Filenames that describe the shot

Contextual filenames name each screenshot after what is actually in it. Maxisnap reads the text in the capture with its built-in OCR and builds a filename from the words that matter — so a captured error becomes something like connection-timeout-error.png, a receipt becomes the vendor and amount, and a settings window carries its own title. The naming applies whether you save the file to disk or upload it to Maxisnap Cloud, and if you would rather nothing about the contents ends up in a filename, one switch returns you to private generic names. It is a small change that makes a folder of hundreds of captures searchable for the first time.

Default screenshot names are built from a timestamp, which tells you when you captured something but never what it was. A folder of Screenshot 2026-08-20 143201.png files is impossible to search, so finding the right one means opening a dozen thumbnails. Contextual filenames fix that at the source: because the name comes from the on-screen text, the file is already labelled with the error, the order number, or the person’s name when you save it — and your operating system’s search finds it by those words later, no manual renaming required.

The naming rides on the same OCR engine Maxisnap already uses to pull text out of images. When you save or upload a capture, Maxisnap reads the visible text, picks the most descriptive words, and turns them into a clean, file-safe name. It runs on your machine as part of the save, so there is no extra step and nothing to configure beyond turning the feature on. Because it flows through both manual saves and Cloud uploads, a screenshot you drop into a ticket arrives already labelled, which is one less thing to explain to whoever opens it.

A descriptive filename is helpful right up until the contents are sensitive, so contextual naming is optional and reversible. If a capture holds a customer name, a token, or anything you would not want to read off a filename in a shared folder, switch to generic naming and Maxisnap goes back to neutral, timestamp-style names that reveal nothing about the image. You can leave contextual names on for everyday work and flip to generic when you are capturing something private — the choice stays in your hands rather than being decided for you.