Over the years, I’ve had to take screenshots for documentation, to report bugs, and to help other people. Up until recently, the primary application I used was SnapzProX. However, it took awhile for them to come up with an Intel native version and pretty much has remained the same for years. This isn’t really a bad thing as the program worked, but I was longing for something more. There have been a number of programs brought to market since SnapzProX, but nothing has really come close to meeting my needs.
I came across a program called Layers and immediately bought it. The ability to capture a screen with each window as a separate layer looked really cool. However, after using it for a little while, it just didn’t reaplce SnapzProX or command-shift-4. It still has a use every now and again, but not for everyday use.
When I bought the MacHeist 3 bundle, I looked at each program it came with to see if anything would fit into my everyday toolbelt (a lot of the applications could be used here and there). I started playing with LittleSnapper and after some initial problems (saving a web page as a PDF crashes it and there is currently no fix for it; in addition, uploading to a web site via SFTP doesn’t work with public/private key encryption), it has become invaluable to me. The feature that is making it invaluable to me is the fact that it saves the screenshots to a library and I can drag directly out of it into an iChat window or in an email message without having to save it to the desktop, drag it in, then delete the file (I also used to always delete the file before I sent the file which caused a problem). I still want them to fix the SFTP issue, but I’m quite happy with the program. I need to figure out how else I can use it.