Decide whether you want to record the full screen or an area you specify. To record the full screen, click anywhere to begin. Apple home app for mac. For a specific area, click and hold the mouse in one corner of the area you want to record and drag it to the opposite corner, creating a rectangular or square shape. Release the mouse.

How to Record on Your iPhone or iPad RELATED: The new Screen Recording tool added in iOS 11 can only be accessed via a, and that Control Center shortcut isn’t enabled by default. To enable it, head to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls. Tap the green plus sign button to the left of Screen Recording to add it to your Control Center. You can drag it up or down in the list to position it where you want.

To start recording your screen, swipe up from the bottom of your screen anywhere on your iPhone or iPad to open the Control Center. To record without capturing audio from your microphone, just tap the Screen Recording button. It looks like a filled-in white circle inside another circle. To record while capturing audio from your microphone, either hard-press the Screen Recording button if you have a 3D Touch-enabled device or long-press it if you don’t. Tap the “Microphone Audio” button to turn microphone audio on and then tap “Start Recording”.

You’ll be able to talk into your iPhone or iPad’s microphone as it records, and that audio will be added to the resulting file. After you tap the Screen Recording button, it will transform into a timer and begin counting down from 3. You’ll have three seconds to navigate to where you want to start recording from in an app.

After the timer reaches 0, the tool will begin recording and the icon will turn red. You can open the Control Center and tap the red button once again to stop recording. While recording, your iPhone’s status bar (the top bar) will turn red.

You can also tap the red status bar and then tap “Stop” to stop recording. RELATED: When you finish recording, your video will be saved to the Camera Roll on your iPhone or iPad. Open the Photos app to find it. Any videos you capture will be stored in the Screenshots folder in the Albums view along with. You can edit the resulting video and share it using various apps just as you would with any video you recorded using the Camera app. How to Record a Video of Your iPhone from a Mac As long as you have a device running or newer and a Mac running Yosemite or newer, you can also record a video from your Mac with built-in tools and a regular Lightning-to-USB cable.

Your iPhone or iPad must have a Lightning port, so that means devices with the larger 30-pin dock connector—the iPad 3, iPhone 4S, and older device—aren’t supported. First, connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac as normal. Use the standard USB-to-Lightning cable you’d use if you were charging your device via your Mac or connecting it to iTunes. Unlock your iPhone or iPad and open iTunes on your Mac to ensure your Mac can see your connected device. You may see a “Trust This Computer” alert on your iPhone or iPad.

Agree to trust your Mac if you’re asked to do so. The recording feature is part of QuickTime Player, which is included with macOS. Apple does make a version of QuickTime for Windows, but this feature isn’t included in the Windows version of QuickTime. To record your iPhone’s screen, plug it into your Mac and press Command+Space to open Spotlight search. Type “QuickTime” and press Enter. You can also launch it from Finder > Applications > QuickTime Player. Click File > New Movie Recording to start capturing video.

A window will pop up, displaying your Mac’s webcam by default. Click the arrow next to the red Record button and select your iPad or iPhone. You can also select your desired microphone here. For example, you could record a video of your device’s screen while capturing audio from a microphone connected to your Mac. Your iPhone or iPad’s screen will appear in a QuickTime window on your Mac. Click the red Record button to start recording.