Jam for Mac

Jam for Mac is a screen recorder that lives in your menu bar. Press a shortcut, record your screen, a window, or an area, and get a shareable Jam link. It works on its own, and with the browser extension installed, your Mac recordings also carry console logs and network requests from the browser.

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Install Jam for Mac

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Grant permissions

On first run, Jam asks for the macOS permissions it needs:

• Screen Recording
• Microphone
• Camera

If a permission goes missing later, the permission screen appears again the next time you open Jam. You can also check it under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording.

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Find Jam in the menu bar

Jam keeps running in the background after you open it. Click the strawberry icon in the menu bar at the top of your screen to open the menu:

• Record a Jam starts a recording. The shortcut is Cmd + Shift + J.
• Drafts opens recordings you have not created a Jam from yet.
• Workspace switches the workspace new Jams go to, if you belong to more than one.
• Browser Extension shows whether the extension is connected.
• Open at Login keeps Jam ready every time you start your Mac.
• Check for Updates… installs the latest version.

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Record a Jam

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Edit and create the Jam

When you stop, the draft editor opens with your recording:

• Trim the start and end using the timeline under the video.
• Add a title and description. If you narrated the recording, Jam can fill these in for you. See AI titles and descriptions.
• Pick a folder from the toolbar if you want the Jam in a specific folder.
• Click Create Jam to upload.

Jam uploads in the background and shows the progress in the menu bar. When the upload finishes, a notification gives you the link with an Open button.

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Drafts

Every recording is saved on your Mac before anything is uploaded, so a recording is never lost if you close the editor or the app.

• Close the editor and choose Save Draft to come back later, or Delete Draft to discard the recording.
• Open Drafts from the menu bar to see saved recordings and continue any of them.

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Where your Jams go

Mac Jams land in the same workspace as your browser Jams. Switch the workspace from the menu bar before you record, and pick a folder in the draft editor. In the dashboard, filter by Mac App to see only Jams recorded with the app.

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Browser logs

A Mac recording includes console logs and network requests when the Jam extension is installed in the browser you are recording. The app records the screen, and the extension streams the browser’s DevTools data alongside it.

• Install the Chrome extension in the browser you record. It works in every supported Chromium browser (see browser support).
• The menu bar shows Browser Extension with the browser name and Connected once the two are linked. During a recording it changes to Recording, and the extension popup shows that it is sending browser logs to the Mac app.
• Logs come from the browser only. Recording a native desktop app captures the video, camera, and device info without console or network data.

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AI titles and descriptions

Jam for Mac writes the title and description from what you say while recording. Generation runs on your Mac with Apple Intelligence, so nothing leaves your device for this step. It needs:

• macOS 26 or later.
• Apple Intelligence turned on in System Settings → Apple Intelligence & Siri.
• A narrated recording. A silent recording has no transcript to summarize.
• Your Mac’s system language set to a language Apple Intelligence supports, and the same language in the app.

If any of these is missing, the title and description stay empty and you can type your own.

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Updates

Jam checks for updates in the background. When one is ready, the menu bar shows Update Available…. Choose it to install. Jam quits and reopens, and it never installs an update while you are recording. You can also choose Check for Updates… at any time.

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FAQs