CursorClip changelog

✨ Reliability and polish

• More reliable audio recording: Audio recording now handles wireless and Bluetooth microphones more smoothly, keeping your voiceover in sync from start to finish.
• Smoother pause and resume: Voice, screen, and camera stay tightly aligned across pauses, so your recordings come out seamless.
• Better microphone handling: Whichever microphone your Mac uses during a recording, its audio carries through to the editor preview and your exported video.
• Faster camera preview: The camera preview appears right away as your camera starts up.
• Smarter exports: CursorClip now checks available disk space before exporting, giving you a heads-up early instead of partway through a long export.
• Stronger project protection: Opening and saving projects is more resilient, keeping your existing work protected in every situation.
• Improved editor preview: Projects now open with the full preview ready to go.
• Better multi-display support: Window selection works precisely across all display arrangements, including stacked setups.
• Smoother license experience: License checks now run quietly in the background, and your activation carries over reliably between launches.
• Easier support, private by design: You can now export a diagnostic report to share with support — it never includes your recordings, projects, or license details.

🛠️ Fixes

• Cursor position accuracy: Fixed cursor positioning so the pointer stays aligned with the interaction you recorded.
• Zoom style polish: Improved zoom styling so focus transitions look cleaner and more natural.

🚀 Improvements

• Bulk zoom toggle: Enable or disable every zoom segment in a project with a single action.
• Bulk zoom cleanup: Delete all zoom segments at once when you want to reset the timeline quickly.

🛠️ Fixes

• Cursor Position Accuracy: Fixed a cursor positioning bug so the pointer now lines up properly with your recorded actions instead of drifting off target.
• Cursor Lag Smoothing: Reduced cursor lag to make mouse movement feel snappier and more natural in both previews and exported videos.

✨ New Features

• Project saving: Save and resume your work anytime.
• Undo / redo: Use undo and redo options for easier editing.
• 2:3 camera ratios: Added 2:3 vertical and horizontal camera ratio options.

🚀 Improvements

• System audio detection: System audio now auto-disables when no audio device is present.
• Mic audio handling: Fixed mic audio reduction when no system audio is present.
• Cursor drift on export: Fixed cursor drift at starting position during export.

✨ New Features

• Custom export quality + FPS: Export with custom quality settings and frame rate controls.
• Cut / Trim: Cut and trim your recordings directly in the editor.
• Playback speed: Change playback speed for the whole video or section-by-section.
• Camera layout shapes + ratios: Pick camera layout shapes and ratios like 16:9, 9:16, or square.

🚀 Improvements

• Timeline navigation: Smoother timeline navigation while editing.
• Export memory usage: Lower memory usage during export.

🛠️ Fixes

• Camera squeeze bug: Fixed the annoying camera squeeze issue.

✨ New Features

• GIF Export: You can now export your recordings as GIFs with customizable settings for the perfect balance of file size and quality.
• Video Quality Control: Adjust compression settings for video exports to dial in the exact balance between file size and fidelity.
• Timeline Improvements: Navigating the timeline is smoother with a unified scroll structure across tracks and the ruler.

🚀 Improvements

• Export Settings UI: The export settings interface has been refreshed for better usability.

🚀 Improvements

• Enhanced Activation: Streamlined the activation process with a combined email and OTP flow plus clearer error messages.
• License Revamp: Improved license code handling and validation logic for a smoother experience.

🛠️ Fixes

• Documentation & Stability: General cleanup plus stability improvements following the license system updates.

🚀 Improvements

• Settings Redesign: The Preferences menu received a full redesign for a cleaner, easier-to-use experience.
• Interactive Area Selection: Selecting a recording area is more intuitive with the new interactive overlay.

🛠️ Fixes

• Camera Recording: Fixed a crash that could occur when discarding a recording while the camera writer was active.
• Area Selection: Refactored the highlight overlay code for better performance and reliability.

🛠️ Fixes & Polish

• 720p Export: Resolved encoding issues affecting 720p video exports.
• Wallpaper Visibility: Fixed a visual bug where the desktop wallpaper could hide or show incorrectly during zoom effects.
• Cursor Dead Zone: Reverted a cursor movement dead-zone change to restore expected mouse behavior.

🛠️ Fixes

• Cursor Positioning: Fixed an offset between the rendered cursor position and actual click location.
• Area Export: Resolved bugs preventing exports made in Area mode.
• Window Recording: Fixed geometry issues when recording specific windows.
• Control Bar: Improved button sizing and layout in the control bar for better usability.

🎥 Recording & Editing

• Export Reliability: Fixed critical issues that could cause crashes during export.
• Software Encoding Fallback: Added a safety fallback to software encoding if hardware acceleration fails so exports always finish.
• Sparkle Improvements: Enhanced the update mechanism reliability.

🚀 Improvements

• App Updater: Added a built-in Sparkle updater so you always have the latest features without manual downloads.
• Cursor Size: Fixed discrepancies in cursor size rendering to better match system settings.

🛠️ Fixes

• Zoom Polish: Added a safe margin for zooms at the end of videos to prevent abrupt cutoffs or glitches.
• Audio Reliability: Enhanced audio writer session handling to prevent gaps at the start of recordings.

✨ New Features

• Multi-Screen Support: Added proper support for capturing cursors moving across multiple displays.
• Discard Recording: New Discard button to quickly scrap recordings you don’t need.
• Motion Settings: Project-scoped motion settings let you fine-tune cursor smoothing per recording.

🚀 Improvements

• Window Management: Control and preview windows now use NSPanel for better behavior across macOS Spaces.
• Notifications: Added native notifications to alert you if a recording fails to start or save.
• Camera Preview: Enhanced the camera preview window with better resizing and UI controls.

🚀 Performance & Compatibility

• Hardware Acceleration: Enabled hardware-accelerated video encoding for better performance and lower CPU usage.
• Software Export Support: Added software-based export as a compatibility option for older devices.
• Device Discovery: Improved detection and handling of external cameras and microphones.

🛠️ Fixes

• Licensing Flow: Refined the licensing and activation UI for better responsiveness.
• Video Editor: Optimized the default window size and layout for the video editor.

🎉 Initial Release

• Launch: The first public release of CursorClip Recorder!
• Core Features: High-quality screen recording, intelligent cursor highlighting, audio ducking, and permission management.