How to send Mac screenshots to a specific folder

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Apple makes it easy to quickly take screenshots on a Mac, whether it’s the whole screen or a specific selection.

What’s also easy, unfortunately, is completely filling your desktop with the countless screenshots you’ve taken. By default, your Mac will automatically save any screenshots you take onto your desktop, and there’s not an immediately clear way to change this. 

Luckily, it’s a pretty simple process to change where your Mac saves your screenshots. Whether you actually need to keep all of them, however, is a decision best left up to you. 

Here’s how to change your screenshots end up:

Finally, try taking a screenshot to test it out.

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Press Command + Shift + 3 to take a screenshot of the entire screen, or Command + Shift + 4 to select a portion of the screen to capture.

Your screenshots should now show up in your desired folder.