Capture your Mac screen in HD with system audio, microphone and webcam overlay. Snappix makes screen recording on macOS as easy as taking a screenshot — one app for capture and recording.
Record your entire display, a single window, or a selected area. Perfect for tutorials, product demos and bug reports.
Capture macOS system audio and your voice at the same time — ideal for narrated walkthroughs and reaction videos.
Add a webcam bubble to your recording for face-cam tutorials, course lessons and pitch videos.
Trim the start and end of your recording right after you stop — no video editor required.
Export crisp MP4 files ready for YouTube, Slack, Loom-style sharing or local archiving.
Snappix is also a full screenshot suite — annotate, beautify and OCR any frame you capture along the way.
Press ⌘+Shift+5 to open macOS Screenshot toolbar, then choose 'Record Entire Screen' or 'Record Selected Portion'.
Click Options to select your microphone. Note: the built-in recorder cannot capture system audio — apps like Snappix can.
Click Record, present your content, then click the stop button in the menu bar. The video saves to your Desktop.
Download Snappix to record with system audio, webcam overlay and one-click trimming — all in the same app you use for screenshots.
The built-in recorder (⌘+Shift+5) captures your microphone but not system audio. To record system sound — game audio, meeting calls, in-app playback — you need a third-party recorder. Snappix captures system audio and microphone simultaneously in one click.
For most users, Snappix is the best balance of speed and features: HD recording, system audio, webcam overlay and trimming, bundled with a full screenshot toolkit. Screen Studio excels at cinematic zoom effects, while OBS is a free but heavier option for live streaming.
Yes — macOS includes a free screen recorder in the Screenshot app (⌘+Shift+5). It records the screen and microphone but lacks system audio, annotation and trimming. Snappix offers a free trial that covers those gaps.
Screen recordings made with the built-in tool save to your Desktop as 'Screen Recording [date] at [time].mov'. You can change the destination under Options in the ⌘+Shift+5 toolbar.
Yes. In the ⌘+Shift+5 toolbar choose 'Record Selected Portion' and drag over the window area, or use Snappix to record a specific application window directly with a single click.
HD screen recording with system audio, microphone and webcam — plus the full Snappix screenshot suite. Free to try on macOS.
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