Fact · Transcription
Apple says that Maximum-quality audio recordings in QuickTime Player are uncompressed, and that they can use large amounts of storage space.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Maximum-quality recordings produce uncompressed files, which can use large amounts of storage space.”
Record audio in QuickTime Player on Mac, Apple, 2026, Recording quality paragraph, before the settings table.
Open the original- What it measures
- This is the warning Apple gives before its table of High and Maximum settings. It matters when a long recording is sent to a cloud transcription service with a file size limit.
- What it does not show
- Apple does not give file sizes per minute, so the size of a given recording depends on its length and setting.