5 Ways to Record Screen on Mac with Internal & External Audio

You may have tried using QuickTime Player or Screenshot toolbar to record your Mac screen with audio. But these tools only capture audio from the microphone. If you want to record Mac screen with internal audio mainly, you’ve come to the right place. Here are 5 easy ways to record screen video with audio from your Mac directly, including program audios, streams, online meetings, and more. Ready to pick your best screen recorder for Mac with internal audio? Just read and follow!

Screen Record on Mac with Audio Using AnyRec Screen Recorder

Different from common recording software, AnyRec Screen Recorder for Mac provides a built-in window recorder. You can flexibly include, exclude, or select multiple windows on Mac. Moreover, you can highlight the mouse area and record the mouse cursor during Mac screen recording. After selecting the video recording area, you can set the audio recording with system sound and microphone freely.

Step 1.Open AnyRec Screen Recorder for Mac. Click the "Window Recorder" button to capture custom program window with audio. (You can click the "Video Recorder" button for general video recording.)

Step 2.In the "Window Selection" screen, go to "Single Window", "Multiple Windows", and "Exclude Windows" to select which programs you want to capture.

Step 3.Enable the toggle button before "System Sound". If you want to do screen recording with internal and external audio on Mac, you can enable the toggle button before "Microphone" too.

Step 4.Click the "Record settings" button. You can specify recording preferences, mouse tracking, output formats, and more here. Click the "OK" button to save changes.

Step 5.Now click the "OK" button to record a screen with video and audio on Mac. After recording, you can save or share this Mac recording based on your needs.

Record Internal Audio on Mac with QuickTime Player

QuickTime Player is a must-have tool for all Mac users. It allows you to record MacBook screen with microphone audio quickly. But what if you just want to record the screen with system audio? To achieve this, a third-party virtual audio driver is required.

Step 1.Search for "Background Music Github" in Google. Click the first result to get Background Music developed by Kyle Neideck.

Step 2.Scroll down and click the "BackgroundMusic-0.4.3.pkg" hyperlink to download it.

Step 3.Run the Background Music app on your Mac after installation. Later, open QuickTime Player. Click "New Screen Recording" from the top "File" dropdown list. You can also press Shift, Command, and 5 keys on your keyboard simultaneously instead. (MacOS Mojave or later is required.)

Step 4.Set the screen capture area. Later, click the "Options" dropdown menu. Select "Background Music" in the "Microphone" section.

Step 5.Click the "Record" button to screen record on Mac with internal audio using QuickTime Player.

Record Internal Audio from Browser on Mac

For people who want to record streaming video on Mac, scre.io Screen Recorder extension is a good choice. You can capture video and audio from Chrome and Safari browsers and save them to WebM for free. No watermark. However, it fails to record an entire screen or a selected window on my MacBook Air M1 2020 Sonoma 14.0. The only thing I can do is capture video from a Chrome tab. If that’s what you want, pick this tool to record streaming video with sound on a Mac.

Step 1.Click the "Add Extension" button to install scre.io Screen Recorder. Later, click its button to access the window.

Step 2.Click the "Only Screen" followed by "System" buttons.

Step 3.Switch to "Chrome Tab" and select which browser tab you want to capture. Later, click the "Share" button.

Step 4.Stop recording. Click the "Save" button. Go to your Chrome Recent Download History to quickly find this recorded WebM video.

Record Audio from Social Networking Sites on Mac with OBS

OBS is a hot choice for recording system audio on desktop computers and laptops. You can use OBS to record audio from internal and external sources for macOS Ventura and later users. But if you use earlier macOS versions, you need to install BlackHole, VB-CABLE, and other virtual audio drivers for internal audio recording. Select this virtual audio driver as the output device via "System Preferences", "Sound" and "Output" on Mac. Meanwhile, add this virtual driver as an "Audio Input Capture" source in OBS.

Step 1.Open OBS. In the "Scenes" panel, click the "+" button to create a new recording.

Step 2.Locate the "Sources" panel. Click the "+" button. Add a macOS Screen Capture source. You can check if you have added audio in Audio Mixer dock.

Step 3.To select the audio input source, you can select the "Window Capture" or "Application Capture" mode from the "Method" dropdown list.

Step 4.After selecting the audio input source, you can click the "Start Recording" button. That's how you screen record on Mac with internal audio using OBS.

Record Internal Audio with Noise Reduction on Mac Using Audacity + SoundFlower

Audacity is also a free and open-source audio recorder and editor for Mac users. Just like QuickTime Player and OBS (runs on macOS Ventura earlier versions), you need to install a third-party virtual audio driver to record internal audio on Mac successfully. BlackHole and SoundFlower are hot choices. Follow the steps here to record computer audio on Mac with Audacity.

Step 1.Download Audacity and BlackHole (or choose from SoundFlower and Loopback) to your computer.

Step 2.Set BlackHole (2ch) as your sound output. You can click "System Preferences", "Sound", and then "Output" to find it.

Step 3.Later, go to Audacity and click "Preferences" and "Devices". Select "BlackHole (2ch)" from the "Device" list in the "Recording" section.

Step 4.Create a new project in Audacity. Click the "Record" button to screen record on MacBook with internal audio.

FAQs

• Why is my screen recording just black?

  If you record DRM-protected apps (such as Apple Music) or streaming videos (Netflix, Hulu, etc.), you will encounter the screen recording black issue. The built-in copy protection can detect and stop unallowed screen recording.

• My OBS recording file size is too large, how can I reduce it?

  Adjust OBS recording settings (lower resolution or frame rate), get an OBS for Mac alternative, convert video to MP4 format, or use a video compressor to reduce video file size effectively.

• Does Shift, Command, 5 record audio?

  Yes. You can screen record with the microphone on a Mac by using the Screenshot toolbar. If you encounter no sound for the saved video issue, check the microphone status. Or you can install SoundFlower, BlackHole, and other virtual audio driver extensions to successfully capture computer sound on Mac.

• How to stop QuickTime screen recording?

  If you can’t find the Stop button in QuickTime Player, go to the top of your Mac screen. Click the button with a black circle and white square inside. Alternatively, you can press Control, Command, and Esc keys on your keyboard simultaneously to make QuickTime stop recording.

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