Monosnap is a utility that enables you to take snapshots and record your activity on your Mac computer. The program also gives you access to various image editing tools, lets you define a wide range of hotkeys for quicker app manipulation, and provides you with multiple image and video sharing options.
This application lives in your Menu Bar from where you can access its Preferences panel for configuring the settings according to your needs. You can define the shortcut keys you need for immediately taking snapshots and starting/stopping recordings, select the preferred output formats, log in to your Monosnap account (the app will then upload your photos and videos to your account), etc.
The app comes with several flaws. For starters, it supports a limited amount of output formats for both screenshots (JPG or PNG) and video recordings (MP4 or GIF). The program also occasionally runs slow, especially when working with the built-in video recording tool.
Another disadvantage is that not all of Monosnap's features are for free. To be more exact, you need to make an in-app purchase to unlock the ability to store your screenshots in various types of Cloud service accounts. Still, the rest of the attributes come without a price. So, it isn't a big deal, especially if you don't need the aforementioned features while working with Monosnap.
This new app version comes with multiple bug fixes, new abilities as well as the support for macOS 10.13.
All in all, this program is a great and cheap solution for taking screenshots and recording desktop activity. It's easy-to-use and provides you with quality output files. You should give it a try.
v3.4 [Sep 22, 2017]
- Ready for MacOS 10.13.
- Added Google Drive support.
- Added ability to upload to iCloud from burger menu.
- Added ability to upload to iCloud with (CMD+I) hotkey.
- Added iCloud smart sync from other devices.
- Added clear settings button for FTP, sFTP, WebDAV & Amazon S3 & reset all settings button in the Preferences > Advanced window.
- Added ability to disable animation at status bar and hide tooltips.
- Added ability to dismiss 'Fullscreen after 10s' by clicking on timer.
- Added chess background to the image editor.
- Added ‘Open from clipboard’ option at status bar menu.
- Added hotkeys for changing thickness and size in the image editor.
- Added option ‘Close the editor after uploading’ in the Preferences > General.
- HEIF support.
- Fixed Dropbox integration.
- Fixed iCloud integration with videos.
- Fixed high usage of CPU and GPU.
- Fixed ability to print images in the image editor (CMD+P).
- Fixed bugs related to screencasts and audio recording.
- Fixed RAM leaks.
- Fixed bugs with hotkeys for video recording.
- Fixed bugs with MPEG and GIF formats during saving.
- Fixed bug with uploading GIF files.
- Fixed bug with ‘red screenshot area’ in the editor.
- Added limitations for max size of saved file name.
- Fixed bugs related to UI inside video recording window.
- Fixed bug with uploaded images without preview to Monosnap storage.
- Fixed bug with box.com auth.
- Fixed bug with low speed of opening Monosnap folder list inside image editor.
- Fixed bug with auto launch.
- Removed ‘Make selfie’ ability.
