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QuickTime Player User Guide

• Welcome
• Play a file
  • Open and play a file
  • Choose a screen size
  • Show subtitles or captions
  • Choose the soundtrack for a movie
  • View information about a movie file
• Create a new recording
  • Record your screen
  • Record a movie
  • Create a movie with an image sequence
  • Record audio
• Edit a movie
  • Split a movie into clips
  • Rearrange movie clips
  • Add a movie or clip
  • Rotate or flip a clip
  • Trim a movie or clip
  • Remove audio or video
  • Automation tips
• Save or rename a recording
• Share or export your movies
  • Share your movies
  • Export movies
• Keyboard shortcuts and gestures
• Copyright and trademarks

You can make an audio-only recording with QuickTime Player.

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1. In the QuickTime Player app on your Mac, choose File > New Audio Recording.

   

2. Click , then choose any of the following recording options:

   • Microphone: Choose a microphone (if you have more than one available).

   • Quality: Choose the recording quality. Maximum-quality recordings produce uncompressed files, which can use large amounts of storage space.

   Setting				Description
   High				44100 Hz AAC audio
   Maximum				44100 Hz, uncompressed Linear PCM 24-bit AIFF-C audio

3. Adjust the volume control to hear the audio you’re recording.

4. Click to start recording; click when you’re done.

   To pause recording, Option-click ; click it again to resume recording.

5. Choose File > Save to save and name the recording. You can also choose a location where you want to save it.

   After you have an audio recording, you can trim or split your audio recording into clips, rearrange the clips or add other audio clips. See Split a movie into clips.

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