The share option gives you the standard OS X sharing methods of Mail, Messages, Notes, Photos, or AirDrop, and you can upload to Vimeo, Facebook, Flickr, or YouTube. Note that this will not work with QuickTime 7 or 7 Pro, so use the QuickTime Player (version 10 or higher) that comes preinstalled.

Open QuickTime Player, either from Spotlight, your Applications folder, or Launchpad. Just make sure you're running Mac OS X version 10.6 or higher to record your Mac's screen.

This will also work for recording the screen of your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, but more on that later. So, if you need to make a screen recording to show a friend how to use Photoshop, or to capture some gameplay footage you want to upload to YouTube, I'll show you how it's done-without spending a dime. You can record the full screen, or just a selection of it, and edit it right in the app after you're done. When a friend asks me what screen recording software is best to use, I always say the same thing-you don't need any! Even though it's been around since 2009, many Mac owners do not realize that they have a powerful screen recording software built right into OS X.