Screen Cut Pro

Install & first launch

Download, install, and launch Screen Cut Pro for the first time.

System requirements

  • macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. Apple Silicon recommended; Intel Macs running Sonoma+ are supported.
  • ~250 MB of disk space for the app, plus working space for your recordings (rule of thumb: a 1080p screen capture is roughly 1–2 GB per ten minutes before edits).

Download & install

  1. Click Download for macOS on this site or visit screencutpro.com → Download.
  2. Your browser will save ScreenCutPro-X.Y.Z.zip to your Downloads folder.
  3. Double-click the zip to extract. A Screen Cut Pro.app bundle will appear next to it.
  4. Drag Screen Cut Pro.app into your /Applications folder.
Screen Cut Pro selected in the Applications folder in Finder
Screen Cut Pro installed in /Applications.

First launch

Because Screen Cut Pro was downloaded from the internet, macOS shows a one-time Gatekeeper prompt the first time you open it. The app is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so this is just a confirmation step:

  1. Double-click Screen Cut Pro.app.
  2. If macOS shows “Screen Cut Pro” Not Opened with a Done button, click Done.
  3. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the bottom, and click Open Anyway next to the Screen Cut Pro entry.
  4. Confirm with Touch ID or your password. The app launches.

Subsequent launches go straight to the app — this is a one-time-per-Mac confirmation that Apple introduced in macOS 15.

Next: granting permissions

On first launch you’ll be walked through a short permissions onboarding. See Permissions for what each one enables and how to grant or revoke them later.

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