Options

TimeSnapper Options

The TimeSnapper Options dialog is where you can fine tune the nitty gritty details of everything. See below for the details of each tab.

Image quality

Screens to capture

You can pick which screen to capture or capture them all. Another nice option, e.g. if you are short on space, is to capture just the active application

Quality

File type

TimeSnapper supports saving the images in multiple different image formats:

• .png (usually best if you don't want any loss in quality and for maximum OCR efficiency)
• .jpg (usually best if you want to keep your images small, but does loose some quality)
• .gif
• .bmp
• .tiff

Resolution

Controls how big (heigh and width) the screenshot will be which in turn affects the size of the underlying file.

Quality

This can only be changed when the file type is .jpg. This controls the level of compression and the image quality. This gives excellent control over the image size.

Preview

The preview and the size indication is just to give an idea about how the screenshot will look like and how much space it will take. Actual size will vary depending on the complexity of the underlying screenshot.

• Click on the preview screenshot to enlarge the image.

Auto cleanup

TimeSnapper can automatically take care of house-cleaning chores so you don't have to worry about your hard drive filling up. TimeSnapper does this once an hour -- but only if you aren't actively working at the computer since it doesn't want to slow you or the computer down. Since it does this only once an hour, it can go just above the set limits which is normally fine.

Remove images older than

Images that are older than the number of days specified here will be automatically deleted during TimeSnapper house cleaning.

Maximum allowed space

If you go above this limit, TimeSnapper will delete the oldest ones until the limit is reached once again.

Clean up Now!

Starts manual house cleaning according to the set criteria above. This will also update the image statistics label.

Image Folder

The path to where the images are stored. Changing this path will not move old images to the new location.

• Press the [...] button to select a new folder.
• Press the [Explore] button to open Windows Explorer at the folder specified.

Delete all images

This will delete all screenshots that TimeSnapper has taken ever! So be careful if you value your screenshots. Deleting the images will not remove any statistics that has been gathered.

Privacy

TimeSnapper can safely encrypt all the screenshots so that no one can take a look at them unless they know the password. You will have to enter this password whenever you access the Day Browser to review your day.

If you change the password, it will not change previously encrypted screenshots.

TimeSnapper encrypts the actual underlying files using a state of the art encryption methods so you can rest assured that no one will be able to look at them.

Options

Plugins

Integration

Proxy