Pressing Record (⌘⇧R on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+R on Windows) starts a session that captures everything happening on the mirrored display, plus any audio you choose to include.
What gets captured
- Video: H.264-encoded MP4. Free records full 1080p at a smooth 30fps, with a small ScreenSolo mark in one corner; Pro records at your screen's full sharpness (Retina), no watermark.
- Audio: System audio from the iPhone (if AirPlay is routing it) + an optional mic track for voiceover.
- Snapshots: every time the screen meaningfully changes — new app, new screen, new dialog — ScreenSolo saves a still image alongside the video. These build the storyboard timeline so you can scrub to specific moments without sliding through every frame.
- Screen text: text visible on screen at each snapshot, captured for you. On a Mac this runs on Apple Vision; on Windows it's built-in text capture. It powers Smart Extract and the AI features later.
Turn on Smart Capture before you record and every click also gets a smooth auto-zoom and its own snapshot — see Smart Capture.
Where files are saved
Default: ~/Documents/ScreenSolo Sessions/ on a Mac, %USERPROFILE%\Documents\ScreenSolo Sessions\ on Windows. You can change the folder in Settings → Sessions folder.
Each session is its own directory containing the .mp4, a .json with metadata, and the snapshot .png files.
Free vs Pro quality
- Free: full 1080p at a smooth 30fps, up to 5 minutes per recording — recordings carry a small ScreenSolo mark in one corner.
- Pro: records at your screen's full sharpness (Retina), with no watermark and no time limit.
Pro is one subscription that includes everything, AI and all — see Free vs Pro.
Privacy
Recordings live on your device — ScreenSolo's servers never see them. The only data that ever leaves is the specific frame (or its captured screen text) at the moment you run an AI feature on it; everything else stays local. See Where your recordings live.