Where Does GNOME Snapshot Save Photos?
GNOME Snapshot Camera galleries and dconf settings on Linux.
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Snapshot saves photos and videos into Camera subfolders under XDG media dirs. The app creates them on demand. Settings ride dconf with window, shutter and countdown keys.
Schema covers capture mode, format and last camera only. Media never touches the config. Keep galleries plus a dconf dump together.
Where GNOME Snapshot stores this, by platform
~/Pictures/Camera
Camera galleries under XDG Pictures and Videos, created on demand. Settings in dconf Snapshot schema. Schema covers capture prefs only.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Snapshot?
Copy the Camera folders out of Pictures and Videos. Settings travel through dconf dump. Restoring means putting media back and loading the dump.
Pictures or Pictures Camera?
Not bare Pictures. The app creates Camera subfolders under the XDG media dirs on first capture. Point imports and scripts at the subfolder level.
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