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Saving and closing

How hypershot handles captures that are still being written when you close the editor or quit the app.

Closing the editor (or quitting from the tray) with unsaved changes shows a prompt with live save status:

  • While a capture is still being written, the prompt waits with a progress bar, then offers Save (or Save all), Discard, and Keep working
  • A failed save reports why and offers Retry
  • Clicking Save closes or quits on its own when the save finishes quickly; a longer save waits for your click — a window never closes unattended after a long wait

The editor shows a Saving indicator (and a Preparing state while a new capture’s frames are finalized) so you always know where things stand.

Starting a new capture never waits for the previous one to finish saving — the previous capture keeps saving in the background. Editing also stays available while a capture saves; only timeline frame changes wait until the frames are finalized. The capture hotkey with an editor open closes the editor (prompting if there are unsaved changes) and starts the new capture.

Quitting from the tray prompts for unsaved captures even when no editor window is open.