حفظت الصورة والمستند بنفس المجلد عالكمبيوتر، وبعدها شغلت الطابعة.

Here, حفظت means saved in the computer/file sense.

The verb حفظ has a broad meaning range, including to preserve, to keep, to memorize, and in modern usage to save a file. In this sentence, because it talks about a picture, a document, and a folder on the computer, the meaning is clearly saved.

Yes — in normal Arabic spelling, حفظت can be ambiguous.

It can mean:

• I saved
• you (masculine singular) saved

The same is true for شغلت:

• I turned on
• you (masculine singular) turned on

Arabic often leaves the subject pronoun unstated, so learners have to rely on context. If the speaker wanted to make it explicit, they could say:

• أنا حفظت = I saved
• إنت حفظت = you saved

Because verb-first word order is very natural in Arabic.

So:

• حفظت الصورة... = literally something like Saved-I the picture...
• شغلت الطابعة = Turned-on-I the printer

Arabic can also use subject-first order, but verb-first is extremely common, especially in straightforward narration of actions.

It means in the same folder.

Breakdown:

• بـ = in / with / by depending on context
• نفس = same or literally self
• المجلد = the folder

So بنفس المجلد is literally in the same folder.

A useful pattern is:

• بنفس البيت = in the same house
• بنفس اليوم = on the same day
• بنفس الطريقة = in the same way

That بـ is a very common preposition in Levantine and Arabic generally.

In this sentence, it gives a location-like meaning:

• بنفس المجلد = in the same folder

The preposition بـ is very flexible. Depending on context, it can correspond to:

• in
• with
• by
• using

So you should not expect it to match just one English preposition every time.

Yes, مجلد is a normal and correct word for folder, especially in tech-related Arabic.

However, in everyday speech, many Levantine speakers also use English-based words such as:

• فولدر = folder
• sometimes even فايل = file

So مجلد sounds perfectly fine, but in casual real-life speech you may hear borrowed tech vocabulary too.

عالكمبيوتر is a colloquial contraction of على الكمبيوتر.

In Levantine:

• على + الـ often becomes عالـ

So:

• على الكمبيوتر → عالكمبيوتر

It means on the computer.

Also, كمبيوتر is a borrowed word from English, and that is very common in Levantine.

Because the sentence is talking about a specific picture and a specific document, not just any picture or any document.

• الصورة = the picture/image
• المستند = the document

In Arabic, if two nouns joined by و are both definite, each one usually keeps its own الـ:

• الصورة والمستند
• الولد والبنت
• الكتاب والدفتر

وبعدها means and after that or simply then.

Breakdown:

• و = and
• بعد = after
• ها = literally it/her, here referring back to the previous action or moment

So the idea is: after that, I turned on the printer.

It is natural and understandable in Levantine. Very colloquial alternatives you may also hear are:

• وبعدين = and then
• بعد هيك = after that

Here it means I turned on the printer or I started the printer.

The verb شغّل is very common in Levantine for making a machine or device start working:

• شغلت الكمبيوتر = I turned on the computer
• شغلت المكيف = I turned on the AC
• شغلت السيارة = I started the car

Depending on context, it can also mean operated or ran, but with devices like a printer, turned on is a very natural translation.

Yes. الطابعة is the standard Arabic word for printer, and it is widely understood.

In casual speech, some people may also say a borrowed form like:

• برنتر

But طابعة is completely normal and useful to know.

Arabic often gives location information from the more specific place to the broader setting.

So:

• بنفس المجلد = in the same folder
• عالكمبيوتر = on the computer

That order is very natural: first the exact place, then the larger context.

English can do something similar:

• in the same folder on the computer

It is best thought of as a mix, which is actually very common in real life.

Colloquial/Levantine features include:

• عالكمبيوتر instead of full على الكمبيوتر
• everyday sequencing like وبعدها
• natural spoken verb usage like شغلت

More formal or standard-ish vocabulary includes:

• مستند
• مجلد
• طابعة

This kind of mix is extremely normal in tech language. Speakers often combine colloquial grammar with standard Arabic or English-based technical terms.