macOS High Sierra or macOS 10.13 is the fourteenth operating system of Apple computers. It was released on September 2017. Many features had been upgraded, such as optimized storage, Picture-In-Picture videos, Siri, etc. Meanwhile, there are some instances that you want to record the screen of your Mac. In this occasion, you will need a screen recorder that can meet all your needs. Gratefully, we listed below the three best ways to record screen on macOS High Sierra.

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ApowerREC

First, we have ApowerREC. It is a powerful screen recorder for Mac which can record all the activities you do on your screen, including live streaming, video chatting, and gameplay and so on. It can also record the webcam and audio together with your computer screen. Furthermore, you can add texts, draw shapes, lines, arrows, figures and many more while recording. Besides, this software can record your screen even you are not in front of your computer by using the task scheduler function. With this software, beginner can make a recording because of its simple and easy to use interface. Here is a detailed guide on how to record macOS High Sierra screen with this recorder.

Using Apowersoft Mac Screenshot. There can be various ways on how to screenshot on a MacBook.
Record your screen in macOS Mojave or Catalina Press Command + Shift + 5 to open Screenshot. A control bar will appear at the bottom of your screen. You can use it for grabbing still screenshots.

Download and install the program on your pc.
After the installation, run the tool. You’ll see the main panel with several icons on it.
Make some configurations and set the area to record. Then click on the “Record” button to start recording. Afterwards, a floating toolbar will appear. You can click the pencil icon to add annotations to your recording.
Once you are done, hit the “Stop” button on the floating toolbar or on the main panel, and the recorded video will be saved on your Mac and will be shown on the file list of ApowerREC. You can check it immediately.

You can also start recording by clicking Record in the screen recording tool. To stop screen recording, click the stop button in the menu bar or press Command, Control and Esc (Escape) at the same time on your keyboard. Click the thumbnail of the screen recording video in the lower-right corner to open it. To record a selected area of your screen. Select Screen to Record. After clicking the red button, you can click on screen to start recording the whole screen. If you only want to record part of your screen, you can drag to select part of the screen and click start recording. When you are done recording, click the top right stop button to stop recording.

QuickTime Player

An alternative tool that can be used to record the screen of your macOS High Sierra is QuickTime Player. This is a free video player on macOS developed by Apple Inc. It is capable of playing video and audio files. Also, users can create and edit movies effortlessly. Follow this guide to record your macOS using this software.

Launch the QuickTime Player on your Mac.
On the menu bar, click the “File” menu and then select “New Screen Recording”.
Next, hit the “Record” button and choose a part of the screen that you want to capture. Or if you want to grab the full screen of your Mac, simply click the screen to start recording.
Once you are done, just hit the “Stop” button on the menu bar and then save the recorded video.

Apowersoft Free Online Screen Recorder

It is also easy to do screen recording on macOS High Sierra (10.13) using a free and advanced tool named Apowersoft Free Online Screen Recorder. This is a versatile web-based tool which can grab your computer screen while you are having a video calls with your loved ones, playing games, doing video demonstrations, and so on and so forth. Aside from that, you can save the recorded video on your Mac or upload it to cloud for free. See the steps below.

On your macOS High Sierra, open your browser and visit the Apowersoft Free Online Screen Recorder.
From there, hit the “Start Recording” button to launch the free tool.
A recording box along with a toolbar will then appear immediately. Go and set the recording area, audio input, and other recording specs.
Once done, click the red recording button to start recording. A floating toolbar will then pop up. During the recording process, you can edit the video by adding texts, highlights,shapes and arrows to it.
If you are done, just click on the “Stop” button. Then the recorded file will be saved to the directory immediately. You can play the video right away or open folder to check it.

Conclusion

As these three macOS High Sierra screen recorders presented, you can now record any activities on your macOS High Sierra effortlessly. All of these tools will be beneficial to you. However, if you are into practicality, use the software ApowerREC, which has all the recording features that you are looking for.

Use the Screenshot toolbar

To view the Screenshot toolbar, press these three keys together: Shift, Command and 5. You will see onscreen controls for recording the entire screen, recording a selected portion of the screen or capturing a still image of your screen:

Record the entire screen

Click in the onscreen controls. Your pointer will change to a camera .
Click any screen to start recording that screen or click Record in the onscreen controls.
To stop recording, click in the menu bar. Or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save or take other actions.

Record a selected portion of the screen

Click in the onscreen controls.
Drag to select an area of the screen to record. To move the entire selection, drag from within the selection.
To start recording, click Record in the onscreen controls.
To stop recording, click in the menu bar. Or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save or take other actions.

Trim, share and save

After you stop recording, a thumbnail of the video appears briefly in the lower-right corner of your screen.

Take no action or swipe the thumbnail to the right and the recording will be saved automatically.
Click the thumbnail to open the recording. You can then click to trim the recording or click to share it.
Drag the thumbnail to move the recording to another location, such as to a document, an email, a Finder window or the Bin.
Control-click the thumbnail for more options. For example, you can change where your recordings are saved to, open the recording in an app or delete the recording without saving it.

Change the settings

Click Options in the onscreen controls to change these settings:

Save to: Choose where your recordings are automatically saved to, such as Desktop, Documents or Clipboard.
Timer: Choose when to start recording – immediately, 5 seconds or 10 seconds after you've click to record.
Microphone: To record your voice or other audio along with your recording, choose a microphone.
Show Floating Thumbnail: Choose whether to show the thumbnail.
Remember Last Selection: Choose whether to default to the selections you made the last time you used this tool.
Show Mouse Clicks: Choose whether to show a black circle around your pointer when you click in the recording.

Use QuickTime Player

Open QuickTime Player from your Applications folder, then choose File > New Screen Recording from the menu bar. You will then see either the onscreen controls described above or the Screen Recording window described below.
Before starting your recording, you can click the arrow next to to change the recording settings:
- To record your voice or other audio with the screen recording, choose a microphone. To monitor that audio during recording, adjust the volume slider. If you get audio feedback, lower the volume or use headphones with a microphone.
- To see a black circle around you

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