Pause, stop or discard a take
Every take has a small bar with the clock, Draw, Pause, Stop and Discard, and keys that work from anywhere. The Mac app keeps its bar out of the video.
Mac appChrome
Where to find it
- During a take
- The bar on the page
- Stop
- Pause
- Holds the take. Press it again to resume. Nothing from the pause is in the video.
- Stop
- Ends the take and opens it in the editor.
- Discard
- Ends the take and throws it away.
- Draw
- Turns the pointer into a pen until you press it again or press Esc.
Steps for
The bar floats over your screen and is never in the video, and the menu bar icon shows the clock. Its menu has Stop Recording, Pause and Discard Recording too.
- ⌘⇧2
- Stop and save, from any app
- ⌥⇧D
- Draw on the screen
In a tab take the bar sits at the bottom of the page you are recording, so it is in the video, resting as a small red dot until you point at it. In a window or screen take, use the popup: click PointerCam in the toolbar for Stop and edit, Pause and Discard.
To stop without the bar opening in the video, press ⇧⌘S or use the popup.
- ⇧⌘S
- Stop, from any tab
- ⌥⇧D
- Draw on the page
Read next
Record a browser tabClick PointerCam in Chrome’s toolbar, keep Tab selected and press Record this tab. Every click on the page is followed, and Stop opens the take in the editor.Record your screen on a MacChoose New Recording from the PointerCam menu bar icon, pick a display or a window, and press Record. Your clicks are followed in every app.Draw on the screen while you recordPress ⌥⇧D during a take to circle, point at, box or highlight things. Drawings fade 3 seconds after you stop, unless you keep them.Recover a take that stopped earlyIf a tab closed or Chrome quit during a take, the library shows it under Needs attention. Press Recover to get back what was recorded.
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