While this worked well in nearly every application I tested in both 10.5 and 10.6, there’s at least one (and probably more than one) program that doesn’t work with Soundflower: In both 10.5 and 10.6, audio capture failed when using

Soundflower, an open source system extension, to capture audio with its screen recordings. ScreenFlow ( ) can capture from any one of multiple monitors. Snapz Pro X ( ) can capture regions, including regions across multiple screens, and The program captures everything happening on the screen with the menu bar, but can’t capture regions (though you can crop during edit), nor can it capture anything other than the main screen. After launching Camtasia for Mac, you start recording by pressing a keyboard shortcut, which you press again to stop recording.

Capturing video and audioĪs an end-to-end solution, Camtasia lets you capture and edit both audio and video from your Mac and connected audio/video devices. That doesn’t necessarily make the Mac version a bad program, but it does mean you can do more with the Windows version. While there are a few things the Mac program can do that the Windows version cannot (capture DV camera, upload to iTunes or YouTube), there are many more features available in the Windows product that are not currently in the Mac release. Techsmith hasĪ comparison table on its site, highlighting the differences between the two programs.

However, on the features front, Mac users aren’t getting all the bells and whistles of the Windows version. From a user interface standpoint, that’s a good thing, as the program feels completely Mac like, and not at all like a poor Windows port. Those who have had experience with Camtasia Studio for Windows will probably be disappointed by this first version of Camtasia for the Mac-the Mac product is not a clone of the current Studio product.

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