Disappearing screenshots - or do they?

I've found, since Catalina, that if I take a screenshot (Cmd-shift-4) I get an image at the bottom left of my screen, but the file doesn't appear on my desktop so I can't double-click it to open it in Preview.


However, if I start Preview and click 'Open', the file is on the desktop.


Screenshot below shows the desktop with two files on it but the Open screen in Preview (or even attaching a file from this posting screen) shows all the files...



Anybody know what's going on, please?


Thanks,


Pete

iMac Pro, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 7, 2019 05:11 AM

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Dec 7, 2019 05:34 AM in response to Nightowl4933

A couple things, sometimes there is a delay before the screen shot appears. I assume it depends on what you are taking a screen shot of and what else the Mac may be doing. You may also want to press "command shift 5", then click "Options". from there, you can make sure the timer is set to "None" and you can send screen shots directly to Preview if you so choose.

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