This free screen capture software does not require Java Applet, but you need to install a launcher if it's the first time you use it. You can then take screenshots without limits afterwards. Click 'Take Screenshot' to activate this screen capture. Apowersoft Mac Screen Recorder is an advanced screen recorder, smart video converter and built-in video editor. It lets you capture videos of an entire screen, a selected region or around the mouse area. In addition you can record your webcam to create great picture-in-picture videos.

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Website: https://www.apowersoft.com/screen-recorder.html

With the increasing popularity of video blogs and video tutorials (and video reviews too) you might wonder how you can make your own? This review will walk you through how to do that – and provide a little demonstration at the end so you can see the end result.

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Apowersoft Video Screen Recorder is a relatively simple screen recording utility that seems to work very well. Initial impressions are good, although at this point I only have the trial version so I’m limited to a 3 minute demonstration. However, what I have seen so far works extremely well and with excellent results, including Minecraft for Mac (thus you can clearly record 3D games too). Installation is simply a case of clicking the install package and following a few prompts (one of which is to enter your password, as I suspect this installs some device drivers to enable it’s functionality). Then open Finder and double click on the Apowersoft Mac Recorder icon.

As you can see above left, the main application window is extremely simple (some might say bland even) – but functional. The software is ridiculously easy to use. I discovered when creating my first demo however that there is one area you need to select before beginning if you’re using a USB headset and/or microphone to do voiceovers while you’re recording… Click the Audio Input label and make sure you have the tick next to System Sound and Microphone – otherwise you’ll find your voice doesn’t work.

Clicking the record button does exactly as you’d expect and starts a recording, first giving you prompts that show you which hotkeys will do what. The biggest one to remember is likely to be ALT-E to hide the recording toolbar and ALT-T to stop the recording (ALT-S being to start). The use of hotkeys here is good because you want to concentrate on your screencast, not on the casting software itself. Clicking the Record button drops down the option of recording a region of the screen (as seen in the screenshot to the left), the whole screen, or the built in iSight webcam. If you’re using Region or Full Screen, you can choose to pop up a ‘Picture In Picture’ which will show you the contents of the webcam overlaid on the screen. I like this feature, although I hate appearing on camera, it does add a much more personal touch to your screencasts and can be useful for showing the viewer additional information where necessary. (Apologies for the image quality here, I had to use my phone for these ones!)

Clicks with the cursor are highlighted with a small round red circle so that attention is drawn to where you’re clicking, for example if you’re demonstrating how to use some particular piece of software. The colour and size of this circle can be adjusted by clicking the Options label and then clicking the ‘More Mouse Cursor Settings’.

When you’re done you can click the Convert label to convert the video to a format that is suitable for the device on which you wish to play, or you have to the option to Burn To DVD. I haven’t tried to burn it to DVD as my MacBook Pro has no DVD burner. The conversion screen opens and advises you to ‘Drag Files Here’. Unfortunately dragging the file from the main screen doesn’t work (a bit of an oversight I think since that’s the logical place you’d drag from) but you can right click on the main screen, choose Show In Finder and drag from there. Alternatively, right click over the video in the main window and clicking Convert from there automatically loads into the Convert window. The advertising blurb on the website says ‘Upload to YouTube’ but this isn’t done internally within the application, so you’ll need to work out how to do that yourself – which is a bit of a shame, particularly when Apowersoft have other software that interfaces neatly with YouTube. That said, there’s a whole range of video sites you might want to upload to and I suspect if they supported one site, people would want all the others too. Uploading shouldn’t be hard anyway. The conversion on my 3 minute demo was extremely quick and painless.

I’ve also had a play with the demo and can confirm that screen recording works with Minecraft for Mac (both in window and full screen mode) and Eve Online. I did notice some odd happenings with Eve Online, such as the screen resolution being a bit off and I’m not sure if that’s something that Apowersoft Recorder for Mac has altered or whether something else has changed it.

Once recorded you may wish to edit your video, perhaps to clip bits out, add annotations after the fact, or blur out sensitive information. The package does not allow this natively, and right clicking over your screencast and clicking edit will redirect you to the Apowersoft Video Editor, which appears at the time of writing to be a free download and will be the subject of an additional review which I’ll write later.

