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Change file save location

I'm wondering if there is a way to create a script on Mac OS X that will change the default save location for all native Cocoa apps. I don't know where to start, so I am open to any advice on how to do this.

Thanks for any help!

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Set the default directory for all applications not previously launched:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavLastRootDirectory "~/Desktop"

Overwrite all previous locations for apps that were previously launched:



find ~/Library/Preferences -name "*.plist" -exec grep -l NSNavLastRootDirectory {} \; | while read domain; do domain=${domain%.plist} ; defaults write "$domain" NSNavLastRootDirectory "~/Desktop"; done

In both cases, replace "~ / Desktop" with your path. If it contains spaces or tilde, remember to use quotes.

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