Shortcuts for screen recording specifically

In case you aren't aware:

• Screenshot region is Command-Shift-4 (click and drag the crosshair cursor that appears); you can also use Command-Shift-5 to get an adjustable selection rectangle
• Screenshot window is Command-Shift-4 then press the Space bar, the click the mouse/trackpad
• Screenshot screen is Command-Shift-3, which does the whole screen

For capture vs. record, it defaults to the last option used.

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Dev0cean wrote:

• I cannot understand how we have Cmd + Shift + 5 for opening the shortcut tool but it seems impossible to have a flow to have a shortcut specifically for the recording portion. It should be trivial for us to assign a shortcut which allows us to target the specific tools yet this isn't possible it seems.

Shortcut ability for the following should be amazing

Screenshot region

• Screenshot window

• Screenshot screen

• Screen record region

• Screen record window

• Screen record screen

I get that the whole tool bar is good for a lot of users but I need to screen cap and record pretty often and not having the ability to bind recording actions to shortcuts is unbecoming to Apple imo.

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Surely there is third party app that would fill the void...

see the app store—search screen recording and see what there.

"Shortcuts for screen recording specifically: I cannot understand how we have Cmd + Shift + 5 for opening the shortcut tool but it seems impossible to have a flow to have a shortcut specifically for the recording portion. It should be trivial for us to assign a shortcut which allows us to target the specific tools yet this isn't possible it seems.[...]"

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Be certain that you have all items selected:

1. Go to: System Settings
2. Click: Keyboard on the left pane
3. Click: Keyboard Shortcuts button on the right pane
4. Click: Screenshots
5. Check: all options
6. Click: Done

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