If you misplace a screenshot, well also walk through various ways to locate it.

Where Are Screenshots Saved on Mac?

When youcapture a screenshot on your Mac, it is saved to your Desktop by default.

Desktop in the Finder Go menu on Mac

After you capture a screenshot, youll see it on your Desktop within seconds.

you could alsouse Finderto bring up the Desktop folder and view the screenshot there using these steps:

OpenFinder.

SelectGoin the menu bar.

Screenshot app in the Mac Utilities folder

Alternatively, pressCommand+Shift+Don your keyboard to kick off the Desktop in a Finder window.

To launch the app, openFinder, selectGo>Utilities,and openScreenshot, or use the keyboard shortcutCommand+Shift+5.

Select theOptionsmenu in the Screenshot apps floating toolbar.

Save To locations in the Screenshot app on Mac

Choose a location belowSave toat the top of the pop-up menu.

Capture your screenshot, and this one will go to your selected location, as will any future screenshots.

OpenFinderand bang out a keyword into theSearchbox on the top right.

Highlight Name Contains Screen Shot (right) and This Mac (left)

To search your entire computer, selectThis Macnext toSearchbelow the toolbar.

If needed, it’s possible for you to include additional search parameters to narrow down the results.

Select theplus signon the top right.

Highlight the line with Kind, Image, All including the minus and plus buttons on the right

Then choose a search attribute.

Continue this process until you locate the lost screenshot.

In Mail, enter screenshot in theSearchbox on the top right and chooseAttachment name contains screenshotin the suggestions.

You can highlight Clipboard Contents in small print on the bottom left if you like

Youll then see emails that contain attachments using that name.

In Messages, enter screen shot in theSearchbox on the left and then move down toPhotosto find the image.

Double-smack the screenshot and youll see it display in the corresponding text message conversation.

Searching for screenshots in the Mail app in macOS

A search for screenshots in the macOS Messages app