Official documentation
Record audio in QuickTime Player on Mac
Apple, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- Apple's QuickTime Player help page for recording audio on a Mac. It lists the High and Maximum recording quality settings, with their audio formats, and the File > Save step.
- How much weight it carries
- Official Apple documentation. The page does not name the file extension the saved audio file gets, so check the name in the Save dialog on your own Mac.
Facts taken from this source
- In QuickTime Player on a Mac, the High recording quality setting saves audio as 44100 Hz AAC, and the Maximum setting saves uncompressed 24-bit AIFF-C audio at 44100 Hz.
“High 44100 Hz AAC audio Maximum 44100 Hz, uncompressed Linear PCM 24-bit AIFF-C audio” (Table of recording quality settings)
- Apple says that Maximum-quality audio recordings in QuickTime Player are uncompressed, and that they can use large amounts of storage space.
“Maximum-quality recordings produce uncompressed files, which can use large amounts of storage space.” (Recording quality paragraph, before the settings table)