


2 Right now it’s still in beta, so you’ll have to look at the mailing list messages to find a link to the latest beta release. 1 So download and install Jack 0.89 or later. Sorry.įortunately there is a clever little app called Jack OS X that you can use to fix it. The next part does not work any more on 10.8. In some cases that probably doesn’t matter much, but it’s a real problem if you’re trying to demonstrate an app whose audio matters, like a game. The only trouble is the video doesn’t include the sounds made by the app itself. This works very nicely, and you can record a voiceover using an internal or external mic. The little triangle reveals a menu that allows you to add an audio track from a microphone, and change a couple of other settings: When you choose New Screen Recording from the menu, a small black window appears: The QuickTime Player application has an option to record a screen video: Taking a screen video is very easy, once you know where the feature is hidden.

The basic technique still works on 10.8 ‘Mountain Lion’, though sadly the trick for recording the application’s audio doesn’t work any more. I did this on Mac OS X 10.7 ‘Lion’, but I’ve been told it works on 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’ too.
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I found out how to do it, so here I’m going to explain what I did for the benefit of anyone else who’s trying to do the same. It’s hard to find any detailed information on the web about how to record a screen video without buying expensive software.
