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Use the Screenshot toolbar

  • With iOS 11's Screen Recording tool, you can not only record a video of the screen but also record the audio and voice-overs. However, there have been some complaints regarding the audio recording.
  • Some of the niceties of ScreenFlow include the program’s ability to record video not just from Mac’s screen, but also from a connected iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. It, too, can import video and audio from external webcams and microphones, and offers the highest bitrate for recording a retina display (30fps).

Mac OSX has QuickTime Player built-in. QuickTime allows you to easily do a screen recording. However, when doing so, you only get the screen – no audio. You can install Soundflower to route your computer’s audio back into QuickTime to record it. TuneFab Screen Recorder is designed for recording screen and audio at the same time on Mac and save as multiple video formats such as MP4, MOV, M4V and more. With it, you can not only record the screen on Mac but also edit the video when recording with various edit functions, like drawing an arrow, adding a text and more. In the 2016, with OSX Sierra and Quicktime 10.4 you will need to get a virtual Audio Device like SoundFlower to record your systems audio. Once you have SoundFlower installed just do these steps: Change your Mac's output to SoundFlower prior to recording in Quicktime. Start your Quicktime Screen Capture session.

To view the Screenshot toolbar, press these three keys together: Shift, Command and 5. You will see onscreen controls for recording the entire screen, recording a selected portion of the screen or capturing a still image of your screen:

Record the entire screen

  1. Click in the onscreen controls. Your pointer will change to a camera .
  2. Click any screen to start recording that screen or click Record in the onscreen controls.
  3. To stop recording, click in the menu bar. Or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
  4. Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save or take other actions.

Record a selected portion of the screen

  1. Click in the onscreen controls.
  2. Drag to select an area of the screen to record. To move the entire selection, drag from within the selection.
  3. To start recording, click Record in the onscreen controls.
  4. To stop recording, click in the menu bar. Or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
  5. Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save or take other actions.

Trim, share and save

After you stop recording, a thumbnail of the video appears briefly in the lower-right corner of your screen.

  • Take no action or swipe the thumbnail to the right and the recording will be saved automatically.
  • Click the thumbnail to open the recording. You can then click to trim the recording or click to share it.
  • Drag the thumbnail to move the recording to another location, such as to a document, an email, a Finder window or the Bin.
  • Control-click the thumbnail for more options. For example, you can change where your recordings are saved to, open the recording in an app or delete the recording without saving it.

Change the settings

Click Options in the onscreen controls to change these settings:

  • Save to: Choose where your recordings are automatically saved to, such as Desktop, Documents or Clipboard.
  • Timer: Choose when to start recording – immediately, 5 seconds or 10 seconds after you've click to record.
  • Microphone: To record your voice or other audio along with your recording, choose a microphone.
  • Show Floating Thumbnail: Choose whether to show the thumbnail.
  • Remember Last Selection: Choose whether to default to the selections you made the last time you used this tool.
  • Show Mouse Clicks: Choose whether to show a black circle around your pointer when you click in the recording.

Use QuickTime Player

Screen Recording Software For Mac

  1. Open QuickTime Player from your Applications folder, then choose File > New Screen Recording from the menu bar. You will then see either the onscreen controls described above or the Screen Recording window described below.
  2. Before starting your recording, you can click the arrow next to to change the recording settings:
    • To record your voice or other audio with the screen recording, choose a microphone. To monitor that audio during recording, adjust the volume slider. If you get audio feedback, lower the volume or use headphones with a microphone.
    • To see a black circle around your pointer when you click, choose Show Mouse Clicks in Recording.
  3. To start recording, click and then take one of these actions:
    • Click anywhere on the screen to start recording the entire screen.
    • Or drag to select an area to record, then click Start Recording within that area.
  4. To stop recording, click in the menu bar or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
  5. After you've stopped recording, QuickTime Player opens the recording automatically. You can now play, edit or share the recording.

Learn more

  • The Screenshot toolbar is available in macOS Mojave or later.
  • When your recording is saved automatically, your Mac uses the name 'Screen Recording date at time.mov”.
  • To cancel making a recording, press the Esc key before clicking to record.
  • You can open screen recordings with QuickTime Player, iMovie and other apps that can edit or view videos.
  • Some apps may not let you record their windows.
  • Find out how to record the screen on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

To record your Mac’s Screen with both audio and video:

  1. Install loopback audio (free extension).
  2. Open the media you want to screen capture in your application (if it’s a browser, use Firefox or Chrome, not Safari). Start at least 5 seconds before where you want to start – this will usually give time for the application to hide any playback controls which might be distracting. Don’t press play yet.
  3. Go to System Preferences/Sound. In the sound Output, choose Loopback Audio in the Output tab.
    At this point, you will hear no sound from any of your Mac’s applications, but don’t worry.
  4. Go to the QuickTime Player application; choose File/New Screen Recording.
  5. 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.

  6. Click on the Options menu.
    Choose the appropriate audio source, in this case Loopback Audio.

  7. Go to the application that was set to play the video; press play (hopefully you queued up the video to play at least 5 seconds before the area you wanted to capture – this will usually give time for the application to hide any playback controls which might be distracting).

After you’re done recording:

Screen Recording Mac With Sound

  1. Stop the video in your application that was playing your video.
  2. At the top of your screen (to the right of Finder menu items), click on the black square, which is the button to stop the Quicktime recording.
    Save your video file.
  3. Go to System Preferences/Sound. In the sound Output, change the preference back to Internal Speakers (or whatever was your original choice). You should be able to hear sounds now from your speakers.
  4. Go to your saved movie in QuickTime Player, and test out the sound. Trim the clip either in QuickTime Player or iMovie.