Where your files are
Projects are .cinemac files in Movies › Cinemac, unless you changed the Recordings folder in Settings › Storage. Exports go next to them. Cinemac's own settings, presets and transcription models are in ~/Library/Application Support/Cinemac.
Projects
Each recording is a project, a file ending in .cinemac. Finder shows it as one file, but inside it holds:
- the screen, camera, microphone and system sound recordings, kept in full,
- your edit, saved as you work,
- a preview image so Finder can show it.
Your edits never change the recordings themselves. Cut something and it's only hidden, so you can always bring it back.
New projects go in Movies › Cinemac. To change that, choose Recordings folder in Settings › Storage.
Exports
Videos, GIFs and launch packs are saved next to the project unless you choose another place with Change… next to Save to.
Cinemac's own files
| Folder | What's in it |
|---|---|
| ~/Library/Application Support/Cinemac | Settings, presets, speaker notes, cursor looks, colour looks and transcription models. |
| ~/Library/Caches/Cinemac | Thumbnails and sound analysis. Safe to delete. Cinemac makes them again. |
To open them, choose Go › Go to Folder… in Finder and paste the path.
Move or back up a project
A .cinemac file is complete on its own. Copy it to another disk, a backup or another Mac, and it opens there with everything in it. Time Machine backs it up like any other file.
To send a project to someone, use File › Copy Project as Zip. See Quick share.
If you move a project while it's open, close it first. Images or music you picked from elsewhere stay where they were, so copy those too if the project goes to another Mac.
Free up space
Settings › Storage › Disk usage shows how much space your recordings use. Delete projects you no longer need with Move to Trash… in Projects, or in Finder.
While you record, Cinemac warns you when less than 1 GB is left, and stops and saves the recording before the disk is full, so you never lose a take to a full disk.