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Tell HN: Screenshots on macOS don't have to be date named files with spaces
4 points by cs1996 4 hours ago | 1 comments

Do you not like lots of files on your Desktop like Screenshot 2026-09-14 at 6.42.17 AM.png ?

mkdir ~/Screenshots

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location "$HOME/Screenshots"

killall SystemUIServer

https://gist.github.com/andrewarrow/1584ca32badeb19868dcc3bec657eaa9

https://gist.github.com/andrewarrow/3d61d1c8ecdd3a7e7401bbec481718ca

launchctl bootstrap gui/$(id -u) ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.aa.rename-screenshot.plist

And now I get:

~/Screenshots $ ls

basifacial_decidua.png

dehull_knopweed.png

erlking_walloping.png

cs1996 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I had to look up some of the random words:

basifacial: relating to the lower half of the face

decidua: a specialized lining

dehull: to remove the husk from a seed

knopweed: a flowering weed.

erlking: a malevolent supernatural spirit

walloping: a severe beating/defeat

so this works as a vocab words of the day thing too