How to Record Desktop Audio on Mac Using OBS (SIMPLE) - Big Sur or Newer 2022

In this video, we go over how to record desktop audio on a mac computer using OBS. This method works perfectly on Monterey and Big Sur.
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🕐 Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Install Blackhole Audio Plugin
01:21 Setup Multi-Output Device
02:48 Setup Desktop Recording on OBS
03:13 Set audio output in System Preferences
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[@EvanDoesTech]

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[@lulublues24]

legend thank you so much!

[@freyafoxmusic]

using M1 macbook pro it doesnt appear in audio midi

[@broudie2]

i need help :( when i download it and do the steps until 3:25 it doesnt let me change my volume D:

[@MysteriousTraces0]

It plays video from OBS, but there is video on the discord screen but no sound. Will this solve my problem?

[@ScuffedMinds]

where is the ive already donated button?

[@SuperGuitarProject]

Thank you. no bullshit, no intro, fast, straight to business, you only say things that are necessary, I cannot say how much I appreciate tutorials like this. THANK YOU!

[@sparzardv2307]

This might have been the best tutorial I have ever seen in almost anything... It was so concise and easy to understand I feel like if there was a tutorial like this for everything in life, I would be so much better off.

[@tylert3213]

By far bro

[@voydkid]

for real!

[@lilacsulsul]

i could not agree more!!!

[@lilshredda6117]

I've been trying to set up my audio through OBS for soooo long. Going through a DAW would make you think that streaming a software that makes sound would make it easy to configure sound output through OBS but that would far from the truth. You solved all my issues in the span of 4 minutes and for free!!! Thank you so much!!!!

[@jacksfacts20]

Holy crap man, I have been struggling with this for YEARS, I was using the interview setting on my yeti to pick up the audio from my speakers, that's how jank my set up was, I tried finding help at least 5 times and none of the videos were this simple. Thank you thank you

[@AIUnknown]

Evan you saved me. I'm an old lady and new to a lot of this so when I was trying to set up a small studio with my ancient mac mini and obs there were so many issues! So I've been chipping away at getting everything set up and this was one of the last hurdles I had, getting the audio to work on the screen recording. Thank you so much for this! New sub because it looks like you're interested in a lot of the same things I am.

[@TheKelsmommy]

Thank you, thank you! I couldn't figure out how to get this work with other tutorials, but you were straight and to the point with easy to understand language. I appreciate you!

[@Astroiid_ethan]

So I normally don't comment on videos, but when I say this was the fastest tutorial that actually worked, I mean it! I have been working on this for almost a year and a half, and I decided to quit and then today I came back and tried to do it again. I searched for videos and this was the one, thank you so much!

[@AndrewMycol]

This tutorial was so straight-forward I'm almost stunned how simple this was to understand! Thank you for making this.

[@railrider5]

Followed another tutorial and got so close, fiddled around with settings for a good 20 minutes until i found this and you had the exact fix i needed. Thank you so much dude

[@4zim34]

THANK YOU!!! I tried so many things and watched so many videos without success! You helped me a lot, been struggling with this problem for over 6 months now!! Thank you so much for your help!

[@onlyVetements]

we need more people to recommend open source software like this. thank you for the tutorial!

[@DerindenTeknoloji]

Great tutorial, clean and smooth. All you need. Cheers !

[@Panikillz]

Thank you man!! I never comment on videos but this just helped a lot. For those who are looking for a way. This is the most easy and perfect setup to record audio from your desktop. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻

[@blueheart978]

Thank you. This quick and easy ! works for Mac. Just make sure to go to System settings > Sound > and make sure you're selecting Blackhole 2ch as input and output when recording.

[@joshuapaul_]

the best tutorial that i have seen on this. Very well explained on how to get audio to a recording on mac and to use mic too.

[@LonelySenpai666]

Gotta be the best tutorial on this. Staight to the point and exactly what i was looking for bro 🔥

[@j6snn]

i've had issues with this for months and have never found a solution until now. thank you so much will like and sub

[@rainstrp]

You are a FLIPPING savior!!! I tried so many other videos and they didn't work, and this one does! Thank you SO much

[@matildasweightloss]

Evan, I can't thank you enough for this tutorial! I've spent countless hours trying to figure this out and a lot of headaches later, you gave me the solution, THANK YOU!!

[@GoninjaSeven]

OMG. THIS IS SO HELPFUL. I was using Caster, another app to record audio with, but the audio sounded kinda scuffed. With Blackhole, the audio sounded great! Thanks for this tutorial!

[@captainpancake1749]

Thanks Evan! You saved me a lot of confusion. Good explained and easy to follow. 👍🏻

[@truthdecodedtv]

Evan, man thank you so much, You are truly at a master level of making these tutorials. so straight forward and easy to understand, Really appreciate it!

[@lord0fthecubes]

This was super useful!! Thank you for creating an easy-to-follow tutorial for this without wasting anyone's time

[@Xrobyte]

thank YOU! i was going through a bunch of tutorials and you were the only one that made sense and made it actually work!

[@WhichDoctor1]

Awesome! Works great. All the other tutorials I tried to use were out of date and the audio capture software was no longer working. They also weren't as clear or concise as this

[@therealrussellsmyth]

Thank you! This is the third and final YT video on this issue I’ll have visit. Perfect explanation, kudos

[@khadijahahmed1970]

Thanks man, actual lifesaver. You don’t know how long I spent trying to fix this today😭😭 but you spared me a headache. God bless you 🙏🏻

[@Shiva69Shakti1]

Straight forward and got me up and running with capturing my audio n led than 10 minutes. Had previously spent close to an hour searching online with no luck. Thank you!!

