How to Modify Snow Leopard for a Screenshot Location
When you take a screen shot in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, it will automatically be saved to the desktop. This applies to all screenshots including full screen shots and manual selection screenshots. If you take a lot of shots, your desktop can become cluttered. However, you can easily change the modify the Snow Leopard storage location for screenshots using the Terminal.
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Instructions
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Click "Applications," then "Utilities," then "Terminal."
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Type the following code into the command line:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture
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Press the space bar, then type the path to your preferred screenshot location. For example, if you want to save it inside a folder called "Screens" on your desktop, and your username is "Bob," then this would be your path:
/Users/Bob/Desktop/Screens
The full example would be:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture /Users/Bob/Desktop/Screens
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Press "Enter." Restart your Mac and the screenshots will be stored in the new folder.
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