• Best Free Screen Capture Software For Mac
• Best Free Screen Capture App Mac

Nov 27, 2018  The majority of screen capture apps are designed to run on Windows, although there are one or two good options for Mac owners, plus a few that run in a browser. The majority are free or donation-supported, at least for the basic version, but you'll need to pay for the high-end ones. This article is going to give you a great overview about the best 10 screen recording software for Mac to capture your Mac screen with ease. The Best Free Mac Screen Recorder The first and most recommended tool to record your Mac screen in an efficient way is Free Screen Recorder Online. This tool, developed by AceThinker, is a useful web.

There are no shortage of free, but when it comes to macOS, most screen recording apps are paid. Yes, you can use the in-built QuickTime to record your screen (which is what I was using so far) but if you do a lot of screen recording than QuickTime is not the most efficient way to go about it. Well, to start with, there is no keyboard shortcut, no video editor, and no auto saved. Sometimes QuickTime just doesn’t work unless you restart it. In short, if you do a lot of screen recording on your macOS, you need a third-party screen recording software.

So, here are some alternatives to QuickTime to record a screencast on Mac for free. Related: Best Screen Recorder For Mac 1. Apowersoft Screen Recorder is one of the popular free screen recording tools on any platform. Once installed on your mac, select a region and start recording. In the screen recording frame, you can click on the drop-down option to pick up a resolution like 720p, 1080p, iPhone, iPad etc. This free app allows unlimited screen recording with no watermark, however, the paid version has a Video Converter and Video Editor.

You can set the recording quality from 15-60 fps, depending on whether you want to use on the web or make a professional video. Apowersoft also offers a web-based screencast software which means you can record your screen without downloading any software, you need to install a launcher though if it’s the first time. Screen recorder robot lite is a bit more powerful than Apowersoft screen recorder. The unique thing about this screen recorder is, once you stop your recording it opens that clip in the built-in video editor, where you can trim, crop, rotate, change the playback speed etc. From here you can either edit your video in the video editor or just close the window and the recording will be saved in your Pictures folder on your Mac.

The only issue with this video recorder is – every time you stop the recording, it shows a pop saying the lite version only records for 600s (or 5 mins), and to get rid of it, you need to click cancel each time. The apps support keyboard shortcut for – start, stop, pause the recording and can also capture screenshots.

Best Free Screen Capture Software For Mac

Verdict: Screen recorder robot lite is definitely one of the best feature-rich screencasting apps out there. If you need a build in video editor with your screen recorder then look no further. However, the only limitation to the app is – 5 mins of free recording, if you want more than that, its $7.99 for the full version. This app is not for everyone. Unlike all the other screen recording app in the list, which saves the recording to the local drive of your computer, Recordit uploads the video to the cloud storage.

Best Free Screen Capture App Mac

It’s meant for sharing videos quickly with remote co-workers. So, here is how it works, once installed, you’ll see a tiny Recordit icon on the top menu bar of your macOS, click on that to record any area of your screen and when once done, click the stop button, seconds after that, you’ll get a link to share your screencast. Once the video is uploaded it automatically copy the link of that video to your clipboard, and store it on the server for the unknown amount of time. So you can always go back and find the link by right-clicking on the app. However, there is no naming, so you’ll have to rely on time date stamp.

One thing to keep in mind is – you need to have a good upload speed if you are planning to use this. I recorded a 3 min full-screen video on my 5k iMac and it took the app 4 minutes to upload it to the server. I’ve 8 Mb/s upload speed. And the final size of the video was 35 MB, so it’s safe to assume they are compressing the video footage. Recordit also has a video to gif option on their website.

So, if you want to quickly share a small screencast on Reddit, this will make it a lot easier. Verdict Recordit is for people who want to quickly share their screencast with other people.

The recordings are limited to 5 mins only in the free version. Screen magnifier software for mac. And there is no paid version of this app.

However, there is one major problem with the app – it doesn’t keep a local copy of your recording, which means if the internet goes down for some reason, the video’ won’t be uploaded and you have to start all over. Overall it’s perfect for sharing an image or video quickly. But not if you want to use the screen recording in some other video. It’s hard to figure out how to install and use OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) at first. But after bit Google search, I was able to figure out how it works.