For instance, when you change the default audio output device, your keyboard media keys will stop working.

The problem with setting up a virtual sound card is that it can mess up your audio settings. Select “BlackHole 2ch” as your Microphone device to record internal audio from your Mac. Now, head over to QuickTime Player and start a new recording.

Right-click on Multi-Output Device and click on “Use This Device For Sound Output”. Check the “Use” and “Drift Correction” checkbox beside it. Once you have created a Multi-Output Device, you would see “BlackHole 2ch” under the Audio Device options. Select “Create Multi-Output Device” from the drop-down menu. Inside the Audio Midi Setup menu, click on the “+” icon at the bottom-left corner. Upon successful installation, head over to Spotlight search and type “Audio Midi Setup”. On the installation, leave the options as default and click on the Install button. Once done, double-click on BlackHole package to install it. Once you have the package downloaded, close all the applications that are using audio. In case you don’t want to register, you can download the source code and compile it using Brew. However, I would recommend BlackHole as it is being actively updated and works with macOS latest version Big Sur.ĭo note that BlackHole requires you to have an active email ID to register and the download link will be forwarded to the same email ID. There are a lot of third-party plugins out there like Sunflower.

Basically, the plugin acts as a sound device that routes system’s internal audio to QuickTime Player. In order to record audio with the internal Quicktime player, we would need to install a third-party plugin. The first method requires you to install a virtual sound driver. Native method with QuickTime PlayerThird-party mac screen recorderChrome extension

Mac Screen Recorder With Internal Audio #īefore we get to the process, there are 3 ways to record the screen on Mac with internal audio:

Internal audio recorder mac