Snagit Library Location
Learn about options to store your captures locally, or to a cloud location for automatic backup and access from another computer.
View or Change the Library Location
The Snagit Library stores and organizes your captures. To view or change the location of your Snagit Library:
Windows
- In Snagit Editor, select Edit menu > Editor Preferences > Library tab.
- Hover your cursor over Choose location to view the filepath as a tooltip.
- Click Choose location.
- In the Choose Location dialog, select an available option or click Browse other to navigate to your preferred location.
- Click Save.
Mac
- Select Snagit menu > Settings > Advanced tab.
- Click Choose.
- In the Choose Location dialog, select an available option or click Browse other to navigate to your preferred location.
- Click Save.
Note: If you have an Enterprise Site License for Snagit, your IT Administrator may disable the option to choose a Library location.
Note: 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.
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.
- Hover over the option to view the file path to determine which account is detected.
- Select Browse other to navigate to and select a different account.
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 merge the existing library and new library at a later time, see Manage the Library.
Library Location Options
Local
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.
Cloud
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.
Network
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.
Cloud Services and Settings
For Snagit to detect a supported service automatically:
- The application must be installed locally, meaning not accessed only by a web browser.
- The application must be set to actively sync.
Snagit supports the following third-party storage services. Click a service to view Snagit requirements and a link to download the application.
Box for Windows
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.
Box for Mac
To save your library to Box, you must use Box Drive. Download Box Drive from the Box website.
File availability while offline:
- By default only recently accessed files are available offline.
- To access all Snagit files, mark the entire Snagit folder in your Box as offline. For instructions and further details, see the Making Content Available Offline support article on the Box website.
Dropbox Business and Dropbox Personal
To save your library to Dropbox, install the desktop app from the Dropbox website.
Google Drive
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.
iCloud for Windows
To download iCloud for Windows, visit the Apple website.
Note: Windows may experience delays when syncing to iCloud, which impacts Snagit file availability.
iCloud for Mac
To make sure Snagit works with iCloud, select System Settings > Apple ID > iCloud and deselect the Optimize Mac Storage option.
OneDrive for Windows
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:
- Open Windows File Explorer.
- Right-click OneDrive and select Settings.
- On the Settings tab, make sure the Save space and download files as you use them option is not selected.
OneDrive for Mac
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.
Note: This tutorial is for Snagit version 2024. Previous versions may look or function differently.
- To check your version, select Help menu (Windows) or Snagit menu (Mac) > About Snagit.
- If you have a previous version of Snagit, see tutorials for previous versions or upgrade to the latest version.
- For unexpected behavior with Snagit, visit the TechSmith Help Center.
