3 Ways on How to Screen Record on Mac with Audio

When you need to capture your onscreen activities for gameplay, presentation or instructional tutorial for desktop apps, recording Mac screen with audio is a must. You have plenty of free and easy options to record Mac screen with sound and make it into a video such as built-in Mac recording features and a third-party Mac recording program to unlock more advanced screencasting and editing capabilities.

This article will talk more about how to record Mac screen with audio with these tools.

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How to Record Mac Screen with Audio via Screenshot Toolbar

Recording Mac screen video with audio is easy, because Mac incorporates a free screen capture tool called Screenshot on your MacBook or iMac models running macOS Mojave or above. It is the simplest way to record your Mac's screen with this built-in functionality.

Record Mac screen with sound by following the upcoming steps:

Step 1: Bring up Screenshot Toolbar.

Pressing Shift + Command + 5 buttons on your keyboard to launch the Screenshot Toolbar. Or you can also go to Launchpad, find the Screenshot app in the Other folder and then open it. You will see the same toolbar as shown below:

Step 2: Select record option.

A few tools are displayed on the toolbar including micro Capture Entire Screen, Capture Selected Window, Capture Selected Portion, Record Entire Screen, Record Selected Portion, and Options. Click on Record Entire Screen or Record Selected Portion if you want to record a video of your Mac screen.

Step 3: Set up recording preferences.

If you select Record Selected Portion, a highlighted window will appear on your screen and you need to pull the window to highlight the area where you want to record. Then click Options to set up the path for saving the screen video, Timer, and other options.

Step 4: Select audio input.

By default, using the Screenshot Toolbar to record Mac screen will get a video with internal audio. If you need to record Mac screen video with sound from a microphone, do not forget to select a device under the Microphone section.

Step 5: Start/stop recording.

Hit the Record button to start recording and stop the recording by clicking the Stop button in the top menu bar or opening the toolbar again.

How to Screen Record on Mac with Sound by QuickTime

In addition to Screenshot, Mac comes with another native application QuickTime which is used as an extensive multimedia picture viewer or video player to help make a video of your screen activities with internal audio and external mic.

How to record Mac screen with sound, follow these steps:

Step 1: Launch the QuickTime Player app.

Go to Finder and open the Applications folder. Then open the QuickTime Player app by double-clicking its icon.

Step 2: Create a new screen recording.

Click the File of the QuickTime Player at the top menu bar, and select New Screen Recording option in the dropdown context menu.

Step 3: Enable video and audio recording.

A QuickTime Player recorder toolbar will appear. It is the same toolbar as the Screenshot toolbar on newer macOS. Select Record Entire Screen or Record Selected Portion, go to Options to enable audio recording and choose a microphone input if necessary.

Step 4: Start/stop recording.

Click the Record button to start recording video and audio on Mac. For the stopping of the recording, click the recorder icon at the top menu bar.

How to Record Screen on Mac Through Online Mac Screen Recorder

iTop Online Screen Recorder is an alternative to Mac's built-in screen recorder. It is a free online screen recorder that helps record Mac screens with audio without application installation, account login, and watermark.

This online Mac screen recorder can be easily opened from common web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Opera.

How to record Mac screen with audio with an online screen recorder:

Step 1: Open a web browser and search for iTop Online Screen Recorder.

Step 2: Click "Start Recording" on its official website.

Step 3: Select "Go With Online Screen Recorder". Be aware that you can only record a video clip within 5 minutes.

Step 4: Select a sound source from "Microphone Audio" or "Browser Audio" and click "Next".

Step 5: Select if you want to capture a video of the entire screen, a window, or a browser and then click "Share".

Step 6: Click the "Recording" button to start recording immediately.

Bonus Part: How to Record PC Screen with Audio on Windows 10

Capturing a video of your PC screen is more challenging than doing it on a Mac as a Windows PC doesn't have a hotkey press for screen recording. However, Windows does also have a free and built-in program called Xbox Game Bar for screencasting.

You can launch the Game Bar toolbar by pressing the Win + G keys. Click the settings (the gear icon), go to Capturing and set up "AUDIO TO RECORD" to be able to record a video with sound. Then, press the Win + Alt + R buttons to start recording your PC screen activity.

Note: Game Bar can only record a single active window and it can't be used to record desktop screen.

For recording video clips of your PC's desktop or any selected area of your PC screen, using a third-party app such as iTop Screen Recorder is a better option.

iTop Screen Recorder is a professional screen capturing tool for Windows 11/10/8/7. It allows users to record high-quality video clips with audio with flexible video size, resolution, and frame rate. You can record videos without a time limit and export them in a wide choice of video formats. It also provides some basic video editing tools.

How to record PC screen with sound on Windows 10:

Step 1: Free download and install iTop Screen Recorder on a Windows PC.

Step 2: Customize screen recording settings, including recording mode, screen selection, audio input and others.

Step 3: Click the "REC" button to start recording your PC screen.

In The End

On how to record mac screen with audio is very easy with the free and handy tools or a third-party Mac screen recorder on your MacBook or iMac. The recorded videos will be saved in MOV format by default using the Screenshot toolbar and QuickTime Play, and the online screen recording tool by iTop saves videos in WebM format.

On a Windows device, iTop Screen Recorder provides more powerful functionalities and is an ideal tool for recording PC screen videos.

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