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lauschke
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

Screenshot File Naming Format

Hello-   Out of the blue, Dropbox changed the filename format it uses when capturing and saving screenshots from a Mac.  Like so many changes Dropbox made, there was no warning, there is no manua...
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paulhenman
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Thanks for the tip on changing the time format.

I asked in the Apple forum how to change the text - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251714867

The answer is:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture name "Screenshot"
killall SystemUIServer

So now the format looks like "Screenshot 2020-08-22 at 10.18.35.png" - almost back to where I want it.

I haven't worked out how to remove "at" between date and time though.... yet :) 

https://henman.ca/2020/08/22/macos-screenshot-naming-format-has-changed/ 

 

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