Record Screen On Mac Quicktime

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A full guide to record screen and audio in QuickTime on Mac, iPad or iPhone. The screen audio recording limitation of QuickTime paves the way for both third-party virtual audio driver and Mac screen recorder with audio. In other words, you have 2 ways to achieve a regular screen recording with internal audio. Way 1 – User Third-party Mac Screen and Audio Recorder. Actually, QuickTime recorder can work on both Mac and iOS devices. Thus, you can capture screen on all Apple devices. In addition, QuickTime screen recording Windows is also supported. Well, this article aims to show you detailed steps of QuickTime screen recording with audio on Mac, iPhone and iPad. Just read and follow. Record your screen in QuickTime Player on Mac Using Screenshot in the QuickTime Player app, you can make a video recording of your computer screen. You can open the recording in the app and save it on your Mac. In the QuickTime Player app on your Mac, choose File New Screen Recording to open Screenshot. Open up QuickTime Player. Click on File in the top menu (or, if QuickTime is in your dock, right-click on the icon) and select “New Screen Recording.” You’ll get a pop-up window labeled “Screen.

  1. How To Record Screen On Mac Quicktime
  2. Windows Screen Recording Quicktime

QuickTime Player is a built-in app on Mac, which allows users to play, record, edit and share audio and video files on your Mac. Lots of iOS users will choose to record screen with QuickTime Player by themselves, but sometimes, QuickTime screen recording is not working on Mac. Then, you may be not able to record iPhone, iPad or Mac screen with QuickTime because of different errors.

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So, this post is going to guide you solve these QuickTime screen recording not working errors and show you how to use QuickTime to record screen on Mac step by step. Please go through these errors and solutions one by one, and solve your QuickTime issues quickly.

How To Record Screen On Mac Quicktime

How to Fix QuickTime Screen Recording Errors?

If you're used to use QuickTime Player to record a movie, audio or iOS screen, then you might have encountered various errors, right? Here, we have picked up the top 4 errors and listed as follows:

#1. QuckTime Player Quit Unexpectedly

Sometimes you may receive a pop-up window suddenly while you're recording screen with QuickTime Player and inform you that the app quite unexpectedly. This is mainly because of the disk is lack of storage space. So, checking your Mac's disk and make sure it has enough storage space. If you have checked and it has enough space, you can try to repair the disk permission as below:

Go to 'Disk Utility > Select Drive > Repair > Repair Disk Permission'

#2. Your iPhone or iPad Cannot Be Recognized

Generally speaking, when your iPhone or iPad is connected to Mac, QuickTime Player will detect and recognize your device automatically. However, sometimes you may found that your connected iPhone, iPad does not show up in QuickTime. Then what wrong with it?

When you meet a situation like the above, you can try to solve the problem as follows:

- Check the USB cable or change another USB cable. If you're using a 30-pin to USB cable, you can try to use the lighting cable to connect your iDevice to Mac.

- Quit applications like Micro Snitch or other similar apps.

- Update your Mac OS to the latest one.

#3. QuickTime Screen Recording is Stuck on Finishing Process

Let's suppose that you have recorded a movie or a game video on iPhone, and then click on stop recording, you think that you have created an excellent video but QuickTime is stuck at 'Finshing Recording' process bar and here is no end. Annoying, right?

When you meet this situation, you can try the below steps to close QuickTime Player:

- Launch Terminal on Mac, and type the command 'top -u', then press 'Enter'.

- Find the PID (process ID) of your QuickTime Player. Then note the ID.

- Type in 'sudo kill [PID]', then press 'Enter' to quit QuickTime Player on Mac.

After that, you can find back the screen video from here:

'$HOME/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/Autosave Information/Unsaved QuickTime Player Document.qtpxcomposition/Screen Recording.mov'

Windows Screen Recording Quicktime

The mov file is not a regular QuickTime video file, but a container. So, if you wish to open this container file, you need to use 'Finder' to locate the file and control click on the file to open it.

#4. QuickTime Screen Recording Freezes

Sometimes, QuickTime may freezes suddenly, and you can't do anything but only waiting while you're taking a video with QuickTime Player. Actually, this is probably happen because of low RAM on your Mac. And here is no practical actions you can do about it, but maybe a Mac OS system update can make the situation better.

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How to Use QuickTime Player to Record Screen on Mac?

You know that, QuickTime Player can record a movie from your camera, or record the screen of iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. And you can also use it to record audio from a microphone as you like. In order to help you record screen on Mac successfully, we have summarized the steps as follows. You can follow it to use QuickTime Player to record screen on Mac as you like.

If you want to use QuickTime Player to record iPhone, iPad or iPod touch screen, you can read another page - how to capture iPhone screen with QuickTime Player.

Step 1. Download and install QuickTime Player on your Mac and ensure it is the latest version. Then, launch it.

Step 2. Directly choose 'File > New Movie Recording', then begin to chagne the recording settings.

- Click the arrow next to the Record button, then choose the camera, microphone and recording quality as you like.

- If you want to record the audio, you need to select a microphone before recording.

Step 3. Click on the Record button to begin the process, and when your video is recorded, you can click on Stop Recording to end your session.

Write in the End

Do you know how to solve the QuickTime Player not working on Mac problems? If you have any other errors or solutions, please leave your comment and discuss with us in the below area. And if you don't like to use the QuickTime Player to record screen, you also can find some alternatives to QuickTime Player as you like.

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Use the Screenshot toolbar

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 changes 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 is automatically saved.
  • 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 Trash.
  • Control-click the thumbnail for more options. For example, you can change the save location, 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, such as Desktop, Documents, or Clipboard.
  • Timer: Choose when to begin recording: immediately, 5 seconds, or 10 seconds after you 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

  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 show 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 begin 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 stop recording, QuickTime Player automatically opens the recording. You can now play, edit, or share the recording.

Learn more

  • The Screenshot toolbar is available in macOS Mojave or later.
  • When saving your recording 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 might not let you record their windows.
  • Learn how to record the screen on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.