# Choosing default locations for files Mac OS Can not find folder option

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/choosing-default-locations-for-files-mac-os-can-not-find-folder-option/37141>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Tags:** location, file, default, autosave\
**Created:** [January 11, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/choosing-default-locations-for-files-mac-os-can-not-find-folder-option/37141 "2017-01-11T02:16:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![K21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@K21](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/K21)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/choosing-default-locations-for-files-mac-os-can-not-find-folder-option/37141/1 "2017-01-11T02:16:21Z")

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Hello

Iv gone on the guide to help with the problem in setting default location of sketchup models,

it use to work in the past, every time i save it will automatically go to sketchup folder, but now it will just go to documents,

it has made my work saved across my mac and i want it to go back to how it use to be.

i do not get the folder option when on sketchup preference section

thanks

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/choosing-default-locations-for-files-mac-os-can-not-find-folder-option/37141/2 "2017-01-11T02:22:45Z")

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> [@K21](#):
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> i do not get the folder option when on sketchup preference section

That’s available in SketchUp 2017. What version are you using?

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**Author:** ![K21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@K21](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/K21)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/choosing-default-locations-for-files-mac-os-can-not-find-folder-option/37141/3 "2017-01-11T16:14:33Z")

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Hi I’m using Sketchup Pro 2016 MacOS El Capitan

On the preference section there is no folder option, I’m not sure if it’s secret menus, but I can not resolve this issue

Thanks

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/choosing-default-locations-for-files-mac-os-can-not-find-folder-option/37141/4 "2017-01-11T16:29:02Z")

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No secret menu.It was implemented in SU2017 but not earlier versions.

Previous Mac versions use the last saved location as the next save location unless you change it.

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**Author:** ![Barry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/barry/32/1204_2.png) [@Barry](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Barry)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/choosing-default-locations-for-files-mac-os-can-not-find-folder-option/37141/5 "2017-01-11T16:36:01Z")

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What Dave said. Plus: what do you get in Terminal if you type / paste this:

_defaults read com.sketchup.SketchUp.2016 SketchUp.DefaultFolder.Models_

That should be where you go. If you crash on close, that wont be written out. To manually change that, I did:

_defaults write com.sketchup.SketchUp.2016 SketchUp.DefaultFolder.Models -string “/Users/MY\_HOME\_DIR/Documents”_

in Terminal.app, restarted SketchUp, and it worked.