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Did your recording show an email address, a password or a bank number? You can blur it out.

Blur part of the screen

1

Go to the moment

Click the timeline where the private info first shows up.
2

Add a blur

In the tools on the left of the preview, click the blur button (it says “Hide sensitive content” when you hover over it).
3

Drag over the private info

Drag a box on the preview over the part you want to hide. Press Done.
4

Make it last long enough

A pink Blur block appears on the timeline. Drag its ends so it covers the whole time the info is on screen.
Drawing a blur box over part of the preview, with the Mask panel open

Blur styles

  • Blur: makes it fuzzy and unreadable.
  • Cover: hides it with a solid box.
  • Spotlight: the opposite. Everything except the box is darkened, to draw attention to it.

Change a blur

Click the blur block on the timeline to open its panel on the right.
  • Style: Blur, Cover or Spotlight.
  • Pinned to: what the blur sticks to: Screen, Camera A or Camera B. Use a camera when the private info is in your camera picture, like a note on the wall behind you.
  • Drag on the preview to redraw: draw the box again.
  • Left, Top, Width and Height: move or resize the box exactly.
The blur sticks to what it’s pinned to. It moves with your screen when you zoom or change layouts, so the info stays hidden.

Let Cutaway find private info

Cutaway can look for things like email addresses, passwords, keys and card numbers for you. Click the shield in the tools on the left of the preview, then press Scan the recording. Cutaway shows what it found, and you choose what to blur.
The Find sensitive data window with a Scan the recording button
The scan happens on your Mac. Nothing is sent anywhere. Always watch your video before sharing, too, in case something was missed.