Snappy 1.4.0

Markup you can edit: click any mark to move, recolour, resize or delete it, plus new pen, highlighter and numbered-step tools and hover labels on every button. Also a 3-second timer, QR codes in Copy Text, and file names that include the app.

Changes

• Overlay: hover labels on every button and a hint for the active tool
• Timer: capture automatically when the countdown ends
• Add a 3s timer, QR codes in Copy Text, app names in file names, and tests
• Markup: edit marks, plus pen, highlighter and numbered steps
• Website: Google Search Console verification tag
• Website: SEO basics
• Website: copy buttons for the Homebrew commands
• Bump the actions group with 4 updates
• Add Dependabot for GitHub Actions

Install: brew trust --tap beqaabu/tap && brew install --cask beqaabu/tap/snappy-app, or unzip, move Snappy.app to Applications and open it. It isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID, so the first time macOS will block it: click Open Anyway in System Settings → Privacy & Security. Then grant Screen Recording access when asked.

Snappy 1.3.1

Changes

• Draw a custom menu bar icon

Install: brew trust --tap beqaabu/tap && brew install --cask beqaabu/tap/snappy-app, or unzip, move Snappy.app to Applications and open it. It isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID, so the first time macOS will block it: click Open Anyway in System Settings → Privacy & Security. Then grant Screen Recording access when asked.

Snappy 1.3.0

Copy Text: select an area and press Cmd+C (or the text button) to copy the words in it, recognized on your Mac, with a scan sound to confirm. Plus update checks in Settings: Check Now, or an opt-in daily check.

Changes

• Play a scan sound when text is copied
• Add update checks: Check Now and an opt-in daily check
• Add Copy Text: copy the text in a selection instead of an image

Install: brew trust --tap beqaabu/tap && brew install --cask beqaabu/tap/snappy-app, or unzip, move Snappy.app to Applications and open it. It isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID, so the first time macOS will block it: click Open Anyway in System Settings → Privacy & Security. Then grant Screen Recording access when asked.

Snappy 1.2.0

An app icon, a Settings window (shortcut, save folder, PNG or JPEG, clipboard/file/preview/sound, launch at login), and a website at https://beqaabu.github.io/Snappy/. Homebrew users: the cask is now snappy-app.

Changes

• Add website with an interactive demo
• Install via the snappy-app cask, with brew trust
• Add Settings window
• Add app icon

Install: brew trust --tap beqaabu/tap && brew install --cask beqaabu/tap/snappy-app, or unzip, move Snappy.app to Applications and open it. It isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID, so the first time macOS will block it: click Open Anyway in System Settings → Privacy & Security. Then grant Screen Recording access when asked.

Snappy 1.1.0

Quick markup: arrows, boxes, text and blur on a selection.

Changes

• Add README preview image rendered from the real overlay
• Add quick markup: arrows, boxes, text and blur

Install: brew install --cask beqaabu/tap/snappy, or unzip, move Snappy.app to Applications and open it. It isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID, so the first time macOS will block it: click Open Anyway in System Settings → Privacy & Security. Then grant Screen Recording access when asked.

Snappy 1.0.0

initial release

Changes

• Add signed universal builds, release workflow and Homebrew install
• Simplify toolbar width so older Swift compilers can type-check it
• Add capture preview thumbnail and remember last selection
• README: use real clone URL
• Initial commit: Snappy, an Ubuntu-style screenshot tool for macOS

Install: brew install --cask beqaabu/tap/snappy, or unzip, move Snappy.app to Applications and open it. It isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID, so the first time macOS will block it: click Open Anyway in System Settings → Privacy & Security. Then grant Screen Recording access when asked.