AppCore
Record the screen — with the sound that matters. AppCore captures system audio, application audio, and per-app routing in a single lightweight engine.
System & App Audio
Capture every sound your Mac plays — music, video, games, and app effects.
Per-App Audio Routing
Send selected apps into the capture path for cleaner, more focused recordings.
Dual Audio Tracks
Separate app audio and microphone tracks embedded in one organized file.
Lightweight Engine
A focused single-stream design that records cleanly without taxing your Mac.
Per-App Audio Routing
Choose which apps get sent into your recording and leave the rest playing normally to your speakers. Per-App Audio Routing works with third-party routing apps like BlackHole, Loopback, or Soundflower, which create virtual audio devices that SoloSnap captures on a per-app basis. Full system audio capture works directly through macOS and does not need a virtual device.
- Route any app's audio into the capture path
- Everything else keeps playing to your speakers
- Works alongside microphone recording
- Works with third-party routers like BlackHole, Loopback, or Soundflower
How Per-App Audio flows into SoloSnap
Route any app's audio into your recording.
Step 1
Audio Sources
Your apps produce audio
Spotify
Music
Chrome
Browser
Discord
Voice chat
Zoom
Meetings
System Audio
Alerts, sounds
Step 2
Third-Party Routing App
Creates virtual audio devices
Virtual Audio Devices
e.g. BlackHole, Loopback, Soundflower
Step 3
Per-App Audio
Capture & processing
SoloSnap
Custom Destinations
Route selected app audio wherever you want it.
Step 4
SoloSnap Outputs
Route to your output
Record
High-quality capture
Stream
Live streaming
Headphones
Personal monitoring
Virtual Device
For other apps
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Silent Recording
AppCore taps audio before it reaches your speakers, so recordings stay clean even with system volume muted or no speakers connected.
- Mute system speakers freely
- Works without hardware output
- App internal volume must be above 0%
Dual Audio Tracks
Enable both system audio and microphone, and AppCore embeds them as separate tracks inside a single file — ready for independent mixing in post.
- Independent volume per track
- Reliable audio-video sync
- One organized output file
Microphone-Only Recording
Record audio directly from your microphone without capturing the screen. Ideal for voice notes, narration, or any project that only needs your voice.
- No screen capture required
- Clean microphone track
- Available in AppCore
Window Mode
Traditional application capture records the whole display and leaves you to crop out distractions later. Window Mode in AppCore isolates a single app window at the source — crisp edges, no background clutter, and the same rich application audio AppCore is known for.
- Capture one app window with clean, automatic edges
- Background windows, notifications, and desktop stay out of frame
- Keep system audio, per-app routing, and microphone tracks
- Perfect for focused tutorials, demos, and support clips
AppCore today, and what changes in 2.0
A quick look at what AppCore does in the current 1.x release versus what arrives with the SoloSnap 2.0 launch in 2027.
The AppCore you use now
- Full-display application capture
- System audio and Per-App Audio Routing
- Dual audio tracks (app + microphone) in one file
- Silent recording without speaker output
- Hardware-accelerated H.264 encoding
What's added in 2.0
- Window Mode — isolate a single app window at the source
- Microphone-Only Recording — capture voice without the screen
- Everything from 1.x continues to work exactly as it does today
Scheduled for the SoloSnap 2.0 release in 2027.
Window Mode — common questions
A quick primer on how Window Mode differs from traditional application capture.
How Window Mode works
A four-step look at the capture flow — from a cluttered desktop to a clean, single-window recording — using an IDE and a document editor as examples.
IDE
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Document editor
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Window Mode in action
Side-by-side illustrations of traditional application capture and Window Mode across a couple of familiar apps.
Browser
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Chat app
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Video call
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Calendar
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IDE
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Document editor
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Terminal
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Design tool
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Video player
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Spreadsheet
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Presentation
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When to use AppCore
Best when application audio is part of the story.
Tutorials
Voice narration over clean app sound.
Gameplay
Game audio, music, and mic — mixed later.
Product demos
Focus on the app you're showing.
Support videos
Reproduce sound exactly as the user hears it.
Try AppCore today
Included with every download of SoloSnap.