Projects are just folders
Media, metadata and a thumbnail inside a .screenproj folder you can move, back up or open in Finder like anything else.
Private by design
Your screen never leaves your Mac.
Recording, editing and export all happen locally. There is no upload step, because there is nowhere to upload to.
The problem
Screen recordings are the most sensitive video you make: customer data, internal dashboards, an inbox you forgot was open. Most recorders answer that by putting the file in somebody else’s bucket and handing you a link.
What happens instead
ReScreen captures, edits and exports on your machine. Projects are ordinary folders in your Movies folder. Your account confirms your plan and nothing else, and the app keeps recording when you are offline.
In detail
What private by design actually does
Works offline
Once you have signed in, a flight or a bad hotel network does not stop you: you keep recording instead of meeting a sign-in wall at altitude.
Recovered, never overwritten
Interrupted projects are recovered with the original files kept, and nothing is deleted automatically.
The account is for your plan
An account exists so the app knows that a plan is active. Your recordings are not part of that conversation and are never sent with it.
Specifications
The short version
- Footage uploaded
- None
- Storage
- A folder in ~/Movies, configurable
- Account
- Confirms your plan, never your footage
- Offline
- Keeps recording without a connection
- Deletion
- Move to Trash, recoverable in Finder
An offline screen recorder for Mac
ReScreen records, edits and exports on your Mac, with no cloud upload step. Once you have signed in it keeps recording with no network at all, so a flight or a hotel Wi-Fi outage never interrupts a take. That is what people mean by an offline screen recorder, an offline screen capture tool for macOS, or a recorder with no cloud: it works with the network off and it has nowhere to send your footage.
Private and secure local screen recording
The practical meaning of private is that the file never leaves the folder you saved it in, unless you move it. Projects are ordinary folders in your Movies folder, and the exports are ordinary MP4 and MOV files. The account the app signs in with confirms your plan, and nothing about your recordings is part of that. A private, offline screen recorder for Mac goes through exactly what is and is not sent.
Recording confidential and regulated screens
Because nothing is uploaded, nothing is exposed by uploading it. That removes one risk for people who record client dashboards, health or finance workflows or internal tools. It does not make a recording compliant by itself: your own obligations about what you may capture and who may see it still apply, and recording confidential screens safely is a checklist for that. We do not claim certification for any regulatory scheme; the security page states what we do and do not do.
Not an online screen recorder
If you are looking for a screen recorder with no download, a browser extension or an online tool, ReScreen is the opposite: a native app you install. The trade is deliberate. A browser tool uploads or processes in a page you cannot inspect, and a native app that never uploads is the stronger answer for sensitive screens.
FAQ
Questions about private by design
Why does a local app need an account at all?
To confirm that a plan is active, and nothing else: recordings, projects and exports stay on your Mac and are never sent with it.
What happens to my recordings if I stop paying?
They are files in a folder you own, in ordinary MP4 and MOV containers. They stay where they are and keep opening in anything that plays video.
Is there a screen recorder that works with no internet on a Mac?
Yes. Once you have signed in, ReScreen records, edits and exports with no network connection at all, and there is no upload step to wait for. It only needs the internet now and then to confirm that your plan is active.
Is ReScreen an online screen recorder?
No. It is a native macOS application you install. That is deliberate: an online recorder processes your screen in a browser page or on a server, and a native app that never uploads is the safer fit for sensitive screens.
Keep reading
The parts that work with it
Crash recovery
The recording reaches the disk while you are still talking, so an interrupted session is offered back to you instead of becoming a file nothing can open.
Read moreScreen recording
A display, a single window, one application, or a region you draw — at the pixel density the screen actually has.
Read moreExport
Up to 4K at 30 or 60 FPS, MP4 or MOV, H.264 or HEVC — plus a playable MP4 written the moment you stop.
Read moreFrom the blog
Guides that use private by design
Comparisons
ReScreen vs Cap: A Paid Mac Recorder Against an Open-Source One
Cap is open source, cross-platform and free for personal use. Here is exactly where that is the right answer, and the three places ReScreen still differs.
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Product Features
A Private, Offline Screen Recorder for Mac: Nothing Is Ever Uploaded
Screen recordings are the most sensitive video you make. Here is what a recorder that never uploads your footage looks like, and who needs one.
6 min read
Product Features
Crash-Safe Screen Recording on Mac: Never Lose a Long Take Again
A recorder that writes one big file loses everything when something goes wrong. Here is how saving the take continuously, and offering to recover it, protects a long recording.
6 min read
Use Cases
How to Record Confidential Screens Safely When the Cloud Is Not an Option
Client data, NDA work, finance and health screens should not pass through a cloud recorder. Here is a local-only recording workflow for Mac.
6 min read
Comparisons
ReScreen vs Loom: Local Polished Video or Cloud Async Messaging?
Loom sends a link in seconds. ReScreen makes a finished video that never leaves your Mac. Here is how to choose between them by the job you are doing.
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Use Cases
Support Videos That Reduce Tickets: Stop Typing the Same Answer Twice
Your team answers the same ten questions every week, one careful paragraph at a time. A small library of short support videos answers them once.
6 min readRecord the next one properly
Install it, hit ⌥⌘R, and watch a take that would normally cost you an evening in a timeline come out finished.
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