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How to record your screen on Mac without installing anything

Last updated 2026-07-15

Fastest way: record it right here — no install, no signup.

Works in Safari, Chrome, or any modern browser on Sonoma, Sequoia, or Tahoe. No .app, no Homebrew, no Gatekeeper prompt.

Click to start recording

The four steps, with Mac-specific notes.

QuickTime is the default Mac screen recorder, but it has no AI features and no shareable link. Here is the browser version.

1

Open Pullsy in Safari, Chrome, or Arc

Pullsy runs in any modern browser on macOS — Safari 17+, Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Firefox. There is no .app to drag to /Applications, no Homebrew formula, no notarization prompt. Open pullsy.online/record in a tab and the recorder is ready in under a second. The browser you already have is the only thing you need.
2

Click the green "Start recording" button, choose a window or screen

A macOS system dialog appears titled "Screen & System Audio Recording" with permission details. Click "Allow". You then pick what to capture: a single window, the entire screen, or a Chrome tab. If you are walking through a Figma file, pick the Figma window. If you are recording a browser workflow, pick the Chrome tab — tab capture includes the tab audio and is the most efficient option.
3

Toggle on the live AI transcript and narrate as you go

The "Live AI transcript" checkbox is on by default. Leave it on, and Pullsy will generate a transcript as you speak — the same recording produces the video, the AI summary, the AI chapters, and the ask-the-video chat for free. There is no separate upload, no second service, and no extension to call. Pullsy does the speech-to-text on the recording server, not in your browser, so the cost is on us.
4

Stop, name it, share the link — or download the .webm

Click "Stop & save" when you are done. The recording uploads, the AI features get generated, and you get a shareable link. There is also a "Download" button if you want the original .webm file to upload to YouTube, edit in Final Cut, or attach to a Slack message. Free hosted link retention is 30 days; downloads are yours forever.

One honest limitation.

Apple does not expose system-wide audio capture to browsers — that is a Mac platform rule, not a Pullsy rule. Pullsy captures tab audio (audio playing in the Chrome tab you selected) and your microphone, but it cannot capture the audio of, say, Spotify playing in a different app. If you need to record a Zoom call where the meeting is in a separate app, open Zoom in a browser tab and capture that tab — the other person's voice will be picked up as tab audio. For everything else, the recorder above is the most complete no-install option on a Mac.

Frequently asked

Do I need to give macOS screen recording permission?

Yes — but the dialog is browser-level, not a Trippy Gatekeeper-style prompt. When you click "Start recording" in Pullsy, macOS shows its standard "Screen & System Audio Recording" dialog. Click "Allow" once and the browser remembers. The permission lives in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording, and you can revoke it any time. If you have previously denied screen recording to your browser, the dialog will not appear — go to System Settings and re-enable it.

Does Pullsy capture internal Mac audio (the system sounds, music playing in another app)?

No — and this is an Apple platform limitation, not a Pullsy limitation. macOS does not expose system audio capture to browsers the way Windows and ChromeOS do. The Pullsy recorder captures: (1) audio from the Chrome tab or window you selected in the capture dialog, including any video or audio playing in that tab, and (2) your microphone. If you need to record a Zoom call where the other person is in a separate app, open Zoom in a browser tab — capturing that tab will include the other person's voice.

Is there a Pullsy Mac app?

No, and there is no plan to ship one. The whole point of the recorder is that it runs in the browser you already have open. A native Mac app would mean an install, a code-signing certificate, a notarization process with Apple, and an updater — none of which serve the "I need to record a 6-minute product demo in the next 30 seconds" use case. If you want a Mac-native recorder, QuickTime Player (preinstalled on every Mac) supports screen recording from the File menu, with no AI features and no shareable link.