DesktopAudio
Hi all, I built DesktopAudio to be able to capture any and everything my mac plays for my own purposes (and for friends asking for help to record podcasts and youtube video audio). A fun thing did happen while I was preparing everything for the ProductHunt launch (it is live right now), in order to get some audio into the video, I recorded the video using macos built-in recorder (cmd+shift+5) + desktopaudio (for the audio part) and then merged the two files :) I think I may be working on a tool to merge video, audio and voice over (if possible my/your own voice) but that's for later,…
DesktopAudio launched on August 2, 2026 with 4 votes, #2,153 of 23,273 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
DesktopAudio records whatever your Mac is playing and saves it as an m4a on your Mac. Podcasts, live streams, webinars, calls: if you can hear it, you can keep it. Local always: local recording, local files, no cloud, no account. It never touches your microphone and never asks for mic permission. It's also the missing half of macOS screen recording: Cmd+Shift+5 captures video but no system audio. Run DesktopAudio alongside it and you have both. $19 one-time. No subscription.
DesktopAudio records whatever your Mac is playing and saves it as an m4a file on your Mac. Local always: local recording, local files, no cloud. $19 one-time.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi all, I built DesktopAudio to be able to capture any and everything my mac plays for my own purposes (and for friends asking for help to record podcasts and youtube video audio). A fun thing did happen while I was preparing everything for the ProductHunt launch (it is live right now), in order to get some audio…
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