There are too many other good alternatives that work better for me to continue overpaying for Snagit. Snagit is constantly connecting out to various hosts, ostensibly to continuously verify its activation, and you can't prevent it from doing so without it refusing to work. I have the license I just haven't fed it into Snagit. This is because it never prompted me to activate the new license. Then, a month later, it tells me my trial has expired. Usually, when I install the new annual version, what happens is that it lets me install it without uttering a peep, everything works as before, and I begin using the updated version and think nothing of it.

I've had this happen after using System Restore as well.

Then you have the fact that it randomly un-licenses itself, and refuses to work unless you log into the website and reactivate. Oh, I'll be able to reproduce it (1) On my home PC (2) On my work PC and (2) On my VDI instance, but oh man, it's just not reproducible. I just can't take the bugs anymore.Īnd whenever I report bugs, TechSmith support tells me they can't reproduce it. I've spent a fortune on it, but I'm done. I've used Snagit for years, at home and at work.

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