It didn't used to. When Apple gave us their first preview of OS X 10.7, code named Lion, Jing rolled over and played dead. In fact, all of TechSmith's screen recording software tools choked on the new OS. This wasn't good.

Our development teams went into hyperdrive and came up with a new way to capture screen video on Macs and the updated versions of our products released today are testaments to the agility of our development organization as a whole.

For Jing specifically, this release also marks the last update for PowerPC Macs. PPC Mac users won't be prompted to upgrade to a newer version of Jing until they migrate to a newer Mac platform. We didn't want to cut the PPC users out and leave them high and dry as that would suck, and isn't our style.

Download the new version now! (It will work on your current operating system AND on Lion when it's released.)

To be clear:

• Today's Jing for Mac update supports Lion (in addition to previously supported OS versions).
• All Mac Jing users should install the update (even PPC Mac users).
• From today forward, Mac PPC users will no longer receive Jing updates. However, today's version can still be used indefinitely.

As always, if you notice anything unusual after updating to this new version of Jing, or want to send us feedback please let us know. Thank you for using Jing...Rrrraaaarrrr!

-Dirk Frazier, Jing and Screencast.com Product Manager

PS - If you use Snagit or Camtasia on Mac, those apps have been updated to be ready for the Lion release, too.