Screencasting on the Mac?

2014-07-31 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I'm using Quicktime to do a screencast of a problem in a beta - Apple wants to see what's visually going on so they can track down the issue. However, I cannot get Quicktime to start or stop on command, and the "stop recording" item in the Extras menus doesn't work well either. Even the

Re: Screencasting on the Mac?

2014-07-31 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Alex, Try it this way. 1. Go into QuickTime. 2. Press cmd-ctrl-n to open the new ScreenRecorder window. 3. VO-space on the Start button. The stupid window comes up that doesn't seem to have anything VO useful 4. Press VO-cmd-f5 to bring mouse focus to the VO focus. 5. Physically click y

Re: Screencasting on the Mac?

2014-07-31 Thread Justin Mann
I think that tim, has found the ticket, and did a better job of describing what to do than I did. I will point out that you will want to export the files to something smaller so that they are viewable on Apple Tv you can find these options under the file menu. if you just send the native recor

Re: Screencasting on the Mac?

2014-07-31 Thread Alex Hall
Well, thanks, that seems to have worked. I never would have guessed at those steps, but I finally have the recording Apple wanted. At least, I hope I do; the audio is good, but I have no idea if it captured the screen correctly. By default, does it record the whole screen, or just the active win

Re: Screencasting on the Mac?

2014-07-31 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Sorry, I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure it does the entire screen though as only doing the active window would be counter-productive. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 31, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Well, thanks, that seems to have worked. I never would have gu

Re: Screencasting on the Mac?

2014-08-01 Thread Justin Mann
Once you get the file created, you will want to shrink it down to size in the file/export menu so that it is manageable. If possible choose the option for iOS/Apple Tv. On Jul 31, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Well, thanks, that seems to have worked. I never would have guessed at those

Re: Screencasting on the Mac?

2014-08-01 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
After you start recording it says "Click to record the full screen. Drag to record part of the screeen. End recording by clicking the stop button in the menu bar." Yes, it records the whole screen so the video file can be pretty big depending on what resolution you are running at and how you c