= Mac WorkStation tips

== Change the Screen Shot Save File Location in Mac OS X

=== Set a new Save File Location

.Create a directory named `Screenshots` inside user's `Pictures` directory
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$ mkdir ~/Pictures/Screenshots/
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.Change the Screen Shot Save File Location to `~/Pictures/Screenshots/`
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$ defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Pictures/Screenshots/
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.For the changes to take effect without rebooting, kill SystemUIServer process to relaunch it and set the location:
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$ killall SystemUIServer
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=== Changing Back to the Default Screen Shot File Save Location in Mac OS X

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$ defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/
$ killall SystemUIServer
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