In the recent iOS 17 update, Apple introduced a feature that many users have requested for some time: A built-in screen recorder. Before this, if you wanted to record your screen on an iOS device, your best bet would be to connect it to your Mac and use QuickTime or some other third-party recorder, but now you can record your screen directly on the device itself.
As far as features go, it should be noted that iOS 17 screen recording isn’t the most noticeable, which is why it helps to know how it works:
iOS 17 Screen Recording Feature:
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Enable the screen recorder
Before you can use the screen recorder, it needs to be enabled, and you need to open the ‘Settings’ to do so. Select the ‘Control Center’, then click ‘Customize Controls’, and you should see ‘Screen Recording’ listed as one of the options that you can add by clicking on the ‘+’ button beside it.
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Start and stop recording.
To start recording, you’ll have to open the ‘Control Center’ (usually by swiping upwards from the bottom of the screen). If you’ve already enabled the screen recorder, you should see an icon for the screen recorder that you can tap to start recording.
Once the recording has started, you’ll see a red bar at the top of the display that indicates the recording is ongoing. To stop recording, you can tap that red bar, confirm you want to stop recording, or open the ‘Control Center’ again and tap the screen recording icon the same way you started recording.
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Change screen recording settings
While iOS 17’s screen recorder doesn’t have many settings, you can access them by using a 3D Touch on the icon in the ‘Control Center.’ In the screen that appears, you can start recording or toggle the microphone on and off – all the options that exist for now.
Now that you know how it works, you should have no problem using iOS 17’s screen recorder or adjusting its settings. As you’ve probably noticed, however, it is relatively basic and does not contain many features. That is why if you want to be able to customize your recording, you’d be far better off using a third-party option such as Movavi Screen Recorder for Mac.
You can control the recording parameters by connecting your iOS device to your Mac and recording its screen via Movavi Screen Recorder for Mac. As you carefully nudge, it lets you use your Mac’s screen, set the sound input options, capture area, frame rate, and much more.
At the end of the day, if you want to be able to record high-quality video footage from the screen of your iOS devices without much trouble, Movavi Screen Recorder for Mac can undoubtedly deliver. You may still want to use iOS 17’s screen recorder in some cases, but it also helps to have a more comprehensive option available.
If you have any questions or queries regarding how the iOS 17 screen recording feature works, you can ask us in the comments.
