Claquette 5.0.1

Released on September 20th 2025

Improves recovery options when recording start fails
Improves feature discoverability with onboarding tips
Fixes visual glitch in the navigation bar of the export sheet

Claquette 5.0

Released on September 15th 2025

Adds support for macOS Tahoe and Liquid Glass design
Adds support for importing and exporting audio
Adds the ability to record all devices (screen, camera, microphone, system audio, etc.) independently
Adds new automation actions for use with Shortcuts
Improves localization across the app
Fixes recurring low disk space warning
Fixes empty file when exporting resized animations
Fixes incorrect color space in Quick Look previews
Fixes a crash when exporting ProRes 4444 files

Claquette 4.1.7

Released on April 29th 2025

Improves animated PNG export performance
Fixes restoration of in-app purchases on some Macs

Claquette 4.1.6

Released on September 27th 2024

Improves handling of permission related system alerts (screen, camera and microphone access)
Fixes wrong colors when exporting small animated GIFs
Fixes wrong colors in Quick Look thumbnails
Fixes wrong preview image in export dialog after cropping or trimming

Claquette 4.1.5

Released on August 20th 2024

Improves recording performance
Improves seeking performance
Fixes Rename feature
Fixes a hang when trying to export Animations on some configurations
Fixes microphone access warnings when using the Claquette Quick Look extension in Finder

Claquette 4.1.4

Released on June 6th 2024

Adds social media export preset for Mastodon
Improves movie export performance
Improves Motion and Final Cut Pro exporters
Fixes cancelation of movie exports
Fixes wrong cursor track frame rate in Motion exports

Claquette 4.1.3

Released on April 25th 2024

Improves social media export presets
Improves validation of export presets to avoid invalid configurations
Fixes a crash when exporting resized videos
Fixes a crash when opening incomplete bundles
Fixes a layout error in the "Unlock Features" screen

Claquette 4.1.2

Released on November 3rd 2023

Fixes error when configuring the loop mode in the Animation export settings
Fixes the incorrect display of the "Free Version" banner for customers who have purchased the "Standard" or "Pro" version
Fixes initial disclosure state of the export settings sheet

Claquette 4.1.1

Released on October 17th 2023

Improves error recovery when disconnecting devices during recording
Improves restoration of per-device microphone level
Fixes recording artifacts when using the "Quality" recording preset
Fixes hiding of status bar item when enabled
Fixes restarting recording after cancelation
Fixes auto-rewind if enabled
Fixes recording stops when disconnecting the currently recorded display

Claquette 4.1

Released on September 25th 2023

Adds support for macOS Sonoma
Adds Spotlight support
Improves onboarding
Improves movie loading performance
Improves memory efficiency when generating previews
Fixes a rare hang when generating thumbnails

Claquette 4.0.3

Released on June 9th 2023

Fixes hanging playback after trim, crop or track state modifications

Claquette 4.0.2

Released on May 17th 2023

Adds new FPS options to export settings
Fixes hanging playback when a drag gesture is visualized
Fixes a crash when closing the purchasing window
Improves layout of all settings panes

Claquette 4.0.1

Released on October 27th 2022

Improves ordering behavior of the recording window
Fixes localization of the "What's New" window
Fixes a rounding error when applying crop rectangles

Claquette 4.0

Released on October 24th 2022

Adds support for macOS Ventura
Adds system audio recording support
Adds support for Continuity Camera
Adds support for size optimized recording
Adds support for performance optimized recording
Adds support for custom recording presets
Improves Quick Look preview generation performance
Fixes a crash when switching audio device after canceling a recording
Fixes missing audio track in some Final Cut Pro Exports

Claquette 3.0.3

Released on September 23th 2022

Improves document open performance
Improves size estimation performance in the export dialog
Fixes a crash when exporting certain AAC encoded audio tracks on Apple Silicon Macs

Claquette 3.0.2

Released on August 30th 2022

Adds ability to prevent display sleep during exports
Improves capture performance
Improves workflow when requesting support from within the app
Fixes oversaturated rendering of HDR content
Fixes a crash when canceling recording

