How to record your screen on MacBook

Screen Record With INTERNAL COMPUTER AUDIO On A Mac (FREE)

I. Screenrecording

  1. Launch QuickTime Player
  2. File (top) > New Screen Recording
  3. In the popup, choose “Record Entire Screen”
  4. Go to “Options”
    1. Timer (if you want a 5- or 10-second countdown at the beginning of the recording)
    2. Microphone > None
    3. Options > Remember Last Selection
  5. go to the screen you want to record 
  6. Click the screen you want to record to start recording 
  7. Click stop button on top menu to stop recording (2:35)

II. Audio recording (3:00)

  1. Download BlackHole 
  2. Get a link via email
  3. Click BlackHole 2ch (channel), save to download and install
  4. search icon (top) > type “audio midi setup”
  5. audio devices box > + (bottom left corner) > Create Aggregate Device
  6. Click the name and change it to “Computer Audio Input” (4:05)
  7. On the right, select “BlackHole 2ch”
  8. hit “+” again > “Create Multi-Output Device”
  9. Rename it to “Headphones (for recording)” (4:25)
  10. Click “External headphones” and “BlackHole 2ch” (make sure to click “external headphones” first)
    • or select “MacBook headphones” if you prefer (5:50)

III. Combining video and audio

  1. put on the headphone
  2. select sound (top menu)
  3. select “external headphones” to adjust the volume on the volume bar on top if needed
  4. select “headphones (for recording)” (you cannot adjust the volume at this stage)
  5. Open QuickTime > File > New Screen Recording 
  6. Go to Options (popup box) > Microphone > Computer Audio Input (6:00)
  7. Options > Record entire screen 
  8. Play the video
  9. when done, hit “stop” icon on top

Screen record + your voice (easy!)

  1. Command + Shift + 5 (00:25)
  2. Select “Record entire screen” (00:45)
  3. If you don’t want to record any audio, select None under Microphone (1:40)
  4. You can also decide whether to show the cursor
  5. Click stop icon on top when done

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