For sessions over a minute or two, scrubbing the raw video timeline is fiddly. ScreenSolo's snapshots turn each session into a clickable index — the Story rail.
What's a snapshot
A snapshot is a moment when the screen changed meaningfully. The scene-detection algorithm watches for:
- A new app launching
- A new screen / view inside the same app
- A dialog or sheet appearing
- A click or tap landing on a new target (when click-tracking is enabled)
Each detected moment becomes a snapshot in the Story rail down the left of the editor, and a marker on the STORY lane at the top of the timeline. On a fresh recording the rail shows Analysing… placeholders until the snapshots land.
How to use it
- Open a recording from your Library (⌘L).
- The Story rail lists every snapshot in order, with a search box at the top. Hide or show it with ⌘⇧1.
- Click a snapshot — it opens large in Guide, with its write-up. Press ⌘1 to go back to Video.
- Add your own — press K (or + Add snapshot) to take one at the playhead. ⧉ Duplicate copies the selected snapshot; hover one to delete it.
Keyboard shortcuts
- Space — play / pause
- ← / → — step one frame
- ⇧← / ⇧→ (or , and .) — back / forward one second
- Home / End — jump to the start / end
- ⌥← / ⌥→ — previous / next snapshot (in Guide)
- K — take a snapshot at the playhead
- ⌘1 / ⌘2 — switch between Video and Guide
- ⌘E — open the Export sheet
- ? — show every shortcut
On Windows, use Ctrl for ⌘ and Alt for ⌥.
When snapshots aren't enough
If your session is a screen recording where nothing visibly changes for long periods (e.g. reading an article), snapshot detection has nothing to anchor on. In that case, use the regular timeline scrubber — the Story rail will just have one or two entries, and you can drop your own with K.