kalaj Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Hi all,I am new to Mac. When I "Save the picture of the screen as a file",I find find it on my desktop,but I can find it in the terminal by using the "ls" command.why? Thanks for any replies. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36035-when-i-save-the-picture-of-the-screen-as-a-filei-find-find-it-on-my-desktop/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteo Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 cd /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Desktop ls -al Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36035-when-i-save-the-picture-of-the-screen-as-a-filei-find-find-it-on-my-desktop/#findComment-256394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 You may be looking in your HOME directory. Don't forget to "cd Desktop" before you perform "ls" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36035-when-i-save-the-picture-of-the-screen-as-a-filei-find-find-it-on-my-desktop/#findComment-256395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Don't forget to "cd Desktop" before you perform "ls" cd ~/Desktop Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36035-when-i-save-the-picture-of-the-screen-as-a-filei-find-find-it-on-my-desktop/#findComment-256728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 cd ~/Desktop When he opens Terminal, it defaults to ~ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36035-when-i-save-the-picture-of-the-screen-as-a-filei-find-find-it-on-my-desktop/#findComment-256738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalaj Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 Forget my poor expression and mu poor English. I mean that I can't see the exits file on my desktop but I can find it by terminal command. why the file can't display icon on y desktop?? Thks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36035-when-i-save-the-picture-of-the-screen-as-a-filei-find-find-it-on-my-desktop/#findComment-256773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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