Screen Cut Pro

iOS Screen

Connect an iPhone or iPad over USB and record its screen directly — same plumbing QuickTime Player uses for “Movie Recording → iOS device,” with the cursor / annotations / zoom toolkit Screen Cut Pro adds on top. Useful for recording mobile app demos, on-device voice agents, gameplay, or anything that lives on your phone.

Connecting the device

  1. Plug the iPhone or iPad into your Mac with a USB / USB‑C cable.
  2. Unlock the device.
  3. Tap Trust when the device asks “Trust this computer?”

Once trusted, the device shows up in the HUD’s Display dropdown alongside your Mac displays. Pick it and click Record.

What gets recorded

  • The device’s actual UI — home screen, apps, keyboard, status bar — in portrait aspect at the device’s native resolution.
  • The system audio coming out of the device (the same thing AirPlay would carry).

Mic + Mac webcam recording still work alongside iOS capture, so you can narrate over the device's screen using your Mac's microphone and add a webcam overlay of yourself.

The two iPhone entries in pickers

macOS exposes a Continuity-Camera-capable iPhone twice:

  • In the Camera dropdown as <Device> Camera — that’s the iPhone’s lens (Continuity Camera). Pick it if you want to use the iPhone as a webcam.
  • In the Display dropdown as <Device> — that’s the iPhone’s screen. Pick this for screen recording.

If the device doesn’t appear

  • Disconnect and reconnect the cable. Some docks / adapters don’t pass through the protocol macOS uses for screen capture — try a direct cable.
  • Make sure the device is unlocked when you connect it.
  • Quit other apps that may have grabbed the device (Continuity Camera in Zoom or FaceTime, Apple Configurator, Xcode running on the device).
  • If iPhone Mirroring (macOS 15+) is connected to the same iPhone, disconnect the mirroring session first.
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