Downloading Cinemac.dmgCinemac for Windows
Install guide Mac + Windows
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Cinemac runs on a Mac or a PC. Open this page there to download it, or send yourself the link.
Open the download.
Click Cinemac.dmg in your browser’s downloads, or double-click it in your Downloads folder. A window opens with Cinemac and your Applications folder.
Can’t find it? In Finder, press ⌥⌘L to open Downloads.
Drag Cinemac into Applications.
Drag the Cinemac icon onto the Applications folder beside it. That copies Cinemac onto your Mac.
If your Mac asks about replacing an older Cinemac, click Replace. Your projects and settings stay.
Open Cinemac.
Open your Applications folder and double-click Cinemac, or press ⌘Space and type Cinemac. The first time, macOS asks if you’re sure you want to open an app from the internet. Click Open.
All done with the installer? Eject the Cinemac disk in Finder’s sidebar. You can delete Cinemac.dmg too.
Sign in with your email.
Click Get started, type your email and click Send code. Cinemac emails you an 8-digit code. Type it in and you’re signed in, with no password to remember. New here? That creates your free account.
No email after a minute? Check your spam folder, or click Send a new code.
Allow screen recording.
macOS asks you to allow screen recording before any app can record, and it’s the one permission Cinemac needs. Click Set up permissions, then Open System Settings. Switch on Cinemac in the list, or drag it in from the little Cinemac helper beside it. Your Mac may ask for your password.
Cinemac only records what you pick, and only while you’re recording.
Allow your camera and microphone.
Next, Cinemac asks for your camera and your microphone, one at a time. macOS shows a message for each: click Allow. Keys on screen and Names of what you click are optional. Allow them for shortcut badges and callouts that write themselves, or click Not now.
Clicked Don’t Allow by mistake? Turn Cinemac on in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Camera (or Microphone).
Reopen, then check how you look.
Click Reopen Cinemac. macOS needs one quick restart to switch screen recording on, and Cinemac opens again right where you were. Pick your camera and microphone, say something to see the bars move, and click Looks good.
Change your camera, microphone and sound any time from the menu bar.
This is how you’ll look in your videosPress ⌥⇧⌘2 and record.
That’s the shortcut to start a recording from any app, and to stop it. You can pick your own in the welcome or in Settings. Cinemac lives in the menu bar, at the top right of your screen. Click its icon for a new recording, your projects and settings.
Cinemac updates itself, so this is the only time you install it.
Open the installer.
Click the Cinemac setup file in your browser’s downloads, or double-click it in your Downloads folder. Its name starts with Cinemac and ends in setup.exe.
If your browser says the file isn’t commonly downloaded, open its downloads list and choose Keep.
If Windows protected your PC.
Windows may show a blue box that says it protected your PC. Click More info, then Run anyway. If you don’t see it, skip ahead.
You only see this the first time. Cinemac installs its own updates.
Install Cinemac.
Click Install. Cinemac installs just for you in a few seconds, so it doesn’t need an admin password. Leave Open Cinemac ticked and click Finish.
Find Cinemac in the Start menu any time. It keeps your projects if you ever uninstall it.
Sign in with your email.
Click Get started, type your email and click Send code. Cinemac emails you an 8-digit code. Type it in and you’re signed in, with no password to remember. New here? That creates your free account.
No email after a minute? Check your spam folder, or click Send a new code.
Make sure your camera and mic are on.
Windows doesn’t ask before an app records your screen, so there’s nothing to allow for that. Your camera and microphone just need to be on in Windows. If Cinemac says either one is off, click its link: Settings opens at Privacy & security. Turn on Camera access and Let desktop apps access your camera, then the same for the microphone.
Everything already on? Cinemac skips this, and so can you.
Check how you look and sound.
Pick your camera and microphone, say something to see the bars move, and click Looks good.
Camera blank? Close other apps that use it, like a video call. Windows gives a camera to one app at a time.
This is how you’ll look in your videosPress CtrlAltShift2 and record.
That’s the shortcut to start a recording from any app, and to stop it. You can pick your own in the welcome or in Settings. Cinemac waits in the system tray, by the clock. Click its icon for a new recording, your projects and settings.
Cinemac updates itself, so this is the only time you install it.
You’re ready to record.
Record, edit and save as much as you like for free. When you’re ready to export, subscribe for $20 a month or $129 a year. One subscription covers your Mac and your PC.
Cinemac opened, but I can’t see it.
Cinemac lives in the menu bar, at the top right of your screen, and shows in the Dock while a window like the editor is open. Click its icon for a new recording, your projects and settings.
The switch is on, but Cinemac says it can’t record.
Click Reopen Cinemac, or quit it and open it again: macOS switches screen recording on at the next launch. Still stuck? See Allow Cinemac to record.
I have an older Cinemac in Applications.
Drag the new one in and click Replace. Two copies of Cinemac confuse macOS’s permission list, so keep just the one in Applications.
What do I need?
A Mac with macOS 15 Sequoia or later. A Mac with Apple silicon gives the smoothest editing and fastest exports. Any camera and microphone work, including the built-in ones.
Cinemac opened, but I can’t see it.
Cinemac waits in the system tray, by the clock. If you don’t see its icon, click the small arrow ^ there. It’s in the Start menu too.
Do I need an admin password?
No. Cinemac installs just for you, in your own user folder.
My camera or microphone is silent.
Open Settings › Privacy & security › Camera (or Microphone) and turn on access, including Let desktop apps access your camera. Close other apps that use the camera, like a video call.
What do I need?
A 64-bit PC with Windows 11, or Windows 10 version 1903 or later. On an “N” edition of Windows, add Microsoft’s Media Feature Pack first (Settings › Apps › Optional features). What’s different on Windows