How to Record Video on Mac in 4 Ways

By ChesterUpdated on December 16, 2022

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"How many ways can I record video on my Mac computer? I want to record a live video with high quality and add my watermark, is there any recording tool recommended?"

How do you record a video on Mac? The first thing in your thought is probably taking out your mobile phone or get a digital camera to finish the job. But Actually you can record a video directly on Mac, all iMac and MacBook have their own webcam. With the webcam, you may not get the best quality for the recording, but you can get the job done. To record a video on Mac computer is very simple, there are many ways or apps you can use to do it. In the following parts, we will show you 4 ways to record a video on Mac.

CONTENTS

Way 1. How to Record a video with QuickTime

You can record a video using QuickTime Player on your Mac computer. QuickTime is an Apple's media app for playback video. Recording a video is also one of the features that QuickTime Player is capable of. Let's check out the steps of how to use QuickTime Player to record a video.

Step 1. Open QuickTime Player on your Mac computer.

Step 2. From the top menu, choose File > New Video Recording, or shortcuts of Cmd + Option + N for a new video recording. Then QuickTime will open a preview on your webcam, you can set the scene to make sure everything looks good.

Step 3. If you have more than one webcams or microphones connected, you can click the small arrow on the right of the recording button to change the sources. In here, you can choose the recording quality as well.

Step 4. Once you have done the settings, please click on the red Record button to start recording. When you are done with your recording, just click on the button again to end the recording.

Step 5. You can play the recorded video and make sure you are satisfied with it, and you can make some editings to the video from the Edit menu.

Step 6. When you are done, save the video by pressing Cmd + S or select Save from the File menu.

Way 2. How to Use Free Online Screen Recorder

If you want a easy way to record video and audio on Mac computer, Screen Capture should be one of the best choice. Screen Capture is a free online screen recorder. You can directly record in the browser, this online screen recorder is compatible with 4 internet browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera. So install one of these 4 internet browsers, and this free online screen recorder should run on your Mac computer perfectly. Let's explore how to record screen and audio on Mac with Screen Capture.

Step 1. Open Screen Capture
Firstly make sure that you have installed one of the 4 browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera) on your Mac computer, then you need to visit the official Screen Capture page. There is no need to install any other applications or software.

Step 2. Configure the settings
Then you need to choose for recording your Mac screen and audio. It's a very simple free online screen recorder for even beginners, there are only few options you choose on the interface. You just need to tick the boxes to choose whether your microphone or webcam from the recording is included or not. For free version, adding watermark on your recordings is defaulted, you need to pay for the premium version to remove the watermark.

Step 3. Grant permission
Once you have ticked the boxes, you can click on the green Start Recording button. Then your browser will ask you for permission to access your microphone and webcam if you want them in. Just click on the Allow button to grant permission to the browser.

Step 4. Record your screen
Once the permission is granted, then it will start recording. The online tool will record everything is happening on your screen, including switching between windows and apps, recording videos.

Step 5. Stop and save when you're finished
When the recording is finished, you can pree the button to stop the process and then save the recording on your Mac computer.

Way 3. Record Video on Mac via UkeySoft Screen Recorder (Best & Losslessly)

Apple's apps is doing such a great job on video recording, but if you are looking for a third party app with more powerful functions, we would like to recommend UkeySoft Screen Recorder, which is a powerful and all-in-one screen recorder & video recorder for Mac and Windows computer. You have 5 recording options to choose from including full screen, custom area, app window, camera and audio. So you can record any video on any online video platform like YouTube, iTunes, Facebook, NetFlix, HBO and more. The program also supports multi output formats such as MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI and FLV. You can also record Zoom meeting, video calls, tutorial, gameplay, etc.

In addition, you can set up video quality and frame rate for the output video, and also add your watermark if needed. When you have done the recording, the recorded file will be save on your computer and can be played on any media player, such as QuickTime, VLC, iTunes, etc. You can even record some pleasure moment videos and share them with your friends and families. Let's check out more features and tutorials.

Key Features of UkeySoft Screen Recorder

• Supports record screen, videos on Windows and Mac system.
• Record live streaming, online video, gameplay video, zoom meeting, etc.
• Record Webcam Videos, capture Video for Business Use, make Tutorial for Studying.
• Support Many Output Formats, including MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, FLV.
• Record video only or record video with excellent audio at the same time.
• Record input Audio including system audio, microphone, and both system audio and microphone.
• Allows to Select Screen Recording Area, full screen recording and app window recording.
• Advanced output setting like output quality, frame rate, shortcuts, watermarks, etc.

