Change where screenshots are saved

Press ⌘⇧5, click Options, and choose a folder under “Save to” — every screenshot and recording goes there from then on.

Without Terminal

  1. Press ⌘⇧5.
  2. Click Options in the toolbar.
  3. Under Save to, pick Documents, Clipboard, or Other Location… for a folder of your own.

In one command

Check where they are going now (blank means the Desktop):

defaults read com.apple.screencapture location
Or just ask Titan
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