TapeOut Mac App Store - coming soon

Menu bar audio recorder

Record one app.
Or everything but one.

Pick Music, a browser or a video call and TapeOut records that app alone - no notification pings, no other tabs. Or leave one app out and record the rest.

$6.99, pay once ⌃⌥⌘R starts and stops from any app
TapeOut recording only the Music app, with a live level meter

Three ways to listen

Choose what goes into the file before you press record. TapeOut finds an app's helper processes too, so a browser's audio is caught even though it plays from a separate process.

Only one app

Just the call. Just the tab.

A lecture in your browser, a podcast app, a game - recorded on its own, while everything else keeps playing.

All but one

Keep one app out.

Record a call without the music playing in the background, or a game without your chat app's pings.

Everything

All system audio.

Whatever the computer plays, mixed down to one stereo file.

TapeOut recording everything except Music

See it while it records

The popover shows the source, the elapsed time and a live level meter, so you know the signal is there before the take is over.

  • Live meter - green, amber, red, straight from the captured audio.
  • Locked while recording - the source can't change mid-take by accident.
  • Nothing silent saved - if the app never played, you are told, and no empty file is left behind.
TapeOut format choice and recent recordings

The file you need

Pick the format per job. Finished recordings are listed with their source and length - drag one straight into an editor, notes or a message.

  • AAC - small .m4a files that play anywhere.
  • Apple Lossless - full quality when it matters.
  • WAV - uncompressed, for editing apps.
No driversUses the audio capture built into macOS 14.4 and later. Nothing to install, nothing left behind.
No microphoneTapeOut records playback, never your voice.
One permissionmacOS asks once for system audio recording.
PrivateNo network access, no analytics, no account.

Requires macOS 14.4 or later · English, Deutsch, Español, Русский, Українська · $6.99 one-time, no subscription. Please respect copyright and other people's rights in what you record.