One of the cool things in Leopard, is the new dock that lets you keep items out of sight, but within reach. For instance it is really a relief that all downloads from Safari, and whatever winds up in a stack that you can easily extend to see the contents of. And by that token, you don't clutter your desktop if you download stuff excessively.
But what about screenshots?
For some reason, they still end up on the desktop. If you envoke cmd-shift-3 / 4, depending on your mood, the result just lands on an otherwise clean desktop. Sits there, and mocks your otherwise tidy and organised way of working.
But fear no more, a simple trick with the terminal, and all is bliss and joy again.
1. Open the terminal
2. Copy and paste this into the terminal window:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location
3. Drag the folder "downloads" from your home folder, onto the terminal window.
It will now look something like this:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/YOURUSERNAME/Downloads
4. Press enter.
Then log out and back in. Then when you take a screenshot, all of them will wind up in your dock, for easy access.
Nice huh?
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