Claquette 3.0.1

Released on February 3rd 2022

Adds ability to enable looping during playback and trim
Improves localization of Shortcuts actions
Improves initial crop view padding
Improves corner radius for masks in Final Cut Pro X exports
Fixes occasional stuttering playback in the Quick Look plug-in
Fixes delayed recording countdown sound
Fixes width and height input validation in the scaling presets window
Fixes a layout glitch in the preset lists

Claquette 3.0

Released on October 25th 2021

Adds support for macOS Monterey
Adds automation support via Shortcuts.app
Adds Quick Look support
Adds thumbnail support for Claquette documents
Adds support for exporting to the newest version of Final Cut Pro X
Adds support for Metal accelerated video rendering
Improves color conversion performance
Fixes a bug where the video overlay was misplaced
Fixes a crash when toggling play/pause in fast succession

Claquette 2.2.2

Released on September 17th 2021

Improves rendering of the playback slider in Dark Mode
Improves animation export performance
Improves error handling of malformed recordings
Fixes a crash when loading custom export presets
Fixes a crash in the Audio/Video preference pane

Claquette 2.2.1

Released on July 27th 2021

Improves reliability of low disk space warnings
Improves performance of color matching
Fixes a crash when exporting HEVC videos
Fixes wrong preview images in export sheets

Claquette 2.2

Released on April 21st 2021

Adds ability to configure a custom recording location
Improves behavior when encountering low disk space conditions
Fixes flickering playback for certain imported assets
Fixes new recordings not being displayed properly after prior cancelations
Fixes a playback crash for recordings containing invalid change rectangles

Claquette 2.1.1

Released on December 11th 2020

Improves capture performance
Adopts new Final Cut Pro project format
Adopts new Motion project format
Fixes a rare crash when canceling movie exports
Fixes track order when exporting to Motion
Fixes cursor click animations in cropped Final Cut Pro exports

Claquette 2.1

Released on November 11th 2020

Adds support for Apple Silicon
Adds support for macOS Big Sur
Adopts macOS Big Sur UI design
Improves color management when importing animated GIFs or PNGs
Fixes a memory leak when exporting Final Cut projects with click effect

Claquette 2.0.3

Released on September 10th 2020

Improves screen capture performance
Fixes premature recording stops on some hardware configurations
Fixes an animation glitch in the recording window
Fixes a memory leak when disconnecting audio recording devices

Claquette 2.0.2

Released on August 7th 2020

Improves detection of foreground windows during crop
Improves video export performance
Fixes wrong display name in recording window
Fixes a crash when copying single frames from a recording

Claquette 2.0.1

Released on July 2nd 2020

Adds ability to drop files onto the recording window
Adds a hotkey for the Save Current Frame action
Improves export performance for animated GIFs
Improves file size optimization for animated PNG exports
Fixes a crash when using fixed bitrates for HEVC exports on some hardware configurations

Claquette 2.0

Released on June 2nd 2020

Adds support for importing and converting videos and GIFs
Adds support for iOS device recording
Adds Dark Mode support
Adds Touch Bar support
Adds cursor click and drag visualizations for screen recordings
Adds support for creating and managing export presets
Adds HEVC support
Adds localizations for Chinese, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
Improves detection of the window frame of the frontmost window
Improves automatic recording device switching
Improves file size optimization for animated GIF and PNG exports
Improves integration with system wide sharing services
Fixes an application hang due to missing screen recording permissions
Fixes a crash during window restoration

Claquette 1.5.10

Released on August 5th 2018

Improves export performance
Fixes disappearing mouse cursor during playback and export
Fixes a rare cursor capture crash
Fixes trim UI animations

Claquette 1.5.9

Released on May 22nd 2018

Improves trim UI performance
Improves document opening performance
Improves cursor rendering in exports
Fixes video overlay shadow rendering in exports
Fixes a crash when copying single frames

Claquette 1.5.8

Released on March 24th 2018

Adds aspect ratio presets to the crop UI
Improves Undo/Redo
Improves compatibility with new versions of Final Cut Pro X
Improves compatibility with new versions of Motion 5
Improves memory consumption and overall performance
Fixes capturing of iOS Simulator windows
Fixes drawing artifacts in the trim UI

Claquette 1.5.7

Released on August 29th 2017

Improves video color management for all exporters
Improves storage efficiency
Improves loading and skimming performance
Fixes a hang during crop operations
Fixes a rare playback crash
Fixes window sizing

