Capturing a screen recording on your Mac is valuable for a variety of scenarios. There are handy third-party apps to help with this, but Apple offers a free built-in option with macOS. Follow along for several ways to screen record on Mac. Show With modern macOS releases (Mojave and later), Macs have a hidden screen record app with more advanced controls like a timer, save to destination choices, show/hide the mouse pointer, remember last selection, microphone control, and more. If you mostly do straightforward screen recording on Mac, the native functionality is free with no app to download. However, if you need advanced features, we’ll also cover some third-party options below. Screen record on Mac: Basics to advancedBuilt-in macOS tool
You can also pull up this menu in QuickTime by clicking File > New Screen Recording but the keyboard shortcut is usually faster. Here’s how all that looks on Mac: From there you can either hit Record to start or click Options to customize your screen record settings. If you have multiple displays in your setup you’ll get to choose which screen to record if you selected the full-screen option. When you’re done, click the Stop button (circle with square icon) in the menu bar found in the top middle/right of your screen. Look for your saved screen recording on your desktop or where you chose to save it when customizing Screen record on Mac with third-party appsIf you need advanced screen record features, a favorite of the team here at 9to5Mac is CleanShot X.
Capabilities include:
CleanShot X is priced at $29 for 1 Mac as a one-time purchase that includes updates for a year (optional $19 annual subscription for future updates). Meanwhile, CleanShot Cloud Pro offers all the features including custom domain names and branding, self-destruct control, and more from $8/month per user when paid annually. And two more popular third-party screen record apps for Mac worth checking out include:
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FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More. Check out 9to5Mac on YouTube for more Apple news: Can you screen record on Mac with sound?Go to the QuickTime Player application; choose File/New Screen Recording. Choose if you want to record all your screen, or a portion of your screen (highlighted in red below), then click on the Record button. Click on the Options menu. Choose the appropriate audio source, in this case Loopback Audio.
Does Apple Mac have screen recording?In the QuickTime Player app on your Mac, choose File > New Screen Recording to open Screenshot and display the tools. You can click Options to control what you record—for example, you can set the location where you want to save your screen recording, or include the pointer or clicks in the screen recording.
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