Every time I take a screenshot, I get this error:
You don't have permission to save files in the location where screen shots are stored.
How do I fix it?
MacOS – “You don’t have permission to save files in the location where screen shots are stored”
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Best Answer
If you type
defaults read com.apple.screencapture locationinto a Terminal window it should tell you where OSX is currently trying to save screenshots.You can change the location with a similar command. For example:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktopwill save screenshots to your Desktop.defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Documentswill save screenshots to your Documents folder.Once you've told it a new location you need to run the following command for OSX to pick up the change.
killall SystemUIServer