The Default location of screenshots on Mac is desktop folder and it looks pretty scattered when we have multiple screenshots lying on the desktop. To make it look more organized and tidy we can change the location with following steps : In the following example we'll assume we are changing the location to Documents folder on Mac. we've created a desktop folder called exactly that, but you can change this process for different locations provided you know the file path. Click on the Finder to open a new Finder window and go to Documents folder. Create a new folder inside Documents folder. Name it Screenshots (or whatever you want to call it) Now open Terminal (press Command + Space and start typing Terminal until the icon appears) then click on that icon to open the app. In Terminal type the following: defaults write com.apple.screencapture location (There needs to be a space after location it won’t work without it) Now drag and drop your Screenshots folder on top