Limelight

A screen recorder for Mac built for tutorials and demos

Limelight is a native macOS screen recorder that makes recordings look produced: automatic zoom into every click, a smoothed cursor, and your keystrokes shown right on screen — then export to mp4 or a 9:16 clip from a built-in editor.

macOS already records your screen with ⇧⌘5 and QuickTime, but those tools give you a flat, raw capture. For a tutorial, product demo, or social clip, raw is not enough — viewers lose your cursor, miss the shortcuts you press, and click away. A purpose-built screen recorder fixes that automatically.

Limelight records natively on Apple Silicon and Intel and styles the result as you go. It auto-zooms into wherever you click so the detail is always front and center, smooths your cursor into clean motion, and renders a tidy padded background. Your keystrokes, a cursor spotlight, and freehand annotations are baked into the video — no separate KeyCastr window, no after-the-fact editing.

When the take is done, the built-in editor lets you trim, cut, ripple-delete, speed up, and adjust zoom, then export to mp4 or a vertical 9:16 video for YouTube, X, Instagram Reels, or TikTok. Everything runs on your Mac; nothing is uploaded.

Compared with a $20/month subscription recorder, Limelight is free to start with a cursor spotlight, and Pro is $2.99/month or a $34 one-time lifetime license — the same cinematic recording, plus on-screen keystrokes that most Mac recorders can’t do.

Why Limelight

  • ▸Native macOS recorder — Apple Silicon & Intel, notarized by Apple
  • ▸Automatic zoom, smoothed cursor, and a clean background by default
  • ▸Keystrokes, cursor spotlight, and annotations baked into the video
  • ▸Built-in editor → trim, speed up, export to mp4 or 9:16
  • ▸Fully offline — nothing uploaded
Try it free — download

Cursor spotlight free · from $2.99/mo or $34 lifetime · macOS 14+

Or get Pro — from $2.99/mo · See how it works →

free to start, then go Pro from $2.99/mo or a $34 one-time lifetime license. macOS 14+, notarized by Apple.

FAQ

Is there a good screen recorder for Mac with auto-zoom?
Yes. Limelight is a native macOS screen recorder that automatically zooms into every click and smooths your cursor while you record, so demos and tutorials look produced with no manual editing.
Does macOS have a built-in screen recorder?
Yes — press ⇧⌘5 or use QuickTime Player. They capture a raw .mov with no zoom, cursor emphasis, keystrokes, or editing. Limelight adds all of that and exports a finished video.
What makes Limelight different from other Mac screen recorders?
It shows your keystrokes and clicks on screen and bakes them into the recording — something most recorders, including Screen Studio, do not do. free to start, then go Pro from $2.99/mo or a $34 one-time lifetime license. macOS 14+, notarized by Apple.

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