Save to computer not iCloud

The default save location in Mountain Lion appears to be iCloud.
How can this be changed so that the default location is on the computer?
David Amies

If you don't want to store anything on iCloud, the easiest way to change location to the hard drive is to turn off Documents & Data. Open System Preferences > iCloud, and untick Documents & Data, so iCloud window won't appear anymore on any applications.
If you don't want to turn Documents & Data off, open Terminal and type:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false
Then, restart the computer

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