- Download Snagit Mac DMG from the Desktop Downloads Page
- Go to this location: /Users/Shared/TechSmith/Snagit/
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Inside of the Snagit folder, create a text file named:
LicenseKey We recommend using TextEdit and
making sure these settings are checked in TextEdit before
creating the text file. Once those settings are changed in
TextEdit, close TextEdit completely and re-open it to create
the text file. Do NOT put the .txt
extension in the filename or allow a .txt
extension to automatically be added to the file name. Make
sure it is saved with UTF-8 Plain Text Encoding. See examples
below:
- Deploy that file to all your users. *Make sure the users have read and write access to the entire Users folder structure. You can try it without write access if your environment is setup that way.
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Once they load Snagit for the first time, it will read the
license key and unlock Snagit 2021.
This will only work for versions that have not already been unlocked. This will not overwrite a key that was previously entered.
Note: These settings work on the latest version of Snagit Mac
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Hide Certain Sharing Plugins
- This lets you completely hide specific plugins from being available.
- Example: defaults write com.TechSmith.Snagit2021.plist RestrictedOutputs -array com.techsmith.shareplugin.MSWord com.techsmith.shareplugin.MSPowerPoint <more space-separated outputs can go here>
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Full Plugin List:
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.MSTeams (Available 2024 or later)
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.QuickShare (Available in 2023 and later)
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.Screencast2022 (Available in 2023 and later)
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.Screencast (Available in 2022 and earlier)
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.Camtasia
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.Knowmia
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.PanoptoPlugin
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.GoogleDrive
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.Slack
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.YouTube
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.Dropbox
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.FTP
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.FileSystem
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.MSWord
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.MSPowerPoint
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.Email
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.iWorkPages
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.iWorkKeynote
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.Program
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.iWorkNumbers
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.MSExcel
- com.techsmith.shareplugin.Box
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Customizable Share Link (2025 Only)
- Starting with Snagit 2025 you can now configure the Share Link button inside of Snagit to share directly to Google Drive or Screencast. You can do this by using the Defaults Write Command similar to our restricted outputs
- Example: defaults write com.TechSmith.Snagit.plist ConfigureShareLink -string com.techsmith.shareplugin.GoogleDrive
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Disable Sign In
- This lets you turn off the TechSmith account and sign-in options.
- Example: defaults write com.TechSmith.Snagit2024.plist DisableProductLogin -bool YES
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Hide License Info
- Hides references to the license key, registration info, and deactivation options.
- Example: defaults write com.TechSmith.Snagit2024.plist HideRegistrationKey -bool YES
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Hide Check for Updates
- Hides the check for updates menu items, prefs, and ability to update.
- Example: defaults write com.TechSmith.Snagit2024.plist DisableCheckForUpdates -bool YES
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Turn Off Analytics Tracking
- This lets you turn off the analytics tracking
- Example: defaults write com.TechSmith.Snagit2024.plist DisableTracking -bool YES
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Disable Experimental Features
- Disables the experimental features tab
- Example: defaults write com.TechSmith.Snagit2024.plist DisableExperiments -bool YES
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Disable Video Capture
- This will allow for the video capture process of Snagit to be disabled.
- Example: defaults write com.TechSmith.Snagit2024.plist DisableVideoCapture -bool YES
