How do I quit Prequel?

Right-click the menu bar icon and choose Quit Prequel. There is no Dock icon, so the menu bar is the only place to quit from.

Where are my recordings?

Open Recordings in the menu bar opens your library in the app. Show Recordings in Finder opens the folder on disk, and Open Recent lists the last ten takes.

How do I see how long I have been recording?

While a take is running the menu bar icon is replaced by the elapsed time, so you can hide the dock and still see it.

Recording

The menu bar icon

What the Prequel icon in the menu bar does, click by click.

Click

A left click opens or closes the recording dock.

While recording, the icon is replaced by the elapsed time, so you can hide the dock and still see how long the take has been running.

Right-click

The menu has everything the app can do without opening a window.

Item	What it does
Start Recording…	Opens the dock. While recording this reads Stop Recording. The shortcut beside it is the one set in Settings.
Record Entire Screen, Record a Window, Record an Area	Go straight to that mode's overlay.
Pause or Resume	Only while recording.
Open Recordings	Opens the app window on your library of recordings.
Open Recent	The last ten recordings, each opening in the editor.
Show Recordings in Finder	Opens the recordings folder. See Where files live.
Open Shared Library	Opens your shared recordings on prequel.sh in the browser. Shown when you are signed in.
Show Log in Finder	Reveals the app's log file, for Troubleshooting.
Sign In…	Shown when you are signed out. Opens the browser.
Check for Updates…	Reads Update to…, Downloading… or Restart to Update as an update moves along.
Settings…	Opens the app window on Settings.
Quit Prequel	The only way to quit, since there is no Dock icon.

Frequently asked questions

How do I quit Prequel?: Right-click the menu bar icon and choose Quit Prequel. There is no Dock icon, so the menu bar is the only place to quit from.
Where are my recordings?: Open Recordings in the menu bar opens your library in the app. Show Recordings in Finder opens the folder on disk, and Open Recent lists the last ten takes.
How do I see how long I have been recording?: While a take is running the menu bar icon is replaced by the elapsed time, so you can hide the dock and still see it.