Manage the Library
Store your captures locally or to the cloud, move your library, or merge multiple libraries.
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Store your captures locally or to the cloud, move your library, or merge multiple libraries.
The Snagit Library stores and organizes your captures. Learn how to set up a third-party cloud service to access your Snagit files from anywhere and to back them up automatically. Choose your Library location or move it to a new location, and merge multiple Snagit Libraries.
To view the current Library location:
Note: If you have an Enterprise Site License for Snagit, your IT Administrator may disable the option to choose a Library location.
Store your Library on your computer if you only use Snagit on one computer and if you already back up your computer files.
The default location is Documents (Windows) or Pictures (Mac). You can also select a different location on your computer.
Companies such as Dropbox, Google, and Microsoft offer data and file storage on remote, distributed servers via the internet, commonly called cloud storage.
Store your Library to a third-party storage location for automatic backup and to access your captures on another computer. For more information about supported services, see Cloud Services and Settings.
Note: It is not recommended to share a Snagit Library with other users via a cloud location. The Library includes all unsaved captures. To share an individual capture with others, see Share Captures. To export multiple captures, see Batch Convert Images.
On Windows, Snagit supports Library storage on a network drive, but with limited functionality.
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For full functionality, store your Library to a local location on your computer or to a supported cloud storage service. See Change the Library Location Any Time.
For Snagit to detect a supported service automatically:
Snagit supports the following third-party storage services. Click a service to view Snagit requirements and a link to download the application.
To save your library to Box, you must use Box Sync. Box Drive is not supported.
For more information and to install Box Sync, see the Box website.
To save your library to Box, you must use Box Drive. Download Box Drive from the Box website.
File availability while offline:
To save your library to Dropbox, install the desktop app from the Dropbox website.
To save your library to Drive, you must use Drive for desktop. Download Drive for desktop from the Google website.
Set the My Drive syncing option to Mirror files mode.
Note: Stream files mode is not supported.
To download iCloud for Windows, visit the Apple website.
Note: Windows may experience delays when syncing to iCloud, which impacts Snagit file availability.
To make sure Snagit works with iCloud, open System Settings (macOS 13) or System Preferences (macOS 12 or older), select Apple ID, and deselect the Optimize Mac Storage option.
Snagit supports both OneDrive for Business and OneDrive Personal. For more information and to download OneDrive, visit the Microsoft website.
To make sure Snagit works with OneDrive, disable the Files On-Demand option:
Snagit supports both OneDrive for Business and OneDrive Personal. To download OneDrive, visit the Microsoft website.
To make sure Snagit works with OneDrive, open OneDrive Preferences and select Download all OneDrive files now.
In Snagit version 2022 and later, a dialog appears after you take your first capture:
Snagit automatically detects most cloud services on your computer. Select your preference for the Library location:
Cloud Service Not Detected
If Snagit does not automatically detect a cloud service, click Browse other to navigate to the location or check your settings. To learn more about cloud storage setup, see Cloud Services and Settings.
Multiple Accounts
For users with multiple Google Drive, OneDrive Personal, or OneDrive Business accounts, the Choose Location dialog displays only one account for each service.
Recommended Location
If Snagit detects an existing Library in a cloud storage location, it recommends that option. If you do not select the recommended location, Snagit creates a new library. To combine the existing library and the new library at a later time, see Merge Libraries.
You can change the storage location of the Library at any time.
When you change the Library location, Snagit moves all the existing files in the Library to the new location. During this process Snagit is temporarily unavailable. After Snagit moves the files, it may take a moment to display all files in the Library. Snagit closes all captures in the Recent Captures Tray.
If you have Snagit version 2021 or earlier, create a backup file to import to Snagit version 2023.
Snagit only imports SNAG, MP4, and GIF files. This process does not support importing other file formats such as JPG, PNG, etc. into the Library.
This process also automatically converts SNAG files to the newer SNAGX format.
To merge libraries from Snagit version 2022 and newer, change the Library location.
Snagit merges the libraries in the new location. To change the location, repeat the steps.
To merge Libraries from any version, change the Library location.
Snagit merges the libraries in the new location. To change the location, repeat the steps.
Note: This tutorial is for Snagit version 2023. Previous versions may look or function differently.