# Automatic saving of Pluto notebooks in a Mac

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-saving-of-pluto-notebooks-in-a-mac/122776>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** pluto, mac, saving\
**Created:** [November 18, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-saving-of-pluto-notebooks-in-a-mac/122776 "2024-11-18T14:10:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![VivMendes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vivmendes/32/16477_2.png) [@VivMendes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VivMendes)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-saving-of-pluto-notebooks-in-a-mac/122776/1 "2024-11-18T14:10:10Z")

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I have a problem with students who drag and drop a Pluto notebook into the “Open a notebook” window, running the notebook but not giving a particular path and name to save it. Pluto saves the notebook automatically if one single cell is run in a specific folder of its choice, depending on the type of OS, and gives a fancy title to that file, like “Wonderful adventure.jl”.

In Windows, Pluto saves the notebooks in those circumstances, usually in the following path: C:\Users\myuser\.julia\pluto\_notebooks\

However, I do not have a Mac and need to find out where Pluto saves the notebooks in those circumstances, under this type of OS.

Where should I look for those notebooks on a Mac?

I tried using a Mac and did my best, but I failed. I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![disberd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@disberd](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/disberd)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-saving-of-pluto-notebooks-in-a-mac/122776/2 "2024-11-18T18:23:51Z")

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on Mac like on other platforms notebooks should be saved within the `pluto_notebooks` subfolder of `Base.DEPOT_PATH` which should default to `~/.julia`

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**Author:** ![VivMendes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vivmendes/32/16477_2.png) [@VivMendes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VivMendes)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-saving-of-pluto-notebooks-in-a-mac/122776/3 "2024-11-18T18:43:54Z")

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Thanks. I knew that in Windows, but I have never used a Mac. OK, I’ll try to find the /.julia folder on a Mac tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![disberd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@disberd](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/disberd)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-saving-of-pluto-notebooks-in-a-mac/122776/4 "2024-11-19T09:33:23Z")

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note that is not `/.julia` but `~/.julia`, which on Mac should be something like `/Users/<username>/.julia`

if you have students/users with mac they could also directly check the location of a notebook by executing the `@ __DIR__ ` macro in a notebook cell:

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