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applescript to start screen recording using quicktime
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mac-quick-screenshare
tell application "QuickTime Player" to activate
tell application "System Events"
activate
--set UI elements enabled to true
tell process "QuickTime Player"
click menu item "New Screen Recording" of menu "File" of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
tell application "System Events" to key code 49
end tell
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ghost commented Feb 13, 2016

Thank you

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ilovejs commented Jul 12, 2016

will applescript adapt to features like 'specific windows', 'specific area' ?

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