Apowersoft Screen Recorder for Mac is a simple tool but seems very effective and works well. At the time of writing it’s priced at US$39.95 which seems to be quite a bit cheaper than many of its competitors. Some of those competitors appear more polished and have additional features built in (such as the editing and uploading facilities) but without doing a proper review I can’t say for sure (check back regularly for updates as I get more information). However, the price point for the ability to record your screens for demonstrations, tutorials, videoblogs and even just to keep things for posterity is good and the software does everything I think I’d need it to.

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You may find nowadays that something like Wondershare Filmora 9 offers better value for money though. The Windows version of Filmora 9 is just $59.99 as is the Mac version. That’s a one of payment which gives you screen recording AND video editing all in one package. If you prefer the subscription model it’s around $45 per year for the Mac version. I’ve done a review of Wondershare Filmora 9 for Mac over here…

But thus far, Apowersoft support has been very good, so this product gets a decent thumbs up from us. It could use a little more design flair on the interface perhaps, and some of the typography on buttons and drop down menus is a little odd (for example, every single macOS application I’ve seen uses File->Preferences notation for preferences, whereas Apowersoft have decided to opt for File->Options instead). But these are minor things for a product that you just want to work and this is by far the easiest screencast recorder I’ve seen so far (I have used a couple of others but not in enough depth to review yet).

• 7/10
  Design - 7/10
• 8/10
  Features - 8/10
• 9/10
  Cost - 9/10
• 10/10
  Ease Of Use - 10/10
• 10/10
  Customer Support - 10/10
• 9/10
  Overall Value - 9/10

Summary

Positives: Easy to use, cheaper than alternatives, great results.
Negatives: Bland design, no easy Upload button, Editing not included.

Website: http://www.apowersoft.com/mac-os-screen-recorder
Price: US$39.95

More than just a video downloader, Apowersoft Video Downloader for Mac features a powerful video converter that offers the ability to convert videos to all popular file formats for devices, such as iPad, iPod touch, PSP, iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, Kindle Fire, HTC and many others.

Here are the main features:

Download Video on Mac in Original Quality

Apowersoft Video Downloader for Mac brings Mac users an easy way to download video and audio from websites. With it, you can capture all stream formats and media protocols (HTTP, RTMP, MMS, FTP, RTSP, and HTTPS). Your downloaded videos will be saved on Mac without any quality loss.

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Convert any Online or Local Video

Both your downloaded videos and local files can be converted to a wide range of video formats, like MOV, MPEG-4, AVI, FLV, SWF, WMV, 3GP, ASF and more. Another great feature would be the ability to convert video to M4A, MP3, OGG, AAC, AC3 and other common audio formats. Once the conversion is done, you are capable of importing video files into iTunes directly on the app.

Download Multiple Videos during One Session

With batch download mode, you are able to download multiple videos on one go. As soon as you drag the URLs into the icon of Apowersoft Video Downloader for Mac, the videos will be automatically added into download list. It will finish downloading at lightning speed and guarantee the highest video download quality.

Download any Playlist from YouTube

The options are seemingly endless for downloading YouTube video, but what if you want to download an entire channel of YouTube videos? This YouTube downloader for Mac is the perfect tool to download whole YouTube playlists. It's just one click to download what you are browsing on your subscribed channels or your personal YouTube page.

Easily Manage Videos in the Library

Once the application is preset, an automatic shutdown will be triggered when the task is complete. You also have the option to put the program to sleep or quit after downloading. In this case, you don't have to force yourself to sit in front of computer all the time. Besides, the Mac video downloader lets you organize the downloaded files in the library, it's your choice to rename, delete or play the video as you please.

Capture Anything on the Screen

Apowersoft Mac video downloader is equipped with screen recorder, which allows you to record any activities on the screen, including menus, objects, full screen and customized regions. This is especially helpful for users who want to capture live streams and protected video content from BBC iPlayer, Twitch TV, Livestream, ABC, CNN, etc.

Simply Edit Videos to Achieve the Desired Effect

The inlaid editor makes video editing extremely easy, with support for trimming, cropping, merging videos into one, tuning special effects and adding subtitle files. It is designed to be intuitive; you can excel at using it even if you are a computer illiterate.