CaptureMac
Install

Clipping on Mac, made easy.

CaptureMac will record the last few minutes from your game, application or window. Just hit your hotkey, and you have a clip.

Install CaptureMacView on GitHub

Install

Open the Terminal app on your Mac, and paste this command in.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/whoisjonah/CaptureMac/main/install.sh | bash

Requires macOS 15 or later. Prefer a download? Get the zip

Already running when the moment happens.

  1. 1

    Leave it in the menu bar

    CaptureMac will record what you’re doing (game, app or window) in a rolling buffer of between 15 seconds to 10 minutes.

  2. 2

    Press ⌥⇧S

    When you hit your hotkey, you’ll get a video and audio clip. You can then choose to edit, copy or upload by clicking on the pop-up. If you need the full session, you can start a full recording.

  3. 3

    Trim it and send it

    Edit your video. Export the right size or upload to your own R2 bucket. Then just copy the link and paste anywhere.

Made to stay out of the way.

The Potato, Normal, Max and Automatic performance presets in CaptureMac settings

Light on any Mac

Encode using your Mac’s media engine to ensure that your game retains its frames. Choose a starting point of either Potato, Normal or Max. Manually change your frame rate, resolution, quality and codec.

The clip popup after uploading to R2, with the link copied

Straight to R2

Upload to your Cloudflare R2 bucket. Paste the link into your clipboard.

Game and microphone volume controls in the editor

Game audio included

Separate your game audio and mic onto separate tracks.

The CaptureMac editor with a trimmed clip

A built-in editor

Split the audio, changing the start and end time. Slow parts can be split and balanced. Export the original file, or reduce to 10/25/50/100MB.

The CaptureMac library with clips grouped by app

Every clip in one place

Browse apps, star the best ones and view all recordings in your library.

Clip popup and after-save settings

Settings for everything

All shortcuts, how long the recording plays for, where the popup appears and what happens when you save.