MacOS – How to change the location of screenshot in OS X Lion

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The old method that works for Leopard/Snow Leopard doesn't work any more on Lion:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/kamus/Pictures/snap

Has something changed or does anyone have some good workarounds?

Best Answer

Perhaps it's because your path isn't really a path to a folder: Notice to terminating /:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/kamus/Pictures/snap/