To close the file, press your spacebar again. Your file is now viewable without opening the Preview app. Click a file once and then press your spacebar. If all your files in Finder or on your Desktop are named something similar or look the same, you can preview your content without opening them. Under Save to, click one of the preselected destinations, like Documents or Messages, or Other Location to save your screenshot and recordings somewhere else, like a specific folder.

But you can choose a new location to save these files so you can keep your desktop nice and tidy. Screenshots and recordings save to your desktop by default, and they can quickly clutter your workspace. Zach McAuliffe/CNET Save screenshots and recordings in a different location I spent seven years writing breaking news for CNET as one of the site’s East Coast reporters. I've also written two books for Wiley & Sons- Windows 8: Five Minutes at a Time and Teach Yourself Visually LinkedIn.These two icons enable screen recording on Macs. Beyond PCMag, I've written news stories and tutorials for a variety of other websites and publications, including CNET, ZDNet, TechRepublic, Macworld, Popular Science, Time, Fortune, US News & World Report, and AARP Magazine. I've been working for PCMag since early 2016 writing tutorials, how-to pieces, and other articles on consumer technology.

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