How to Record Your Mac’s Screen

We discussed recording screen on iPhone and how to do it on Android phone. What if you want to do this on a Mac? There could be many reasons for this – to log a bug and send it to tech support, or to show someone how to do something in the app, or just to show off the latest “kill” from your favorite game. No matter the reason, recording screen on Mac is very easy. All you need to do is run Apple’s own QuickTime (which comes pre-installed on every Mac) and use the screen recording functionality already built in.

QuickTime Recording also gives you some interesting options, such as recording only part of the screen – which is helpful if you want to make a neat tutorial, for example. It also lets you choose an audio input source if you want to record a voiceover rather than just what’s on the screen. Here’s what you need to know about recording screen on Mac.

How to record iPhone or iPad screen

How to record screen on Mac*

1. emission QuickTime player from your application.
2. Click document > New screen recording
3. A small recording control panel pops up, and you just need to click the red recording button to start recording your Mac’s screen.
   If you wish, you can adjust some options before you start recording. Click the small downward arrow next to the record button. Here you can choose to show mouse clicks in the recording, as well as the microphone used for the audio. You can select None if you just want to record your screen, but you can select the internal microphone if you want to add some voice commands, or the external microphone if you have an external microphone plugged in.
4. Once you start recording, you’ll see a prompt telling you to click to start recording or drag a window to record only that part of the screen. You can choose the option that suits your needs in this regard.
5. When finished, click the Stop button in the menu bar (the bar at the top of your Mac screen) on the Recording control panel.

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Then you can preview the video and save it. That’s all there is to it, and it works perfectly. We tested it on a MacBook Air (1.6 GHz i5, 8GB RAM) with a few games (The Binding of Isaac and StarCraft), and we didn’t notice any performance issues either. The resulting video looks good too, so this looks like a simple and reliable method that anyone can use.

If you need to record your Mac screen, please give this method a try and tell us your experience in the comments.