However, if you produce screen captures professionally, recording in a higher-quality format, such as ProRes 4444 and Linear PCM audio will yield better results for editing and distribution. This quality is fine for illustration and emailing. NOTE: This file is saved as an H.264 QuickTime movie with AAC audio. Choose File > Save to save the recording.Click the small bullet in the Menu bar to stop recording.Click the Start Recording button to begin.

Click the red record button, then either do nothing and record the entire screen or draw a rectangle to select the area you want to record.

Mouse clicks appear as a black circle around the cursor.

Click the small downward-pointing arrow and select the audio source and whether you want mouse clicks to appear in the video.

Click Save to end recording, save the file and give it a name.

High audio quality records 44.1kHz AAC audio, while Maximum quality records 48kHz uncompressed audio called “Linear PCM.”

Choose Camera to record from the camera of your device.

Connect your device to your Mac via a Lightning cable.

The new QuickTime Player can record your screen ( File > New Screen Recording) or record a movie from an attached iPhone, iPad or the built-in camera on your Mac. I’ll cover that when the new OS is released. So, change is coming.Īlso, more changes are coming with the upcoming release of macOS Mojave, which adds video editing capability to QuickLook. And, while the old version still has a few tricks up it’s sleeve, in the next OS upgrade or two, the old version is will stop working because it is only a 32-bit application. NOTE: When I say “new,” I mean the version of QuickTime Player shipped with the current version of the macOS. In fact, the new version can do many things that the old version couldn’t though, to be truthful, the old version still wins in several areas. However, recently, I was exploring the menus in QuickTime Player and discovered that, over the years, Apple has added significant features that make it worth reconsidering – even for us QT 7 snobs. When the new version was compared to the features, power and flexibility in Quicktime Player 7 Pro, the new version failed just about everywhere. I’ve ignored QuickTime Player since it was first released as QuickTime Player X with the original release of macOS X.

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