diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/cocoa/userinterface/MacScreenshotCaptureTool.mm b/desmume/src/frontend/cocoa/userinterface/MacScreenshotCaptureTool.mm
index 944842a6d..458ce45d8 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/cocoa/userinterface/MacScreenshotCaptureTool.mm
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/cocoa/userinterface/MacScreenshotCaptureTool.mm
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
 {
 	NSString *savePath = [self saveDirectoryPath];
 	
+	// Check for the existence of the target writable directory. Cancel the take screenshot operation
+	// if the directory does not exist or is not writable.
 	if ( (savePath != nil) && ([savePath length] > 0) )
 	{
 		savePath = [savePath stringByExpandingTildeInPath];
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@
 	else
 	{
 		[self chooseDirectoryPath:self];
+		return;
 	}
 	
 	NSFileManager *fileManager = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
@@ -123,19 +126,13 @@
 	
 	if (!isDirectoryFound)
 	{
-		// This was the last chance for the user to try to get a working writable directory.
 		[self chooseDirectoryPath:self];
-		isDirectoryFound = [fileManager createDirectoryAtPath:savePath withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil];
+		[fileManager release];
+		return;
 	}
 	
 	[fileManager release];
 	
-	if (!isDirectoryFound)
-	{
-		// If the directory is still invalid, then just bail.
-		return;
-	}
-	
 	// Note: We're allocating the parameter's memory block here, but we will be freeing it once we copy it in the detached thread.
 	MacScreenshotCaptureToolParams *param = new MacScreenshotCaptureToolParams;
 	param->sharedData				= [self sharedData];