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 at 720p / 30fps; Pro records at up to 1080p / 60fps.
- Audio: System audio from the iPhone (if AirPlay is routing it) + an optional mic track for voiceover.
- Keyframes: 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.
- OCR text (on macOS): text visible on screen at each keyframe, extracted via Apple Vision. Powers Smart Extract and the AI features later.
Where files are saved
Default: ~/Documents/ScreenSolo Sessions/ on macOS, %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 keyframe .png files.
Recording limits
- Free: 720p at 30fps, with a 5-minute cap per recording.
- Pro: 1080p with unlimited recording length at up to 60fps, plus region crop for re-framing recordings to a sub-rectangle.
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 OCR text) at the moment you run an AI feature on it; everything else stays local. See Where your recordings live.