screen recording & on screen audio capturing

how do i screen record on macos and also capture sound of whats on screen being recorded ¿? also, why does my ipad and iphone do this automatically but my mbp does not ¿?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 28, 2022 06:52 AM

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Posted on Sep 28, 2022 09:21 AM

yogijarre wrote:

how do i screen record on macos and also capture sound of whats on screen being recorded ¿?

to record the mac's internal sound with quicktime you need additional software. i use the free BlackHole Virtual Audio Driver. then you can choose "BlackHole 2ch" in the recording options instead of "Built-in Microphone."


you will also need to set up a multi-output device in your audio MIDI setup utility to be able to both hear and record the internal audio at the same time.


to set up a multi-output device:


Open Audio MIDI Setup: (found in /Applications/Utilities)

hit the '+' button in the bottom left corner and select "Create Multi Output Device"


then in the panel that appears on the right, in the Multi-Output Device tab, select "Built-in Output" AND "BlackHole 2ch". (and, if you want, any of your other connected devices.)


once you do that, (and BEFORE recording) you can choose "BlackHole 2ch" or "Multi-Output Device" in your menubar "sound options". 


to both hear the speakers and record the audio at the same time, choose "Multi-Output Device". before choosing multi-out, set the internal speakers' volume to a comfortable level first. you cannot control the volume once you are in multi-out mode.


also, why does my ipad and iphone do this automatically but my mbp does not ¿?

I don't know. I do have a guess, but we are not allowed to speculate about apple policy due to the TOU of this community. :)

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Sep 28, 2022 09:21 AM in response to yogijarre

yogijarre wrote:

how do i screen record on macos and also capture sound of whats on screen being recorded ¿?

to record the mac's internal sound with quicktime you need additional software. i use the free BlackHole Virtual Audio Driver. then you can choose "BlackHole 2ch" in the recording options instead of "Built-in Microphone."


you will also need to set up a multi-output device in your audio MIDI setup utility to be able to both hear and record the internal audio at the same time.


to set up a multi-output device:


Open Audio MIDI Setup: (found in /Applications/Utilities)

hit the '+' button in the bottom left corner and select "Create Multi Output Device"


then in the panel that appears on the right, in the Multi-Output Device tab, select "Built-in Output" AND "BlackHole 2ch". (and, if you want, any of your other connected devices.)


once you do that, (and BEFORE recording) you can choose "BlackHole 2ch" or "Multi-Output Device" in your menubar "sound options". 


to both hear the speakers and record the audio at the same time, choose "Multi-Output Device". before choosing multi-out, set the internal speakers' volume to a comfortable level first. you cannot control the volume once you are in multi-out mode.


also, why does my ipad and iphone do this automatically but my mbp does not ¿?

I don't know. I do have a guess, but we are not allowed to speculate about apple policy due to the TOU of this community. :)

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