Agreed, but I wish I could host it in my iCloud account. The macOS tools are more than easy and fast enough for my tastes (no disrespect to the makers of this app, who were meeting a need that people have), but then once I've got it... where to put it if I want to share it with someone else, which is almost always what I want to do with a screenshot?
I used to use Dropbox, but as I started using other tools to sync my files I decided it wasn't worth the $10/month or whatever it costs now just to have a screenshot sharing tool. I pay for GSuite, but it's super difficult to host a screenshot there, and also to look at one.
Basically, I'm already paying for way more cloud storage than I need in both Apple and Google, and I already have a sufficient screenshot tool, so it's hard to justify (especially to my partner) that the $x/month line item on our credit card statement is for screenshot hosting.
First, I want to say that this tool does look good, has a nice UI, and I'm sure a lot of hard work went into it and kudos to the team who worked on it!
That being said, I'm wondering what this tool adds that current MacOS not already offer built in to your Mac already.
1. Capture with a shortcut - Mac has various depending on what you want to do, Command-Shift-4 being the one that matches what Zappy does but Command-Shift-5 is my new go-to as well.
2. Highlight what’s important with annotations - On Mac, as soon you take a screenshot you see a little thumbnail popup, click on it and you can annotate it with everything available in the Mac Preview app. Zappy seems to just take away one click and the UI looks simpler.
3. Press enter to save - Once you take the screenshot it is saved, dont have to wait for enter.
4. Upload captures instantly (Paid Feature) - Personally I set my mac to send my screenshots to a google drive folder, so they are immediately shareable from the cloud if I want them to be, plus it's free. Can do the same with Dropbox, Box, etc
other mentions:
- Create GIFs and screen recordings quickly - I like the idea of Gif recording, I've been using LICEcap[1] for a few years now but it would be nice to have it all in one place
- Stitch shots together to show the full picture - Would like to see an example of this
- Grab past captures from anywhere - "Stop digging through disorganized folders. Just click a capture to copy its link." I feel like there's some disconnect between this feature's title and it's description. Don't you have to find the past capture to click on it?
This -> automatic upload to dropbox -> automatic link copied to clipboard is my most used workflow.
I use this in GH issues, my personal journal, Slack... it’s insane how sticky this workflow is.
This plus Zapier sounds amazing.
They hit the nail in the head with this one. Could argue it took too long but the fact that I consider myself a power user of this flow and want this Zappy thing asap is a good sign for Zapier.
