Drag a screenshot from the notch into a folder

To file a screenshot, drag its thumbnail from the NotchStar tray onto a folder in Finder, or into an open Finder window, and drop it. The file goes into that folder and the thumbnail leaves the tray. NotchStar offers Finder both a copy and a move, so Finder picks the behaviour for that drop.

Steps

1. Take the screenshot and wait for the thumbnail under the notch.
2. Press on it and drag. A drag starts once the pointer has moved more than 4 points.
3. Drop it on a folder icon, a Finder window, or the Desktop.

Move or copy

NotchStar’s drag offers both a copy and a move to Finder. Finder decides, the same way it does for any file you drag. Check the folder afterwards, and the screenshot folder, if you need to know which happened.

When the file moved

Any completed drop takes the thumbnail out of the tray. If the file moved out of the screenshot folder, NotchStar also notices: it checks for missing files every 10 seconds and drops any thumbnail whose file is gone.

Other places

You can also drop screenshots onto the Shelf, which keeps files in the notch and can hand them to AirDrop. For the whole flow, read the Screenshot Tray page.