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Folder action to autorename screenshots

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Programming Applescript Osx
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Move the location of the screenshots
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I do not want to have ~/Desktop polluted with files. Thus

mkdir -p ~/Documents/Screenshots
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Documents/Screenshots
killall SystemUIServer

Test the screenshot - it does it

Automator based auto-rename
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  • Create Folder action for ~/Documents/Screenshots

It has 3 actions

s/Screen Shots //
s/./-/g
s/ at /_/