
I can move this playhead back and forth like that as well.

When I'm paused I can also hit Done or I can hit Play to playback what's there. At any time I can Pause and then I can Resume to continue recording. You can see the wave form here so you confirm that it's recording and see how much time has elasped. Now in Voice Memos you can hit Record and it will start recording from the microphone you've chosen. So I think this is a pretty good setting for me. Notice how that when I talk you can see it's never reaching the peak over here but it certainly is passing halfway at the loudest point. Here I find this is the best setting for me for my microphone in the setup in my office.

It's also very important to set your input volume here. You may just have the internal Mac microphone.

There you can go to Sound, select Input here and you can choose the microphone if you have more than one. Now it will determine which microphone is used, not by any setting here in Voice Memos but by going to to System Preferences. A list of current recordings on the left and a big red record button It comes with your Mac if you have Mojave or Catalina and you have a simple interface here. The first method is to simply use Voice Memos which is an app specifically built for recording audio from your microphone. Most Macs come with a microphone included or you can get a USB microphone and then there's already a bunch of software on your Mac that you can use to record your voice. So I'm often asked how you can record your voice on your Mac. There you can read more about it, join us, and get exclusive content. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 500 supporters. Today let's look at seven different ways that you can record your voice on your Mac. You can also use the keyboard shortcut ‘Control+Esc’ to stop recording.Check out How To Record Audio On Your Mac at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.

To start recording, simply press the Record button once you’ve selected your option, and if you’ve got a MacBook with a Touch Bar, you’ll see that it will change to show the duration of the recording, total file size, and also gives you the option to stop the recording when you need to. To record a select portion, simply pull your cursor across the screen to create a boundary. Doing so will bring up the general Screenshot menu, and on the right-hand side of this, there’s the option to either record the entire screen or record a select portion. To access the toolbar, simply utilise the keyboard shortcut ‘Cmd+Shift+5’, or if you own MacBook with a Touch Bar, then you also choose to access it from there. It not only allows you to screenshot, but also to record your screen at the touch of a button. MacOS’ Screenshot Toolbar (as present on MacOS Mojave and later) is a versatile tool. 1 Use the Screenshot Toolbar – (Cmd+Shift+5)
