Grabito

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How to use Grabito.

How to record, edit and export, and what to do if something isn't working.

Your first recording

  1. Click the Grabito icon in the menu bar.
  2. Choose a display, a window or an area, then press Record.
  3. After the 3-2-1, do what you want to show.
  4. Press ⌘⇧2 to stop. The editor opens with your video already finished.
  5. Press Export. Your MP4 is saved in Movies › Grabito.

You can press ⌘⇧2 to start and stop from any app. It repeats your last kind of recording. During the countdown, Esc cancels.

Permissions

macOS asks for Screen Recording the first time. Camera and Microphone are only requested if you turn them on. If you said no by mistake, open System Settings › Privacy & Security, turn Grabito on there, and reopen the app.

Grabito never asks for Accessibility or Input Monitoring.

Editing

  • Trim: drag the yellow handles. By default the end handle cuts your trip to the Stop button. Drag it to bring that back.
  • Zooms: drag a block to move it, or its edges to resize it. Click one to change its zoom, press Delete to remove it, and double-click an empty spot to add one.
  • Look: choose a background, the zoom level, the shape of the video and the cursor size.
  • Camera & Audio: shown if you recorded them.
  • Undo: ⌘Z and ⇧⌘Z. Your edits save by themselves.

Things to know

  • Moving a window while recording it: a window recording stays where the window was when you started. If you move or resize the window, it can slide out of the shot or leave black areas. To move windows around, record your display instead.
  • The camera bubble moves by itself: in your video, the bubble slides out of the way if your cursor reaches it, then returns about 2 seconds after the cursor has left its corner.
  • The on-screen camera bubble: it's only there so you can see yourself while recording. It isn't in your video, and dragging it doesn't change your video.
  • If the app quits during a recording: your recording is recovered the next time you open Grabito, except for about the last second.

Something's not working

  • "Screen Recording is turned off", but it's on: remove Grabito from the list in System Settings, reopen the app and allow it again.
  • The shortcut does nothing: another app may be using ⌘⇧2. The Grabito window tells you if so.
  • Where's my video? Recordings and exports are in Movies › Grabito.

License and refunds

Paste your license key into Grabito to remove the watermark. It works on up to 3 of your Macs, and you can move it by choosing Deactivate this Mac in Settings. Grabito checks your license now and then, and keeps working if you're offline.

You can get a refund within 14 days of buying. See Refunds.

Contact

You can reach us at the support address, which will be listed here at launch.