Reputation: 11
What is the terminal command line in OSX Mojave to find the folder where screenshots are saved?
What Terminal command in OSX will show the path where screenshots are set to save? I am trying to find a screenshot I took last week on my Macbook Pro running OSX Mojave. There are no screenshots saved on my desktop which I understand to be the default save location. Therefore I am thinking I changed the save location but don't remember where.
I already tried searching for 'Screenshots' in Finder but this only shows screenshots taken before Oct 2018 even though I have taken many since then, including in the last hour. Same for the 'Screenshots' folder in my Dropbox.
I also verified that the screenshot shortcut I used Command+Shift+4 is correctly set to 'Save picture of selected area a file' and 'Copy picture of selected area to the clipboard'. I verified this in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > ScreenShot. And successfully took a screenshot with this shortcut just now.
Upvotes: 1
Views: 210
Answers (1)
Reputation: 207530
This works for me on macOS Mojave 10.14.3:
defaults read com.apple.screencapture location
Sample Output
~/Desktop
Upvotes: 1
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