I have a 2020 MacBook Air with Big Sur 11.1 OS. When I start a screen recording in QuickTime, the control bar immediately disappears and there's no way to pause it or make the bar reappear. I have tried pressing Esc, option, control, etc. I can find no info on this and it's SUPER frustrating.
MacBook Air (2020 or later)
Hello there billy_bob66,
I see you're looking for help with recording your screen using QuickTime, so let's se how we can help.
As you're stating you're unable to pause the screen recording, let's be sure we're understanding correctly. When you start the recording, are you noticing that the Stop Recording button isn't shown in the menu bar along the top of your screen?
For help with recording your screen and reference on where the Stop Recording button would be, take a look at the following resource:
Record your screen in QuickTime Player on Mac
If you see that this isn't present, try a restart of your Mac to see if that clears up what is occurring. If it hasn't cleared this up, it may be best to update to the latest version of macOS Big Sur. For help with that, use the following resource:
We hope this is able to help.
Have a great day!
Can't pause screen recording in QuickTime!!!