Claquette 1.5.6

Released on May 10th 2017

Fixes an application hang during Final Cut Pro X exports
Fixes an application hang during Motion 5 exports
Fixes a bug where crop rectangles where applied with a wrong offset
Fixes wrong export duration display in the Animated GIF/PNG export sheets
Improves file size estimation in the Animated GIF/PNG export sheets

Claquette 1.5.5

Released on April 25th 2017

Fixes a bug where only a subregion of the screen was recorded
Improves mouse cursor rendering

Claquette 1.5.4

Released on April 12th 2017

Adds duration and file size information to export sheets
Adds German localization
Improves camera capture quality
Improves status icon
Improves synchronization of screen, audio and video in immediate mode
Fixes black video frames on certain MacBook models
Fixes a crash when exporting with color correction
Fixes a crash when opening recordings with very short durations
Fixes visual artifcats when exporting ProRes movies

Claquette 1.5.3

Released on November 3rd 2016

Fixes an incompatibility with Final Cut Pro X 10.3
Improves keyboard input in the crop popover
Improves document opening performance

Claquette 1.5.2

Released on October 25th 2016

Improves animated GIF/PNG preview section
Improves rounding when manually entering crop values
Improves memory consumption and overall performance
Adds support for system wide UI sound setting
Fixes a crash in the animated GIF/PNG export panel
Fixes wrong hotkey shown in status item
Fixes keyboard navigation in the animated GIF/PNG export panel
Fixes export to external volumes on macOS Sierra
Fixes a crash when opening documents on certain OS/hardware combinations

Claquette 1.5.1

Released on September 8th 2016

Adds support for macOS Sierra
Adds support for right-to-left UI layout direction
Adds mirrored scaling to the crop UI (alt modifier)
Adds aspect ratio section to size inspector
Fixes a crash when using custom "Quantization Quality" settings
Fixes a drawing glitch in the crop UI
Fixes a crash when reverting to older document versions
Fixes missing screen name in recording window after display reconfiguration
Fixes wrong track configuration in export sheets with preview image

Claquette 1.5

Released on July 14th 2016

Adds ability to export animated GIFs
Adds ability to export animated PNGs
Makes Pro Exporters unlockable via In-App Purchase
Improves hotkey configuration
Fixes missing cursor when recording after display reconfigurations
Fixes crashes related to focus rectangles in the export sheets
Fixes validation for the hide/show track menu items

Claquette 1.4.7

Released on May 14th 2016

Fixes a bug that made the Final Cut, Motion and ProRes exporters inaccessible for some users

Claquette 1.4.6

Released on May 6th 2016

Fixes a regression that lead to invalid timestamps in new recordings

Claquette 1.4.5

Released on May 5th 2016

Adds a redesigned inspector
Adds ability to show the recording window from the status menu
Adds Mail as sharing option
Adds a 75% scaling preset
Improves cursor rendering
Improves synchronous recording start
Improves the Motion export sheet
Fixes a layout problem in the playback controls
Fixes a crash in the Audio/Video preference pane
Fixes a rare crash when opening a newly recorded movie

Claquette 1.4.4

Released on March 12th 2016

Adds haptic feedback and alignment support during crop
Adds ability to launch Claquette at login
Adds inspector to specify position and size for the crop rectangle
Adds Flickr as sharing option
Improves ColorSync performance during export
Improves window placement after recording
Fixes a crash in the Motion export panel
Fixes a rare crash during recording start

Claquette 1.4.3

Released on January 21st 2016

Adds ability to crop recordings
Adds immediate recording start mode
Fixes wrong video layer positioning during image exports
Fixes a crash during trim sessions
Fixes a bug affecting restoration of autosaved documents

Claquette 1.4.2

Released on September 25th 2015

Adds support for OS X El Capitan
Adds ability to reset trim ranges
Refines recording UI
Improves playback performance
Fixes stuttering playback during recording countdown
Fixes misplaced video layer after version restoration
Fixes misplaced video layer after entering fullscreen

Claquette 1.4.1

Released on July 17th 2015

Adds ability to hide/show cursor and video tracks
Adds ability to disable/enable the audio track
Adds a preset for 2160p (UHD) exports
Fixes keyboard navigation during trimming
Fixes missing cursor assets when exporting trimmed Motion projects

