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Screen Recording on macOS Catalina

antoinevg 7y ago
At some point we may need to discuss the cumulative effect of all these ill-considered UI changes on system security.
- least 7y ago
  It's a big hassle when you first upgrade or if you find yourself having to reinstall MacOS and are installing a lot of programs at once. In normal use day to day with the occasional security prompt when installing an application, it's less egregious.
  - dmitriid 7y ago
    And then you mistakenly dismiss a prompt, and suddenly "File Desktop could not be opened" (just got this when trying to save from Safari)
- mustntmumble 7y ago
  I'm sure Ben Franklin had Catalina in mind when he said "Those Who Sacrifice OS Security For UI Convenience Deserve Neither." Seriously though, I'm willing to put up with mildly inconvenient UI changes (that diminish over time) in exchange for a more secure operating system.
scrumper 7y ago
Doesn't this grant Chrome itself permission to see the screen - meaning also any website-hosted malware the user happens to pick up?
- carusooneliner 7y ago
  If a website attempts to record screen, Chrome will pop up a modal dialog asking user to select if they want to record entire desktop, application window or tab. The user has to opt in every time before any screen recording takes place.
phenkdo 7y ago
I normally use QuickTime for screen recording, what does this offer in addition?
- arthurcolle 7y ago
  Command Shift 5 is also a pretty useful shortcut
- carusooneliner 7y ago
  Outklip is a Chrome extension with a few additions compared to QuickTime: * It lets you record camera along with screen, so you can be seen in the video. Gives videos a personal touch. * Videos on Outklip are automatically uploaded to cloud storage, which lets you share them via a link instantly after recording. Saves you the step of uploading the video to gdrive, dropbox, etc. before sharing. The video creator can see who viewed and when. * An easy to use video editor, which lets you add text labels, remove parts of video, crop region of video, convert to gif, etc. * A YouTube integration that lets you post videos quickly and easily. One thing Outklip lacks is the ability to record a selected portion of the screen, which Quicktime supports. Hope this helps.
  - pax 7y ago
    On this note does anybody happen to know an alternative to https://recordit.co https://recordit.co? It used to be a minimalistic screen recorder, where you'd select a selected area of the screen and it would automatically upload it to a url, both as a video or animated gif.
ngcc_hk 7y ago
But it is not granted to an app but to chrome. I guess it is a bit dangerous. For the Yi issue, it problem as it is new. But I guess after awhile it should be ok. You really want to know these permission s and explicitly approve it.

At some point we may need to discuss the cumulative effect of all these ill-considered UI changes on system security.

least 7y ago
It's a big hassle when you first upgrade or if you find yourself having to reinstall MacOS and are installing a lot of programs at once. In normal use day to day with the occasional security prompt when installing an application, it's less egregious.
- dmitriid 7y ago
  And then you mistakenly dismiss a prompt, and suddenly "File Desktop could not be opened" (just got this when trying to save from Safari)
mustntmumble 7y ago
I'm sure Ben Franklin had Catalina in mind when he said "Those Who Sacrifice OS Security For UI Convenience Deserve Neither." Seriously though, I'm willing to put up with mildly inconvenient UI changes (that diminish over time) in exchange for a more secure operating system.

Doesn't this grant Chrome itself permission to see the screen - meaning also any website-hosted malware the user happens to pick up?

carusooneliner 7y ago
If a website attempts to record screen, Chrome will pop up a modal dialog asking user to select if they want to record entire desktop, application window or tab. The user has to opt in every time before any screen recording takes place.

phenkdo 7y ago

I normally use QuickTime for screen recording, what does this offer in addition?

arthurcolle 7y ago
Command Shift 5 is also a pretty useful shortcut
carusooneliner 7y ago
Outklip is a Chrome extension with a few additions compared to QuickTime: * It lets you record camera along with screen, so you can be seen in the video. Gives videos a personal touch. * Videos on Outklip are automatically uploaded to cloud storage, which lets you share them via a link instantly after recording. Saves you the step of uploading the video to gdrive, dropbox, etc. before sharing. The video creator can see who viewed and when. * An easy to use video editor, which lets you add text labels, remove parts of video, crop region of video, convert to gif, etc. * A YouTube integration that lets you post videos quickly and easily. One thing Outklip lacks is the ability to record a selected portion of the screen, which Quicktime supports. Hope this helps.
- pax 7y ago
  On this note does anybody happen to know an alternative to https://recordit.co https://recordit.co? It used to be a minimalistic screen recorder, where you'd select a selected area of the screen and it would automatically upload it to a url, both as a video or animated gif.

ngcc_hk 7y ago

But it is not granted to an app but to chrome. I guess it is a bit dangerous. For the Yi issue, it problem as it is new. But I guess after awhile it should be ok. You really want to know these permission s and explicitly approve it.