How to prevent preview to save openened docs on desktop

Hi,
I use preview often to view files/images. What annoys me is that preview saves all opened files to the desktop. I looked into the preferences but there seems to be no option to prevent this to happen, nor an option to change the default save folder.
IS THERE SOMEBODY WHO CAN TELL ME WHERE I CAN FIND THESE OPTIONS, KNOWS THE TRICK TO PREVENT THIS TO HAPPEN?
A big thanks!

MacFan_RJ wrote:
I use preview often to view files/images. What annoys me is that preview saves all opened files to the desktop. I looked into the preferences but there seems to be no option to prevent this to happen, nor an option to change the default save folder.
I think I might understand...
Do you mean that, when you try to save a file in Preview, you only see the option to save to the desktop and no option to save to any other location? In other words, is this the kind of save dialog you're seeing?
If that's the problem, all you need to do is click on the little disclosure triangle next to the filename field (circled in red in the above screenshot), and you'll see this instead:
Now you can navigate to any location on the hard drive you wish and save your file there.
If that's not what you meant, please post back with more detail.

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