Guides
Record, edit, and capture better on a Mac.
Each guide starts with what macOS can do on its own, then shows where a dedicated tool saves time.
Recording and video
How to record your screen and webcam at the same time on a Mac
QuickTime's floating camera, Presenter Overlay, iMovie, or a camera on its own track.
7 min readHow to zoom in on a screen recording on a Mac
Zoom live with Accessibility Zoom, by hand in iMovie, or automatically on every click.
6 min readHow to add captions to a screen recording on a Mac
What Live Captions can't do, iMovie titles, a hand-typed .srt, and captions made on your Mac.
6 min readHow to make a product demo video on a Mac
Plan, prepare your Mac, record, edit, and export a demo people watch to the end.
8 min readHow to remove background noise from a screen recording on a Mac
Record cleaner audio, fix it in iMovie, or clean up your voice and even out loudness.
7 min readHow to make vertical screen recordings on a Mac
Why letterboxing fails, the manual crop, and a 9:16 frame that follows your cursor.
6 min readHow to record a GIF of your screen on a Mac
The ⌘⇧5 and Shortcuts route, the editor route, and how to keep GIFs small.
5 min readHow to remove filler words from a video on a Mac
Cut ums, uhs, and long pauses by hand in iMovie, or by editing the transcript.
6 min readHow to record your screen with audio on a Mac
The built-in toolbar (system audio on macOS 27+), BlackHole, or one app that records both.
6 min readScreenshots
How to take a scrolling screenshot on a Mac
Safari, browser dev tools, Firefox, or any app with Shotnix.
5 min readHow to copy text from a screenshot on a Mac
Live Text, Quick Look, the Shortcuts app, or OCR straight from the screen.
4 min readEvery macOS screenshot shortcut, in one place
⌘⇧3, ⌘⇧4, ⌘⇧5, every modifier, and how to change them.
5 min readHow to blur sensitive information in a screenshot on a Mac
Why blur can leak, what Markup lacks, and the safe way to redact.
5 min readMost of these take one click in Shotnix.
Auto zoom, captions, webcam, system audio, scrolling capture, and OCR are built in. Free, with no watermark.
11.9 MB · Apple silicon (M1 or later) · macOS 13+ · notarized by Apple · MIT license