As you must have noticed, the screenshots that you take on Mac are saved to the desktop. A good way to avoid the possibility of your desktop being cluttered with screenshots is to change default screenshot location on Mac.
Click on Safari in the top left of your screen, and select Preferences (COMMAND,) 2. Safari's Preferences window will appear and show your default download location. Your file(s) will be saved to your Downloads folder. When you download an app or game from the Windows Store in Windows 10, it will install by default to your primary system drive. If you have multiple storage drives in your PC, however, you may prefer to install apps and games to a separate drive. Here's how to change the default install location for new apps in Windows 10, and how to move existing Windows apps, too.
Default Screenshot Location on Mac
Whenever you take a screenshot on Mac using Command + Shift + 3 or Command + Shift + 4 keys, the screenshots end up getting saved on the desktop of your Mac.
Keeping the desktop as the default Screenshot Location on Mac makes it easy for you to find the screenshot, in case you just took a screenshot.
However, this default setup has the potential to clutter up the desktop and it can also make it difficult to find the right screenshot, in case the desktop of your Mac is already filled with previously taken screenshots.
Hence, we are providing below the steps to Change Screenshot Location on Mac to a dedicated Folder on your Mac or any other location of your choice.
Change Default Screenshot Location on Mac to a Dedicated Folder
Follow the steps below to change default screenshot location on Mac to a dedicated folder on your Mac.
1. First create a folder on the desktop of your Mac to store screenshots. In this case we have created a folder called “Screenshots” and placed it on the desktop of our Mac.
2. Click on the Finder Icon located in the Task-bar of your Mac (See image below).
3. In the Finder Window, first click on Applications in the side-menu and then scroll down and click on the Utilities Folder (See image below)
4. In the Utilities Folder, click on Terminal.app (See image below).
6. Next, enter a space after “location” and then drag the Screenshots Folder into the Terminal window. This will automatically enter the file path of the folder (See image below)
If you are unable to drag the folder into the Terminal window, simply enter the File path of the Screenshots Folder. Since, the Screenshots Folder is on the desktop, its File path would be Users/Username/Desktop/Screenshots. Once the File Path is enterred, hit the Enter key on the keyboard of your Mac.
7. Next, type the command: killall SystemUIServer and hit the Enter key once again.
At anytime you can get back to the default screenshot location (Desktop) setup by following the steps below.
1. Click on the Finder Icon located in the Task-bar of your Mac (See image below).
2. In the Finder Window, first click on Applications in the side-menu and then scroll down and click on the Utilities Folder (See image below)
3. In the Utilities Folder, click on Terminal.app (See image below).
4. On the terminal window, type defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/Your-Username/Desktop/ and hit the enter key
Note: In the place of “Your-Username” type in the actual username of your user account on Mac.
5. Next, type killall SystemUIServer and hit the Enter key on the keyboard of your Mac
Change Download Location Edge
This will get you back to the default setup on Mac for screenshots. All the screenshots that you take on Mac will be saved to the Desktop.
As you must have figured out, the files that you download using the Safari browser on your Mac are by default downloaded to the Downloads Folder on your Mac. However, you can easily change the Safari File Download Location to Desktop, iCloud Drive or any other location on your Mac.
Change Safari File Download Location on Mac
There are Mac users who are happy with the way things function and know for sure that all downloaded files, Music, Photos and Videos will be available in the Downloads Folder on their Mac.
However, there are others who want an immediate access to downloaded files right on the desktop or in a separate folder on desktop. There are also users who would rather have all the downloads offloaded to iCloud Drive, instead of taking up storage space on their Macs.
Whatever maybe the case, changing the location where the Safari browser keeps downloaded files is easy.
Change Download Location Firefox Mac
Change Safari File Download Location to Desktop
Follow the steps below to change the Safari File Download Location to Desktop on your Mac
1. Open the Safari browser on your Mac.
2. Next, click on the Safari tab in the Top Menu bar of your Mac and then click on Preferences option in the drop-down menu (See image below)
3. On the next screen, make sure that you are on the General tab and click on the down arrow next to “File Download” Location and then click on the Other option.
4. On the Next screen, you can choose your desired Safari File Download Location. You can click on Desktop or Click on a Folder on the Desktop of your Mac as the New File Download Location for Safari Browser.
The next time you download any file, images or songs to your Mac, they will be downloaded to Desktop or any other location that you had specified in step 4 above.
As you can see from above steps, the Safari browser on your Mac can also be configured to store all downloaded files to the iCloud Drive. This option is really convenient in case you do not want large file downloads to occupy the SSD storage of your Mac.