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Tella for Mac
Screen recorder for Mac
Fast, flexible and fully native
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Screen, camera, and audio
Capture your Mac screen with your face, microphone, and system audio in the same recording.
Built for polished videos
Add backgrounds, layouts, zooms, subtitles, and clean cuts without learning a traditional editor.
Share from one workflow
Upload automatically, edit in Tella, and send a link instead of juggling local files and separate hosting tools.
Everything the default Mac recorder leaves out
Synced with Tella
Recordings upload in the background and are ready to edit when you stop.
Clean separate streams
Screen and camera stay separate so unwanted recorder UI never appears in the final video.
System audio capture
Record Mac audio alongside your microphone without extra software.
Record separate clips
Capture in manageable takes and let Tella stitch them together.
Custom area capture
Draw the exact part of your screen you want to include.
Frequently asked questions
QuickTime is useful for simple captures. Tella is designed for recording screen, camera, microphone, and system audio, then editing and sharing from one place.
Tella has a 7-day free trial, with unlimited recording during the trial.
Yes. Tella captures screen, camera, microphone, and system audio together without extra audio software. macOS on its own only records a microphone, never the sound coming out of your Mac — our guide to screen recording on a Mac with audio explains why, and covers the free workaround.
Yes. The Mac app records in up to 4K, and Tella Premium supports 60 FPS export.
Tella for Mac requires macOS 13 Ventura or later and runs on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Tella records separate screen and camera streams, captures system audio, supports clip-by-clip recording, and includes editing, subtitles, hosting, and share links. If you want to use QuickTime, we have guides to screen recording on Mac with QuickTime and QuickTime screen recording with audio.
QuickTime is free but basic, and Screen Studio makes beautiful demos but is Mac-only with no hosting or team features. Tella pairs polished recordings with AI editing, hosting, and analytics — on Mac, Windows, and the web. We compared the ten most popular tools, including Screen Studio and OBS, in our best screen recording software roundup.