com.apple.screencapture location
Mac "Terminal"

▶ Press return on your keyboard to execute the command.

Mac US Keyboard

▶ When the command is executed, the location where the screenshot is saved is displayed.

In the figure below, it is specified in the location “~ / Pictures / screencapture”.

The letter “~” at the beginning represents the home folder, so you can see that it is saved under the user folder currently logged in to the Mac.

Mac "Terminal"

This is the end of the explanation, “② Check with Terminal.app”.

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Conclusion

I’ve shown you two ways to find out where to save your Mac screenshots.

Although the text explains a little about how to change the save location, the following article explains the procedure for changing the storage location in more detail.

3 ways to change the destination of Mac screenshots
I will introduce 3 ways to change the save destination when you take a screenshot on Mac.Each method...
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Reference information

How to change where screenshots are saved on a Mac
We explain where your screenshots are saved on a Mac and how to get macOS to save them to a folder o...

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