Claquette 1.4

Released on May 15th 2015

Adopts OS X Yosemite UI design
New application icon
Adds non-destructive trim feature
Adds ability to extract stills
Adds ability to set custom frame rate for Motion exports
Adds ability to set custom frame rate for Final Cut Pro exports
Fixes a lagging cursor and front window bug in Motion projects
Improves skim and playback performance
Improves export performance
Improves navigation in the help book
Fixes misaligned cursor and window geometry tracks in Motion exports
Fixes missing entries in the "Recents” menu

Claquette 1.3.1

Released on Sep 10th 2014

Adds automatic naming suggestions for save and export panels
Optimizes organization of the export menu
Fixes an application crash after canceling exports
Fixes a rare application hang after export and save
Fixes keyboard navigation in the export panels
Fixes a warning in Motion exports without audio tracks

Claquette 1.3

Released on Jul 24th 2014

Adds ability to scale resolution during recording
Adds ability to visualize mouse clicks in Final Cut Pro X exports
Adds a customizable click effect for Final Cut Pro X
Adds support for Final Cut Pro X XML 1.4
Optimizes utilization of available CPU cores during recording
Optimizes performance when recording Retina resolution screens
Fixes ProRes 422 composited exports
Fixes a bug that prevented resizing of the FaceTime video layer
Fixes rare cursor-misplacement in composited exports
Fixes a crash when toggling recorder state too fast
Fixes a bug that prevented App Nap energy saving

Claquette 1.2.3

Released on Feb 24th 2014

Adds resizing UI for the video layer
Adds a Dock menu to control recording
Fixes wrong aspect ratio of video layer after undo/redo
Fixes wrong key equivalent labels in the status item menu

Claquette 1.2.2

Released on Jan 15th 2014

Adds support for Final Cut Pro X 10.1
Improves export performance
Separates audio and video clips in the exported Final Cut Pro XML
Aligns play length of all assets in Motion 5 exports
Fixes wrong aspect ratio after OS X window restoration

Claquette 1.2.1

Released on Dec 14th 2013

Adds a preference to toggle version preservation
Fixes missing media links in the Motion/FCPX export
Fixes UI animations for Multidisplay setups
Improves recording performance

Claquette 1.2

Released on Oct 22nd 2013

Adds support for Final Cut Pro X exports
Optimized for OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
Reduces energy impact when idle
Improves recording performance
Fixes a crash in the audio device preferences
Fixes timebase rounding errors in Motion exports
Reduces mouse lag in Motion exports
Fixes playback keyboard shortcuts
Fixes recurring low disk space warnings

Claquette 1.1.2

Released on Jul 25th 2013

Adds resizing functions to the view menu
Improves performance of initial saves
Adds a hotkey for the inspector popover
Fixes aspect ratio related rounding errors
Fixes a rare crash in the the Motion exporter
Fixes toggling elapsed/remaining playback time

Claquette 1.1.1

Released on Jun 26th 2013

Adds new user preference for the screen capture rate
Improves recording performance
Fixes a crash during playback of multiple recordings
Fixes a crash in the recording device selection screen
Fixes a hang during export of multiple recordings

Claquette 1.1

Released on Jun 5th 2013

Adds full screen support for the video player
Adds AirDrop file sharing
Integrates with OS X's built-in Vimeo video sharing
Features redesigned playback bar
Added automatic anchoring for menu windows in the Motion 5 export

Claquette 1.0.3

Released on Apr 15th 2013

Fixes a a crash during composited exports with very high resolutions (e.g. 2560x1440)

Claquette 1.0.2

Released on Apr 12th 2013

Adds Notification Center support
Features optimized temporary storage requirements for composited export
Motion exports now contain the "Summary" text field in the project metadata
Running recordings are now stopped and saved before machine sleep or shutdown
State of the "Open Motion after export" checkbox is now preserved as user default
Features improved accuracy of the progress indicator during composited export
Fixes a rare problem that could occur when overwriting existing exports
Fixed rare graphical errors in color managed exports on some GPUs
Fixed corruption of animated cursors (e.g. Spinning pinwheel) during recording
Features new version of the small variants of the app icon