Capture controls and recovery
Pause, resume, finish, and recover Auto Capture when the screen or Mac changes.
Updated July 13, 2026
Auto Capture provides controls in the app, capture overlay, and floating toolbar. The floating toolbar keeps the latest frame, source, progress, and capture controls available while another app is frontmost.
Pause and resume
Pause holds the capture loop. A Duration stop condition excludes paused time. An End time remains fixed to the selected clock time.
Resume continues the same session and keeps frames already saved.
Finish or stop
Finish capture ends the run and keeps the saved frames. When Shotomatic asks for confirmation, return to the run if it is not safe to stop yet.
Starting a new run while the current screenshot pane already contains frames may ask whether to discard those frames and start fresh.
Recover after display changes
Connecting, disconnecting, rotating, or changing the scaling of a display can invalidate a source.
- In Display Configuration Changed, choose the replacement display.
- Select Continue with Selected Display to resume.
- Select Stop Capture when the original framing cannot be reproduced safely.
For a full-screen capture, Shotomatic may select another available display automatically. Custom Area needs explicit confirmation because its coordinates belong to the original display.
Recover after lock or sleep
Auto Capture pauses its stream when macOS locks or sleeps and attempts to restore it after unlock or wake. A session paused manually remains paused. If automatic restoration fails, use Resume to retry.