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SpeedCap

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A screen recorder that lives in the menu bar. Time-lapse, or real time with sound.

SpeedCap menu open in the macOS menu bar, with the Motion Aware submenu showing Adapt Capture Rate checked and Stop When Idle set to Never

Two modes behind one menu. Time-lapse samples the screen on an interval and collapses an afternoon into a few seconds. RealTime switches that off and records at full speed with audio - system audio, a microphone, or both mixed into one track. QuickTime cannot record system audio at all. A time-lapse can also follow the screen: the interval holds while something moves and stretches while nothing does, and the recording can end itself once the screen has been still long enough.

  • Time-lapse250 ms to 30 s intervals, 12 to 60 fps playback, H.264 MP4.
  • Motion awareThe interval becomes the fastest rate rather than a fixed one, backing off up to eight times while the screen and the pointer are still. A session can stop itself after 30 seconds to 5 minutes of that.
  • RealTime30 or 60 fps HEVC, written to .mov.
  • AudioSystem audio and any input device on the machine. One stereo track, nothing to mix afterwards.
  • CaptureAny display, at full, 75, 50 or 25 percent. Cursor optional. Click rings optional.
  • StartingA countdown before capture opens, so you are not recording the menu you started from.
  • OutputStraight to the Desktop, or a folder you pick.
  • FootprintMenu bar only. No Dock icon, no window, no account.
SpeedCap Capture Interval submenu - every 250 ms through every 30 s, with 250 ms selected and the speed-up readout below reading 8 to 60 times
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SpeedCap v1.4

Download for Mac
Download size: 460 KB
Requires: macOS 15.0 or later, Apple silicon
Permissions: Screen Recording, and Microphone if you record one
Privacy: Nothing leaves the machine. Recordings are files on your disk.
Signed and notarized by Apple Developer Program.