Limelight
Highlight your cursor in a screen recording on a Mac
In a screen recording, the default Mac pointer is tiny and easy to lose. Limelight adds a glowing spotlight that follows your cursor so every move is easy to track.
When you record your screen on a Mac, the pointer is small and the same color as everything around it. Viewers squint to find it, lose the thread when you jump across the screen, and miss the exact spot you clicked. Bumping up the system cursor size helps a little, but it still does not draw the eye.
Limelight puts a soft, glowing spotlight around your pointer. Press ⌃⌥1 to turn the cursor spotlight on and your mouse instantly becomes the brightest thing on screen. And Limelight is a full screen recorder itself — it captures your screen and exports a finished, cinematic video, auto-zooming on every click and smoothing the cursor, with the spotlight baked right in. No QuickTime, OBS, or Screen Studio needed.
Start Limelight, toggle the spotlight with ⌃⌥1 whenever you want it, and hit record. Everything runs on your Mac, so nothing is uploaded. When you are done, Limelight exports a polished mp4 or a vertical 9:16 clip with your cursor, keystrokes, and drawing already part of the video.
Why Limelight
- ▸Press ⌃⌥1 to toggle the cursor spotlight on or off at any time.
- ▸Records and exports a cinematic video itself — auto-zoom, smoothed cursor, clean background.
- ▸Spotlight, keystrokes, and drawing are baked into the recording; everything stays local.
- ▸Runs from the menu bar, no separate recorder like QuickTime or OBS needed.
Cursor spotlight free · from $2.99/mo or $34 lifetime · macOS 14+
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free to start, then go Pro from $2.99/mo or a $34 one-time lifetime license. macOS 14+, notarized by Apple.
FAQ
- Does Limelight record my screen?
- Yes. Limelight records your screen and exports a finished, cinematic video itself, auto-zooming on clicks and smoothing the cursor, with the spotlight baked in — no separate recorder needed.
- Will the spotlight show up in the final video?
- Yes. Because Limelight records the screen itself, the spotlight is baked straight into the cinematic video it exports, just like the rest of your display.