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Does Clacky work on macOS 15 Sequoia, 26 Tahoe and 27 Golden Gate?
Yes. Clacky works on macOS 15 Sequoia, macOS Tahoe 26 and macOS 27 Golden Gate with everything on: every sound, the click ripple, Clackyland, the screenshot studio and the screen recorder with its Studio editor.
Clacky runs on macOS 13 Ventura or later, so macOS 27 is included. macOS 15 is the version the recorder needs, and our own CPU check ran on macOS 26 (26.7.1), where Clacky used about 1 to 3% of one CPU core in the background.
What works on each version
Captions never leave your Mac on any of these versions. If a language’s model isn’t installed yet, Clacky says so before it starts.
| Part of Clacky | macOS 15 Sequoia | macOS 26 Tahoe and 27 Golden Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Click, keyboard and scroll sounds | Yes | Yes |
| Click ripple, notch, Clackyland | Yes | Yes |
| Screenshot studio and Grab Text | Yes | Yes |
| Screen recorder with Mac audio and mic | Yes | Yes |
| Captions, made on the Mac | Apple’s on-device speech recognizer | Apple’s newer on-device speech model when your language’s model is installed, else the same as 15 |
| Quiet during calls knows which app uses the mic | Yes | Yes |
What the recorder adds from macOS 15
On macOS 15 and 26, Apple’s own Screenshot toolbar and QuickTime Player record a microphone only, not the Mac’s sound. There, Clacky’s recorder is the simple way to get the clicks into the video without rerouting your audio. More in screen recording with click sounds.
macOS 27 Golden Gate adds Include System Audio to the Options menu of the ⇧⌘5 Screenshot toolbar, so Apple’s recorder can now capture your Mac’s sound, Clacky’s click sounds included. Clacky’s recorder still adds the camera bubble, pause and resume in one file, and the Studio editor.
- Record the full screen, one window or an area, with your Mac’s sound (so the click sounds are in the video) and your microphone when you want it.
- A camera bubble, a 3-2-1 countdown, and Pause and Stop in the notch. Clacky’s own bar, countdown and pill are left out of the video.
- Pause and resume make one file, saved to Movies › Clacky.
- The Studio editor: Auto edit (Beta) cuts quiet and zooms in on bursts of clicks, edit by transcript, captions, 9:16 and other shapes, redact, Clean Up Voice and GIF export. Nothing is uploaded.
Notes for macOS 15, 26 and 27
- Screen Recording reminders. macOS 15 and later can remind you from time to time that an app is allowed to record your screen. That message comes from macOS. Choose to keep allowing Clacky and the recorder and screenshots keep working. Sounds don’t use this permission at all.
- Silent after a macOS update? On newer macOS an app can start listening without Input Monitoring and then simply hear nothing. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Input Monitoring and check that Clacky is switched on. The full checklist is in keyboard sounds not working on Mac.
- Headphones. Since Clacky 2.7.15 the sounds follow AirPods when you take them out and put them back in, on every version.
Where these facts come from
Apple: How to record the screen on Mac, which describes Include System Audio in macOS 27 Golden Gate or later. Checked on 5 November 2026.
Questions
Does Clacky need Screen Recording permission for its sounds?
Is the screen recorder an extra purchase?
Are my recordings uploaded anywhere?
Does Clacky run on macOS 27 Golden Gate?
Facts checked on 5 November 2026.
Related
- Does Clacky work on macOS 14 Sonoma?Yes. On macOS 14 Sonoma Clacky plays every sound and has the full screenshot studio. Only the screen recorder needs macOS 15 Sequoia.
- Screen RecorderRecord the full screen, one window or an area, with your clicks heard and their ripples seen. Saved to Movies › Clacky.
- Screen recording with click soundsRecord your Mac screen with every click heard and a ripple seen, plus Mac audio and your mic. No editing afterwards. macOS 15 or later.
- How to record your Mac screen with internal audioWhy Mac screen recordings come out silent, and four ways to record the Mac’s own sound with the picture: the Screenshot toolbar, OBS, BlackHole and Clacky.
- Does Clacky slow down my Mac or drain the battery?Clacky is light: about 1 to 3% of one CPU core in the background in our own check. Battery life isn’t measured yet. Check it in Activity Monitor.
- Keyboard sounds not working on Mac? 8 fixesKeyboard sound app silent on your Mac? Check Input Monitoring, Secure Input, the sound output and the app’s own quiet settings. Fixes for any app, Clacky too.
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