If you are looking for reliable and serviceable screen recording tools available on Mac, then here’s what will interest you undoubtedly. In this article, we are presenting the activation process of the best free screen recorders for Mac. All of them are completely free and allows users to record the entire display or a selected section, take screenshots, or for instance activate audio or webcam recording.


In this article you will be able to find out how to:

What are the best free screen recorders for Mac?

  • OBS Studio
  • QuickTime
  • Apowersoft
  • Monosnap
  • VLC
  • Vmaker

How to enable screen recorders on Mac?

How to activate the Screenshot toolbar?

Use a special combination of keys: press at the same time: Shift + Command + button 5.

How to activate Quick Time Player?

  1. Firstly, launch the Application folder.
  2. Secondly, select File.
  3. At this step, choose New Screen Recording from the menu bar.

How to activate Apowersoft?

  1. First of all, go to https://www.apowersoft.com/free-online-screen-recorder.
  2. Download and install the launcher.
  3. Then, tap on the Start Recording button to run the recording program.

How to activate VLC?

  1. In the very beginning, download the VLC web plugin.
  2. Then, double click on the icon to begin the installation of VLC player to applications.
  3. Set up the plugins and restart Mac for the plugin to take effect.

How to activate Monosnap?

  1. Go to https://monosnap.com/download/mac or AppStore.
  2. At this step, download and install it on your Mac.
  3. Then, create an account for a single user.

How to record the entire display on Mac?

To register the whole displayed content on your Mac, at first enable one of the recording tools. Above you find the instructions about how to. Then, your recording screen controls menu automatically appears.

  1. Launch the selected screen recorder on your Mac.
  2. Press on Record Entire Screen button in the on-screen controls menu.
  3. Pick the right dialog on the screen to start recording or choose the Record option from the side menu.
  4. To finish recording select the Stop Recording button. To edit, share or save your screen video press on the thumbnail icon.

How to record a part of the display on Mac?

To record a selected screen area on your Mac, at first enable one of the recording tools. Above you find the instructions about how to. Then, your recording screen controls menu automatically appears.

  1. Launch selected screen recorder on your Mac.
  2. Pick from the emerged menu the Record Selected Portion button.
  3. Outline the recording area of the screen.
  4. To finish recording select the Stop Recording button. To edit, share or save your screen video press on the thumbnail icon.

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