Mac Kung Fu, 2nd Edition

Tip 190

Make Movies, Screencasts, and Podcasts

Despite its name, QuickTime Player can help if you want to record a movie of yourself using your Mac’s built-in camera and if you want to create a screencast (that is, a movie of what you’re doing on-screen). You can also create audio podcasts using QuickTime Player.

Creating a Recording

Just start the application (open Finder, select Applications, and then double-click QuickTime Player), and click File→New Movie Recording, New Audio Recording, or New Screen Recording, depending on what you want to do.

In the window that appears, hit the red record button to start recording; hit it again to stop. When recording screencasts, there’s an option to record the entire screen or to click and drag to record ...