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jagooch

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Jul 17, 2009
808
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Denver, co
Are there any applications that can capture a screen of a background application? I want to make a demo video of a process that can take around 30 minutes, but still be able to work in other applications while the video capture is running.

I have a single UW monitor and use spaces to group applications by task. I noticed the Apple build in video capture can either capture all or some of a physical screen, but if I switch apps, it will capture whatever application is in the foreground.

Are there any video capture applications that capture the screen of a background aka hidden application?
 

960design

macrumors 68040
Apr 17, 2012
3,796
1,677
Destin, FL
Quicktime can capture a selected application: Screen Recording > Selected Application
I would recommend something like OBS Studio or Streamlabs for anything a little more complicated (both free).
I use OBS Studio for "production" work.

 
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