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I am attempting to record an app demo on the simulator, and want to use the Quicktime screen capture feature. However, I would like to hide the mouse during the capture. Is this possible? Doesn't seem to be a built in feature, so I am assuming I need to use some sort of plugin or hack. Any suggestions?
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If you want to hide the mouse cursor in the future, just trigger the Screenshot toolbar with Shift+Command+5 again and uncheck “Options” > “Show Mouse Pointer.”
You will see a “Mouse Properties” window. At the top of this window, click the “Pointer Options” tab. The “Pointer Options” tab displays various mouse settings. Here, in the “Visibility” section, enable the “Hide Pointer While Typing” option.
QuickTime itself does not seem to offer this functionality therefore you have to resort to some other means to hide the cursor. On OSX there are some tools that allow this.
Cursourcerer is the first that springs to mind. However, as this really hides the cursor, it might not be ideal as you yourself will not be able to see what you are doing.
However, if you do not need to use QuickTime per se, it seems there are commercial screen recording solutions allowing this sort of thing such as Screenflow. I am not affiliated but the price seems reasonable and there is a demonstration of desired behavior here.
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