shortz: How to Record Screen and Convert Video to GIF on macOS
5 min readNov 13, 2021
Welcome! My name is Tomasz Buga, and this is shortz — short articles series that provides you solutions for your Software Development issues with simple to follow step-by-step guides.
How to record screen on macOS?
1 — Press CMD + Space to open the Spotlight Search
2 — Type QuickTime and press Enter to run the QuickTime Player app
3 — From the menu bar select File > New Screen Recording (or simply press Control + CMD + N)
4 — Set up options as you like and hit the Record button
5 — To stop recording press the Stop button on the menu bar (it’s located on the right side of the menu)
6 — If you’re satisfied with the result, you can save the video (default format is *.mov) on your Mac with File > Save or with CMD + S combo
