How do I keep a moment from the screen?

Goal

Save a window, a region, or the whole screen as an image and find it again later.

Before you start

• Nova may record the screen. See Which macOS permissions does Nova need?
• The menu bar icon is on if you want to use the menu.

Steps

1. In the menu at the Nova icon: Moments, Keep moment. Nova takes the frontmost window. Keep selection lets you drag a region.
2. Or say at the avatar: “Save this screenshot” or “Remember this region”. Nova hides itself for the shot.
3. Nova replies “Saved to Moments” with the moment’s name.
4. To look: Moments, Open board. The moments sit there as cards. Top right are Keep moment and Crop.
5. To search: Moments, Search. Nova searches title, caption, note, app, and window title, not the image itself.
6. Right-click a card: Note, Maximize, Delete. Delete asks “Move this moment to the trash?”. Only in the trash does Delete permanently remove it.
7. Settings, Moments, card Keep. The page is in Simple and Expert. It has Moments on, Default capture with Frontmost window, Drag a region, or Full screen, and Short caption after saving.
8. A key of your own for Keep moment goes under Keyboard shortcuts, group Moments.

Example

“Save this screenshot.” Then Moments, Open board. The new moment is a card on the board.

Common problems

• Nova says “Moments are off.” The box Moments on is not checked.
• Without Screen Recording permission there is no image. Privacy Lock blocks keeping as well.
• Short caption after saving sends the image to your model for images, for one sentence about it. If no image should leave the Mac, uncheck it.
• At most 500 moments. Moments in the trash count too. After that Nova takes no new one until you delete older ones permanently.