As a Mac user, you already know how to take a quick screenshot with the ⌘⇧3 and ⌘⇧4 shortcuts. But did you know that you can also capture a video recording of your screen? If you’re running macOS Mojave, making a Mac screen recording proves as easy as hitting a shortcut, just like grabbing a screenshot. Older Macs can do it, too, albeit with a little more futzing.
Recording the screen in macOS Mojave
Let’s start with the easy one. To capture a screen recording in macOS Mojave, just hit ⌘⇧5. You could probably have guessed that. When you do so, a new screen-capture bezel appears on the screen, with options for video capture as well as regular screenshots.
Mojave’s ⌘⇧5 screen capture panel.
To capture video, click on the fourth icon — the first one with a little recording circle overlaid onto a screen icon. The mouse pointer will turn into a little camera, and you can click on any screen to start recording. Yes, this works with multiple screens connected to your Mac.
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