Guide: How to Record Facebook Live Video on Mac

Please download the latest version of UkeySoft Screen Recorder first, and install it to your Mac computer, the operation to record a Facebook video call and live video are the same, now we show the tutorial of recording a live video, and please follow the steps.

Step 1. Launch UkeySoft Screen Recorder
Once the installation is done, launch UkeySoft Screen Recorder on your Mac computer, then you will see the main interface shown below. It gives you the 5 recording options to choose from, You can select the "Full Screen", "Custom Area", "App Window", "Audio Only" or "Camera".

Step 2. Select the Recording Option
To record Facebook live video or video calls, you should choose the "App Window" recording option, this option allows you to record a specific application window on your Mac screen, so click the "App Window" button.

Now please open a Facebook live video and start playing it to check whether the internet connection is running smoothly.

Step 3. Set Up Output Quality and Input Sound
Now you should select your output file quality in "Original Quality", "HD Quality" or "SD Quality". we normally leave it as defaulted in "Original Quality".

You also need to select the input sound, 3 ways of input sound you can choose, including System Audio, Microphone and both System & Microphone. Select System Audio here since we only need to record the sound in the computer.

Step 4. Advanced Output Settings
Click the "Gear" icon for more output settings. In General, you can choose the output format, output quality, frame rate, and audio quality as well. You can also set your personal shortcuts and adding watermarks to the recorded video if needed.

Step 5. Record Facebook Live Video
When all the settings are done, please press the red "REC" button to start recording. Once pressed, you need to choose an app window to record, move the mouse the Facebook browser window and click it, then the live video is start recording.

You can pause or stop the recording with the function buttons on the app.

Step 6. View and Play the Recorded Video
When the recording is done, you can click the History icon to view all your record video and audio files on your computer.

You can directly play the recorded video by double clicking the file on your Mac computer with QuickTime or other apps.

Way 4. How to Record a Video with iMovie

Another way to record a video on Mac computer is using iMovie. iMoive is a little bit complicated compare to other ways that we have mentioned above. If you want to edit your video after you have recorded the video, iMovie is a good choice for heavy editing. iMovie is not a preinstalled app, you can download it from the Mac App Store for free. Here are the steps to record a video with iMovie.

Step 1. Launch iMovie on your Mac computer, then go to File > New Movie. Or you can select Create New from the iMovie Projects screen.

Step 2. Click on the Import button (down arrow) at the to top of the iMovie screen.

Step 3. Select Cameras from the left and then FaceTime HD Camera, or you can select your desired webcam). Then you need to grant the app access to the camera and webcam's microphone.

Step 4. Select the output video path on the top of the screen.

Step 5. Once you are ready, click the Record button to start recording, you can stop the recording by clicking it again. When you are done with the recording, click on Close at the bottom of the screen to close the recording window.

Step 6. Save the recorded video by clicking on projects in the upper left corner of the iMovie window.

Conclusion

We have mentioned 4 ways to record video on Mac computer, you can use QuickTime and iMovie, the Apple's official app to record a video, they both can do a great job as well. You can also use free online screen recorder, but the output video file isn't perfect. We highly recommend UkeySoft Screen Recorder, it's a stable and reliable program which you can record video with various output formats and in high quality. We hope this article has been helpful to you in making your choice.

Chester

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

Chester

Li Zhang is a sophisticated editor for UkeySoft in tech blog writing, as well as a SEO and content marketing expert. She has been writing related article about multimedia conversion, streaming music and streaming video since 2018. Also, she's starting to write article about data security, including articles about file lock, USB encryption, DVD encryption, etc. Each helpful tutorial and solution is based on her practical tests, she is aways energetic and trustworthy in this field.

Chester

Chester is an experienced editor for UkeySoft focused on tech article writing, software & hardware produce review and tutorial. He specializes in composing posts about music conversion, video downloading, video conversion, screen recording and other tech knowledge tips. He always understands user needs and pain points and familiar with all kinds of multimedia conversion software and streaming music downloader on the market. So far, he has published 400+ helpful tech articles of software reviews, how-to guides to help reader in need.

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