If you want to skip right to picking what you want to screen grab, you can click Shift-Command-4.

For a portion of the screen, drag the frame to reposition it or drag its edges to adjust the size of the area you want to capture or record.

Click a tool to use to select what you want to capture or record (we'll get to that later).

It will offer you several different options

On your Mac, press Shift-Command-5 to open Screenshot and display the tools.

You can now play, edit, or share the recording.I'll take you through the steps of how to do this procedure. After you stop recording, QuickTime Player automatically opens the recording.To stop recording, click in the menu bar, or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).

Or drag to select an area to record, then click Start Recording within that area.

Click anywhere on the screen to begin recording the entire screen.

To start recording, click and then take one of these actions:.

To show a black circle around your pointer when you click, choose Show Mouse Clicks in Recording.

If you get audio feedback, lower the volume or use headphones with a microphone. To monitor that audio during recording, adjust the volume slider.

To record your voice or other audio with the screen recording, choose a microphone.

Before starting your recording, you can click the arrow next to to change the recording settings:.

You will then see either the onscreen controls described above or the Screen Recording window described below.

Open QuickTime Player from your Applications folder, then choose File > New Screen Recording from the menu bar.

Macbook screen recording with audio