Record a Microsoft Teams meeting on your Mac

Teams' built-in recording depends on your organization: both the organizer and the person recording need permission, and the file goes to the organizer's OneDrive or SharePoint. Vida records the meeting from your Mac instead, with the other participants through system audio and you through the microphone, and keeps the file on your Mac.

Coming soon to the Mac App Store

Your options on a Mac

Method	What it records	What you need
Teams recording	What it recordsVideo, audio and shared screens, saved to the organizer's OneDrive or SharePoint	What you needRecording allowed by your organization's policy for the organizer and for you. External participants cannot record.
Vida	What it recordsYour screen, the call's sound and your microphone, saved on your Mac	What you needmacOS 14 or later. Records what your Mac plays, so it does not use Teams' recording feature.

Record it with Vida

Get Vida from the Mac App Store and open it. Allow Screen Recording and Microphone when macOS asks. On macOS 15 and later the setting is called Screen & System Audio Recording.
Join the meeting in the Teams app or in your browser.
In Vida, go to Record and choose Screen + Audio, or Audio Only if you only need the sound.
Open Audio, turn on System Audio for the other participants and Microphone for your voice, and pick the microphone you use in Teams.
Click Start Recording. After the countdown, wait until the Video, Speaker and Mic icons all turn green.
Stop when the meeting ends. Vida saves the file in ~/Movies/Recordings.
For a transcript with speaker labels, transcribe the recording on your Mac. Your first five complete transcriptions are free.

Vida's Record tab during a recording, with the REC health badge confirming video, speaker and microphone

Check that every side is recording

Vida's REC health badge confirms each source from real captured samples, so you know the recording is working while the meeting is still running, not afterwards.

Video: Turns green when the screen is being written to the file.
Speaker: Turns green when sound from the Mac, including the other participants, is being recorded.
Mic: Turns green when your own voice is being recorded.

Orange means Vida is still confirming a source. Red means a selected source is not being recorded: stop and fix it before you continue.

Vida records from your Mac and adds nothing to the meeting, so the other participants will not see a recording notice. Tell them before you start, follow the law where you and they are, and respect your organization's policy. If the organizer has turned recording off, ask them first.

Good to know

Screen + Audio records one full display, not a single window. Move private windows to another display, or use Audio Only.
System Audio records everything your Mac plays, including notification sounds. Turn on a Focus mode to keep them out.
Vida needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Screen Recording permission for the screen and system audio, and Microphone permission for your voice.

Questions

Does Teams notify people when I record with Vida?

No. Teams notifies everyone when its own recording starts, but Vida does not use it. Tell participants yourself.

I am a guest in another company's meeting. Can I record it?

Teams does not let external participants use its recording. Vida can record what your Mac plays, but ask the organizer first: their company may not allow recordings.

Where does Vida save the recording?

In ~/Movies/Recordings by default, as MP4 or MOV, or as M4A or WAV for audio only. You can choose another folder.

Can I transcribe a Teams meeting without uploading it?

Yes. Vida transcribes on your Mac with speaker labels and exports Text, Markdown, SRT and WebVTT.

Sources

Third-party details checked on 25 September 2026. Plans and settings change, so check the current rules for your account.

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