Capture History

Capture History is the local archive of every Auto Capture, Action Capture and Website Capture session on this Mac. Open it from the bottom of the sidebar to find an earlier run, export its frames or reuse them in a Document.

The list is sorted by date with the newest session first, and recent runs sit under Today and Yesterday. Type part of a name into Search sessions to narrow the list, or select Refresh when a run that just finished is not listed yet.

Read session details

Select a session to open it. The header shows the source label and a status badge, and a details grid sits below it.

Field	Content
Source	The screen, window, custom area or website the run captured
Capture type	Auto Capture, Action Capture or Website Capture
Started	Date and time the run began
Frames	Number of saved frames
Total size	Disk space the session uses
Failed URLs	Website Capture only; pages that did not capture

A Website Capture session is labelled with its saved workflow name when it has one. Otherwise the label is the domain of the first URL. Older sessions keep the source label recorded when they were created.

Status	Meaning
Active	The capture is still running
Completed	The run ended with usable frames
Partial	A Website Capture finished with some pages captured and some failed
Cancelled	The run was cancelled; frames saved before that point remain
Failed	The run produced no usable result

Select and preview Frames

Tick the checkbox on each frame you want, or use Select All. The control changes to Deselect All once every frame is ticked, and a counter shows how many frames are selected.

Double-click a frame to open a larger preview.

Export the selection

The bar under the frames has four actions: ZIP, Images, GIF and PDF. Each one exports only the selected frames to the Export path set in Settings > General. Select Open export folder to show that folder in Finder.

MP4 and WebP are available from the results pane after a capture. See Export captures for every format and its options.

Create or open a Document

The Document actions always use the whole session, not the frame selection.

1. Create the Document

   Select Create Document to turn the session into an editable Document. The button changes to Open Document once that Document exists.

2. Add the session to another Document

   Open Add to Document… and pick an existing Document. Every frame of the session is copied into it.

The session stays in Capture History after either action. A Document keeps its own copies, so editing the Document does not change the frames stored in the session.

Active-session locks

While any capture is running, the session view shows "Preview, export, and deletion are locked while a capture is active." This lock covers every saved session.

Create Document, Open Document and Add to Document… are disabled only for the session that is still capturing. Finish or stop the run before you change older sessions.

Delete a session

Open the Session menu (the circled ellipsis in the header) and choose Delete session.

Retention limit

Temposhot keeps 30 sessions by default. Change the cap in Settings > History with Max sessions (1-500).

When a lower cap would remove stored sessions, Temposhot asks "Delete older sessions?" first. Confirming deletes the oldest sessions and their files.

Next: Export captures.