Quicktime Player menu completely disappears when screen recording. (the ESC key does nothing)

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Quicktime Player menu completely disappears when screen recording. (the ESC key does nothing)

When I go to take a screen recording on a selected part of the screen the menu completely disappears, there is no "top menu bar" as mentioned in other forum questions, and the ESC key does not do anything at all, also holding down the ALT/command key does not pause the recording. I can simply do nothing except quit the program and lose the recording. Clicking on the application also does nothing. I have been reading forums and researching for a solution and nothing fixes this.

I have had to download alternative software, I guess it's just a dud.

Mac mini, macOS 15.1

Posted on Jan 14, 2025 9:09 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 14, 2025 4:02 PM in response to stra2

that is odd. there should be a stop button on your menubar that you can click to stop the recording.

if you are recording in "full screen" you might need to mouse over the top of the screen for the menu bar to show up so you can click the stop button.

if that doesn't work, then while the recording is in progress, you can use the "command-shift-5" shortcut again and there will be a stop button on the controls bar.

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Answer 2

Jan 14, 2025 4:03 PM in response to jeffreythefrog

sorry, I needed to edit my last reply to correct the keyboard shortcut.

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Answer 3

Jan 14, 2025 4:12 PM in response to stra2

and I forgot to add, "command-control-esc" also stops a recording.

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