How to Screen Record on Your iPad
As well as taking a screenshot, it’s possible to also record the screen on your iPad for sharing purposes. Sharing a screen recording is often better than taking multiple screenshots. If you are using an iPad and don’t know how to use the built-in screen recorder, this is the guide for you.
Apple has come a long way from its days of not even offering screenshot support on iPhones and iPads. There’s now a native screen recorder tool that’s really easy to use. The feature is available on all generations of iPad, iPad mini, iPad Air, and iPad Pro.
Start by Adding the Screen Recording Shortcut to Control Center
Before recording the screen on your iPad, you need to add the screen recording shortcut to Control Center. This is because Apple doesn’t have an app for the feature; it’s just a simple toggle that allows you to start recording the screen.
Here’s how to add it to the Control Center:
it’s possible to now quickly start screen recording on your iPad using this toggle. You can furthercustomize the Control Center on your iPhoneor iPad to get the most out of it.
Use the Control Center Shortcut to Record Your iPad Screen
After adding the screen recording shortcut to the Control Center, you can record the screen of your iPad even when using any app or game. You just need to bring up the Control Center and tap the shortcut.
Ideally, you shouldenable Do Not Disturboruse a Focus modeon your iPad to block notifications first, to ensure they don’t pop up and ruin your recording.
The gaming performance of your iPad will take a slight hit when screen recording. This should not be an issue in most cases, but you may notice some dropped frames in heavy games.
To record your iPad screen:
You can access the saved screen recording from the Photos app on your iPad. Use the built-in editor to trim the screen recording if required.
There’s no time limit on how long you can record your iPad’s screen. It depends on the free storage on your device, though the recording may stop randomly during long sessions. You must also ensure your iPad doesn’t enter sleep mode while the screen recording is active.
Certain apps like Netflix and Prime Video do not allow their content to be recorded for copyright reasons. If you enable screen recording while playing content from any such app, it will show up as a blank screen.
Recording an iPad’s Screen Is a Straightforward Process
Thanks to the built-in screen recording tool in iPadOS, recording your iPad’s screen is a simple process. You only need to ensure that the toggle is added to the Control Center first.
The ability to record audio from the iPad’s microphone further increases the usefulness of the screen recording tool. Though it would be nice to include built-in audio as well.
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