Saving screenshots to a path with a space in it

Question

I know I should run

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/kirkstrobeck/Dropbox\ \(Personal\)/Sync/Pictures/Screenshots
killall SystemUIServer

To change my screenshot destination, but it rejects it. Any ideas?

Answer 1

What OP asked is, when making a screenshot in OSX(by cmd+shift+3 or cmd+shift+4), the file is saved to desktop folder by default, and OP wants to change that location.

I created a similar folder but also having problem set it using "defaults write", however, since it's saved in a plist, we can modify this file directly.

The plist is located at ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screencapture.plist, modify it accordingly using a plist editor and then killall SystemUIServer from terminal or logout/login.

If the file is not available by default, run

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/xxx

to create one first, then modify.

Tested and confirmed to work.