Microphone: While your screen is being recorded on your Mac, you also have the option to record your voice or other audio sources.

Timer: Define the time when the video should be started.

Save as: Define where the recording should be automatically saved once you’ve completed your video.

Before you start recording your Mac screen, you can configure the following settings via the “Options” tab: When holding down the shift + command (⌘) + 5 keys at the same time, the symbols toolbar will launch all its controls. That’s because Apple has extended its Mac screenshot tool with a screen recording feature. You can also use the keyboard shortcut ‘Control+Esc’ to stop recording.Thanks to the extended screenshot symbol toolbar in macOS Mojave, recording the screen on your MacBook or another Mac device can be activated in just a few steps.

To start recording, simply press the Record button once you’ve selected your option, and if you’ve got a MacBook with a Touch Bar, you’ll see that it will change to show the duration of the recording, total file size, and also gives you the option to stop the recording when you need to. To record a select portion, simply pull your cursor across the screen to create a boundary. Doing so will bring up the general Screenshot menu, and on the right-hand side of this, there’s the option to either record the entire screen or record a select portion. To access the toolbar, simply utilise the keyboard shortcut ‘Cmd+Shift+5’, or if you own MacBook with a Touch Bar, then you also choose to access it from there.

It not only allows you to screenshot, but also to record your screen at the touch of a button.

MacOS’ Screenshot Toolbar (as present on MacOS Mojave and later) is a versatile tool.

1 Use the Screenshot Toolbar – (Cmd+Shift+5)

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