Where is the screenshot property list now located in Mavericks?

Previously, the screenshot property list could be found at:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screencapture.plist

In Mavericks, this file no longer exists. In the past, I used to be able to manipulate the location and image type of screenshots using the .plist mentioned above. Where are these values now stored? Do I now need to create the plist in order to manipulate these variables, IE:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/folder/of/my/choice

To be sure this was not an issue with my user account, I created a new admin. account and tested.

Solution 1:

Yes, the plist seems to no longer exist by default, however I have changed my save location using the same command that you provided in your question and it's worked fine — the plist is read by OS X after logout and login.

Solution 2:

Looking at my MBA with 10.9.2 it is still in the

User/myname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screencapture.plist

As it turns out, the .plist will only exist (be created) if you modify the screencapture settings, like location to save and others.