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One keystroke saves the last 30 seconds. No OBS running all evening, no full session to trim.
NiCorder records your screen continuously — you only save what you actually need. No manual start, no missed moment.
Free · macOS 13+ · No subscription
Lives in the menu bar. Click the N or press ⌘⇧↩ to save the last seconds.
NiCorder sits as a small "N" in the menu bar, recording silently. No dock icon, no interruption — you don't notice it until you need it.
You don't record ahead — you record back. One keystroke and the last 15, 30 or 60 seconds land as MP4 on your hard drive.
No cloud, no account, no uploads. NiCorder saves exclusively locally — on your Mac, in your Movies folder.
Recordings are real MP4 files in H.264 — playable directly in QuickTime, VLC, or iMovie. No proprietary format, no export step.
NiCorder communicates with no server, collects no user data and sends nothing outward — except an optional update check you can see at any time in settings.
15, 30 or 60 seconds — you set how far back you can go.
⌘⇧↩ saves from any app. No switching, no clicking.
VideoToolbox compresses once. No quality loss when saving.
Record the entire screen, a single window or a custom crop.
System audio can optionally be recorded and included in the MP4.
NiCorder checks for new versions on startup and installs them on request.
Download NiCorder.zip, unpack it, drag to Applications. Right-click → Open on first launch.
macOS asks once for screen recording. Allow — restart the app. Done.
NiCorder runs in the background. ⌘⇧↩ saves the last seconds as MP4.