Service
The Service section shows the status of the local Rust background process that Open Recorder depends on for file management and export operations.
Check Service — Click this button to manually ping the Rust service and refresh the status display. Use it any time the status shows
Unavailable to confirm whether the service has recovered.
The Rust service runs entirely on your Mac. It does not make outbound network requests, and no data leaves your machine.
Folders
The Folders section shows where Open Recorder saves your files. Each row displays the full path and provides a folder icon button that opens the location in Finder.
Click the folder icon next to any row to open that directory in Finder immediately.
These folders are created automatically the first time you record or take a screenshot. You cannot change them from within the app.
Recording
Create zooms automatically
When this toggle is on (the default), Open Recorder analyzes cursor telemetry collected during a recording and automatically generates zoom regions on the timeline as soon as the recording stops. The zoom regions are placed at moments where the cursor paused or moved to a point of interest. When this toggle is off, no zoom regions are added automatically. You can still add zoom regions manually on the timeline at any time.Permissions
The Permissions section gives you direct buttons to the macOS settings panes that Open Recorder requires, and a shortcut to re-run the first-launch permission flow.If you grant Screen Recording permission for the first time, macOS requires you to quit and relaunch Open Recorder before recordings will work.