AudioOut Recorder app icon

Record your Mac's audio.

AudioOut Recorder captures the sound your Mac is playing and saves it to your Desktop as a clean .m4a file. No microphone, no screen recording.

Get it on the Mac App Store $0.99 A one-time purchase. macOS 13 or later.

Record your Mac's audio

Music, calls, videos, games.

The AudioOut Recorder window, ready to record

Watch it record, live

A level meter and a timer.

The app recording, showing a live level meter and timer

Straight to your Desktop

Saved as a dated .m4a file.

A saved recording file named 'Jun 12.m4a' on the Desktop

Good, Better, or lossless Best

AAC, or Apple Lossless.

The quality picker with Good, Better, and Best options

Choose your quality.

Good

AAC 128 kbps

Small files for quick clips.

Better

AAC 256 kbps

The default. Crisp and compact.

Best

Apple Lossless

An exact copy, for when it matters.

Fully private.

AudioOut Recorder uses the macOS Screen Recording permission only to reach the system audio stream. It never records video or screen content, and it collects no data.