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Record Mac screen easily

Answer 1

How to record screen on Mac from macOS Mojave
Record Mac screen in versions prior to macOS Mojave
Option 1: record the entire screen
Option 2: record only part of the Mac screen

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Record Mac screen easily

It doesn't matter if you want to create a screencast, video tutorial, or webinar - videotaping your Mac screen is a breeze . Since the launch of macOS Mojave, in September 2019, Apple has incorporated a standard application to record the screen..

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1. How to record screen on Mac from macOS Mojave
   1. Option 1: record the entire screen
   2. Option 2: record only part of the Mac screen
2. Record Mac screen in versions prior to macOS Mojave

How to record screen on Mac from macOS Mojave

Thanks to the new screen capture toolbar introduced in macOS Mojave, you can record the screen of your MacBook or other Mac device in just a few steps . To the option of taking screenshots, Apple has added a tool to record the screen in video.

Press the keyboard shortcut [Shift] + [Command (?)] + [5] to open the toolbar, where all the control commands appear. Before recording the Mac screen, you can make some modifications in Options :

• Save to indicates where the video will be saved automatically after recording.
• The timer sets when the recording should start.
• With the microphone you can record your voice or other audio sources in addition to the images. To do this, you just have to activate it.
• If you enable the option Show floating thumbnail , once the recording is finished, a thumbnail of the same appears in the lower right part of the screen.
• The Remember Last Selection option saves your settings as the default for future Mac screen recordings.
• Show Mouse Clicks displays a black circle around the mouse pointer when the recording is clicked.

When you're done setting the options, do one of the following to video record your Mac screen..

Option 1: record the entire screen

1. To record your entire Mac screen, click this icon:

To set the entire Mac screen to record, tap the little record icon.

2. The mouse pointer should appear as a camera icon . Click anywhere on the screen or the Record button on the toolbar to start recording:

At the far right of the bar is the button to capture a video of the Mac screen.

Option 2: record only part of the Mac screen

1. Sometimes it is enough to record only a certain area of ​​the screen , for which Mac also offers an option. Click the following icon in the toolbar:

To record a selected portion of your Mac screen, click the dashed rectangle icon.

2. Mark the area you want to record with the mouse. If you also want to move it, you just have to click on it and drag it wherever you want.
3. To start recording, click the Record option on the toolbar.

There are three ways to stop MacBook or iMac screen recording in any of the options. Click Stop on the touch bar or the Stop Recording icon in the menu bar:

Click the Stop Recording icon to end the Mac screen recording.

If you prefer, you can stop the video with the keyboard shortcut [Command (?)] + [Shift] + [Esc] .

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After the recording is complete, a small thumbnail will appear at the bottom right of the screen. If you do not take any action or slide it to the right, the video will be saved. If you want to cut or split the recording , click on the thumbnail to enter the edit tool..

Record Mac screen in versions prior to macOS Mojave

If you have not yet updated to the macOS Mojave version or your computer is no longer compatible with it, you will not have a problem recording a video of the Mac screen either . The solution is in the QuickTime Player program.

1. Open the QuickTime Player. On the File tab of the menu, select New Screen Recording :

With the New Screen Recording option in QuickTime Player you can also record the Mac screen.

2. The Screen Recording window then opens . Click on the small arrow next to the record button to set whether you also want to record audio and whether you want a black circle to appear around the mouse pointer when you click on the recording.

To video record the Mac screen with QuickTime Player, press the record button, then click the area on the screen. In this way, you will record the entire screen.

3. Click the record button in QuickTime Player. Then click anywhere to start recording the entire Mac screen. If you only want to record part of it , mark it with the mouse and click the record button that will appear in that area.
    
4. To stop screen recording, click the Stop Recording icon in the menu bar or press the keyboard shortcut [Command (?)] + [Shift] + [Esc] .
    
5. QuickTime Player will automatically open the recording once it is finished, so you can play it, edit it or share it with other people directly.

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