timeLAPSE [for Mac]

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timeLAPSE will take a silent screenshot of your Mac's desktop automatically and periodically at an interval according to your setup, from between 10 seconds to 24 hours. All captured screenshots will be saved in a folder of your choosing. Then, these captured screenshots can be linked and compiled into a continuously played time-lapse video at any time.

timeLAPSE is ideal for computer security and educational usage like as a child computer behavior monitor, it's also very useful for medical care professionals, law enforcement personnel, journalist and researchers, to act as a computer event tracking and analyzing app.

You may even use it to create your attractive personal video diary or freelancer's invoice attachment and share it with friends and client.

features:
– Silent and user unnoticeable automatic screen captures;
– Screenshot capture's interval can be choose from between 30 seconds to 24 hours, accurate to the second;
– User may choose any folder as destination, anywhere ( yes, ANYWHERE! ) that Finder can handle could be used;
– With full screen capture, high resolution full motion movie captures anything and everything;
– Time-lapse videos was compiled with a single click in incredible speed;
– You may choose to delete the screenshots after the video has been compiled.

version history:
v1.11 -> v1.31
– add simple password protection;
– slight modification of app icon;
– add "More By dragonBTV menu";

v1.31 -> v1.45
major upgrade version
– app's icon changed
– lower the minimum in between capture time to 10 seconds
– add feature request function & menu
– add status menu icon and menu
– add Hide & Display interface menu item
– add dock menu
– add Preferences menu
– add option not displaying dock icon
– add Beep sound while compiling movie
– more detailed technical support email templet
– more detailed feature request email templet
– update more by dragonBTV menu & panel

v1.45 -> v1.48
– the FPS (frame per second) rate of the crated movie can be freely changed from 1 to 50fps
– longest capture interval changed to two days (172,800 seconds)
– click for technical support button updated
– more by dragonBTV updated

v1.48 -> v2.00
– Sandboxed OS 10.7 – 10.8 compatible version
– full ARC coding
– option added, user can set prefix of the screenshots
– option added, mutable beeps after each picture finalized
– option added, user may stop capture but do not finalize the movie
– Finder alike screenshots sorting before compiling the movie