Will Snapz Pro X work in Mavericks?

Yes is does.

I'm not having much luck with Snapz 2.5.2 in Mavericks. After a restart, I'm able to invoke Snapz once. It works to capture the screen (or a selection thereof), but subsequent presses of the hot key do not bring up Snapz again.

You can manually launch Snapz (i.e. with Spotlight or from the Apps folder), but the hot key only works once for me.

I've re-installed Snapz 2.5.2 from a current download from the Ambrosia SW site.

Are others not experiencing this?

Kirk out

I even turned off "napping" for Snapz and it STILL quits after a snap or set of snaps. It's about three minutes in some cases, immediately in others.
I'm snapping stuff ALL DAY for troubleshoots, and it's exremely annoying.

Ambrosia support has REFUSED to even answer emails, too.

Honestly, I've about had it with them.

I've got Snagit for Mac and I'm installing it today.

I left a message for Ambrosia SW this morning and they just called me back. The support guy said the owner had let everyone go and they were down to one empoyee.

He said: "It's VERY unlikely Snapz will ever be updated for Mavericks compatibility".

It's dead. Time to look at different screen capture utils. What are people liking out there?

RIP Snapz Pro X

Kirk out

I'll be using "Snagit" from here on it looks like.

Same problem here. It is a pain to have to reactivate Snapzpro for every cut. I guess I will look at snagit as well. It is a shame, Snapzpro worked well.

Maza

I'm having a different problem with Snapz Pro X in Mavericks. I cannot get it to capture something on my second monitor. It doesn't seem to recognize that it exists. I can capture anything on my primary monitor just fine.

If SnapzPro won't be updated for Mavericks, can anyone recommend a utility that can capture the exact tool cursor an application is using? (Because the built-in screen capture in OS X never has.)

I'm very sorry to hear that about SnapZ Pro. It's not working right in Mavericks. It seems stuck on only being able to choose an object, not any other options.

I also use LittleSnapper which is great! Very flexible. However, it can't do one thing that SnapZ Pro was able to do - snap an open menu. That's because you have to move the cursor to choose your selection.

I'm very sorry to hear that about Ambrosia and Snapz Pro. 😟

doug

Like others, I'm finding that Snapz quits right after taking a screen shot in Mavericks. I'm trying the approach suggested here:

http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tips-shortcuts/how-to-launch-any-app-with-a-ke yboard-shortcut/

Basically, an Automator script is created and then attached to a keyboard shortcut. By using the same shortcut that used for Snaz, if Snapz isn't running, this keyboard command will launch it. I'm not sure whether this will adequately salvage the Snapz functions pending an update (in case that ever happens).

Another approach might be along the lines suggested by:

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060927132601570

The scripts deal with relaunching Quicksilver. It seems that the Lingon app might be able to relaunch Snapz, and maybe someone knows how to rewrite the script to do the same thing without having to purchase Lingon. Any takers?

Rob

here the ambrosia's answer about Snapz Pro : from help@ambrosiasw.com : We're currently working on a Mavericks update for Snapz Pro X, I can't give you an ETA on the release but I can tell you it'll be soon.

Well, SnapzPro X 2.5.4 is out today. Not sure if it fixes everything, but it claims to fix some Mavericks issues.

I just installed 2.5.4 under Mavericks and it's now allowing me to take more than one keyboard invoked screen shot.

Yay!

Kirk out

Remember you have a little app called 'Grab' inside your utilities folder that lets you screen grab a selection, window, screen or timed screen. My Snapz Pro 2.3.3 doesn't seem to launch at all under Mavericks.

QuickTime has been able to do screen recordings since Snow Leopard. Each newer version has added more features.