How do I record my screen on a Mac?
- Press Shift Command 5 to open the screenshot toolbar.
- Choose Record Entire Screen, or Record Selected Portion and drag the frame around the area you want.
- Open Options to pick where the file goes and whether to show mouse clicks.
- Click Record, run through the demo, then click the stop button in the menu bar.
QuickTime Player does the same job from File → New Screen Recording. Both save a MOV, which Mockya reads as it is.
How do I record the screen with sound?
Under Options, choose a microphone to record your voice. The built-in recorder doesn't capture your Mac's own sound, the app's clicks and chimes. If you need those, use a recorder that captures system audio, such as Screen Studio or OBS. For a launch video that plays muted, you may not need sound at all.
How should I prepare the Mac before recording?
- Turn on Do Not Disturb from Control Center, so no notification banner crosses the recording.
- Clear the desktop. To hide every icon for the session, run this in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false && killall FinderSet it back to true the same way when you're done.
- Use a clean browser profile: no bookmarks bar, no extension icons, one tab.
- Hide the Dock with Option-Command-D if it would sit over your app.
- Log in to a demo account with realistic names and numbers.
How do I make a screen recording readable on a phone?
Most people will watch your demo on a phone, where a full Mac screen is a few inches wide. Make the interface bigger than feels natural:
- Zoom the browser to 110–125%, or pick a larger text size in System Settings → Displays.
- Make the pointer bigger under Accessibility → Display → Pointer.
- Scroll slowly, and record at 60 fps if the demo scrolls a lot; it keeps text legible in motion.
What size should I record a Mac screen for a device frame?
Record the full screen. A MacBook frame's screen has the same shape as the Mac's own display, so a full-screen recording fills it with nothing cropped. These are the native resolutions Mockya's frames stand for:
| Frame | Native resolution | Shape |
|---|---|---|
| MacBook Pro 16" | 3,456 × 2,234 | 16:10.3 |
| MacBook Air 13" | 2,560 × 1,664 | 16:10.4 |
| Apple Studio Display | 5,120 × 2,880 | 16:9 |
| Apple Pro Display XDR | 6,016 × 3,384 | 16:9 |
| Safari | 1,600 × 948 | 16:9.5 |
Recording a 16:9 external display instead? It suits the Pro Display XDR, which is exactly 16:9. In a MacBook frame, Mockya fills the screen and trims a thin band from each side, or fits the whole clip with bars if you choose Fit.
How should I plan the demo?
- Show one idea. Twenty to forty seconds on the one thing that makes the product worth trying.
- Start on the result, not the login screen. The first second decides whether people keep watching.
- Rehearse the clicks twice, then record three takes and keep the best.
- Leave a beat before and after the action, so there's room to trim cleanly.
How do I put the recording in a MacBook frame?
- Open the Mockya studio and drop the MOV in. It never leaves your Mac.
- Pick the MacBook Pro 16, MacBook Air 13, Pro Display XDR or the browser window.
- Choose an angle and a background, and trim the start and end from the media card.
- Tick 16:9 for your site and YouTube, and 1:1 or 4:5 for social posts, then export.
Questions
Where do Mac screen recordings save?
To the desktop by default, as a MOV named Screen Recording with the date and time. Change the folder under Options in the Shift-Command-5 toolbar.
Can I record my Mac screen with internal audio?
The built-in recorder adds a microphone, not the Mac's own sound. To capture app or system audio, use a recorder that supports it, such as Screen Studio or OBS.
Should I record the whole screen or one window?
For a MacBook or display frame, record the whole screen: the frame's screen has the Mac's shape, so nothing is cropped. For a browser frame, record just the page area of the window.
Do I need to convert the MOV to MP4?
Not for Mockya, which reads MOV directly. If you need an MP4 for somewhere else, Mockya's free MOV to MP4 converter does it in your browser without uploading the file.
