Remember Last Selection – Choose if you wish to apply the last selection to future recordings.

Show Floating Thumbnail – Choose if you want the thumbnail to appear on your screen.

Microphone – You can record your voice or other sounds while you’re recording the screen.

Timer – Choose whether you want to start recording right away or after a specific time.

Save to – Here, you can customize where you want to save your recordings.

Check them out before you start recording by pressing “Options” in the controls. This useful tool has numerous options to make screen recording easier.

Select the stop recording icon in the menu bar once you’re finished.

Select the screen area you want to record by dragging the lines.

The controls will appear at the bottom of the screen.

Press “Shift + Command + 5” to open the Screenshot Toolbar.

If you only want to record a specific section of your screen, follow these instructions: How to Record a Part of the Screen on a Mac Using Screenshot Toolbar

Or, use the “Command + Control + Esc” shortcut to stop recording.

Once you’re done, press the stop recording icon (the rectangle icon) in the menu bar.

Click anywhere on the screen to start recording or press “Record” in the toolbar.

Click the second icon from the right to start recording.

Recording controls will appear on your screen.

Press “Shift + Command + 5” to launch the Screenshot Toolbar.

Now click the record button and record your computer's audio! When you're done and you want to hear audio through your speakers again, go back to System Preferences>Sound>Output, and click on 'Internal Speakers.' Your audio will now play through your internal speakers again. Under the microphone section, click on 'Soundflower (2ch).' If you would rather record ONLY audio and not the screen, click File>New Audio Recording, and do the same thing. Click the little arrow on the side of the Quicktime window. (The only downside is that you will not be able to hear audio through your speakers as long as this is selected.) Now open Quicktime Player and click on File>New Screen Recording. Make sure your in the 'Output' section, and click on 'Soundflower (2ch).' Now your computer is outputting all of it's audio through the Soundflower (2ch) extension. It shows up as an audio device to just to make everything even easier.

Click on 'Output.' There should now be two more options there, 'Soundflower (2ch),' and, 'Soundflower (64ch).' This is the extension that you just installed.

Once Soundflower is successfully installed, visit the Sound tab in your System Preferences again.

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