[@asuneshoku6463]

was searching for alternatives for 3rd party applications and right as I was about to give up I came across the video, thank you for making and sharing this. 🙏🏽

[@el-gameri]

Thank you for this!! I went hours of videos and none of them had worked, Big thanks! you earned my follow!

[@DerekBaranProductions]

Dude... You're a beast.. CLEAN & SIMPLE!!! Thanks!!

[@Demotedd_]

As someone who is very scared of downloads online I REALLY appreciate this man, easy and simple. THANK YOU

[@asmisius]

bro, thank you so much! i just started streaming and people have been telling me that they can barely hear the game audio and you fixed it for me!

[@bigjimmy3792]

Wow man you did what no other freaking video could do for me thanks so much for the easy to follow and in depth tutorial 👍 you earned a subscriber

[@themaxreeder]

Bro you're a lifesaver, could find nothing remotely close to this online and this is the perfect solution. Thank you so much I'm very grateful to you.

[@tomasfrontroth]

Easy to understand, straight forward, short and Working perfectly. Brillant! Thx.

[@thaticelandicguy]

thank you so much for this tutorial chief!

[@mochiness]

Thank you for this simple and straight forward video! It looks like it really helped me out - thank you, Evan! This open ware software is pretty rad : )

[@jerrygray3768]

Only video I’ve watched in the past year that actually worked. Thank you.

[@DerickBWP]

GREAT straight-forward video! We need more of this. Great work!

[@kingotn]

THANK YOU MAN! THIS ABSOLUTELY WORKED WONDERS! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING TO GET THIS TO WORK YOU ARE A LEGEND!

[@clamnuts]

Thanks! SO simple compared to other tutorials! Working for me now

[@BobbyG1]

Legend!! was struggling with getting this done! thank you for this video

[@neeezobeatz6085]

No joke, ive been trying to find this way for months and this worked. I hope u get whatever u want in life

[@GroundedTech]

As someone who hasn't used a Mac in a long time and have never used it with OBS the audio was definitely confusing me. Thanks for the absolutely spot on guide.

[@Dogemis]

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[@dakpruett1678]

Dude I have been struggling for the past 2 hours to figure this out, thank you so much man

[@pikachu-dr1vs]

OMG THANK YOU!!!! you are such a life saver I tried to do this a long time ago and failed, but came back to it and I'm so glad that it worked! thank you so much!!!

[@endingsoon]

SOOO helpful! Thanks a ton, very easy to follow and got it working in like 5 mins

[@BennyRubanov]

Unbelievably concise and clear tutorial. Thanks Evan!!

[@BreceLuu]

Thanks a lot! Straight to the point and exactly what I was looking for. 👏

[@Micstacyang]

THANK SO MUCH I BEEN PASSING THROUGH MULTIPLE VIDEOS TO TRY TO FIX MY PROBLEM AND U HELPED ME WITH THAT TYSM!

[@OpEditorial]

Thanks for posting this, super helpful, the fact OBS *doesn't* have this at least as a default option is one of the more frustrating oversights that should've been fixed in one of their many many updates.

[@Shadowster23]

I used to try and do this with Soundflower back in the days (and the OBS version still installed on my Mac was v0.16.2 lol) and it was so hard and unclear for the young me lol. Thankfully today you have new, easy ways (Blackhole) and great tutorials (yours!)! Thanks chief!

[@CodingWithAdam]

Thank you for the awesome tutorial! It was really easy to follow.

[@laruethelegend]

Brother! I have wasted hours looking for this exact solution and you exlpained everything so well Thank You!!!

[@pedeajpek7544]

This is so easy to follow. Thank you so much for helping me.

[@johnsnow3131]

THank you very much. I just spent the last few hours trying to find a solution! Your instructions was very well done. Easy to follow. Again, thank you very much!

[@RoyalRedQueen]

Thank you sir! That worked beautifully!! I haven't been successful in getting OSB to record audio on my iMac for years and this video helped me out SO much! Thank you!!

[@supar2386]

Lowkey almost gave until I saw this tutorial, it’s to the point informative but still enjoyable; another step closer to streaming now on my Mac! 🌺thank uu ^^ 🙏✨

[@Joshybabee]

This still works! Thank you. Pro TIP!!: make sure your monitoring device is your headphones and NOT the black hole audio file. I lost my marbles for like 2+ hours resetting and redownloading everything. 😅😅

[@volaertus]

Thanks for the video I looked around for a lot of options and this was great and to the point!

[@meetspeaking]

amazing content....straight to the point and much needed fr all the beginners. Thank you so much for such great information.

[@Crossy23]

HUGE VIDEO EVAN! Thanks so so much! Had no idea how to make this work, but this is insanely helpful! Have a good one!

[@HakimBourchachene]

AMAZING stuff you saved my life man !

[@AngDC24]

This helped so much! I'm glad I don't have to pay for it either since others I tried to use did. Thanks!

[@Robuilds_]

THANK YOU

[@LavitoBeats]

Straight forward and on point, thank you.

[@IamKing4L]

SEARCHED EVERYWHERE THANK YOU FOR THIS🔥

[@luke_1234]

OMG it works…it actually WORKS Dude you are a life saver!!!!!!

[@mxsnowdrop]

Can't wait to give this a try, thank you!!

[@m.r]

You are amazing man!

[@Bunnikins_And_Friends]

OMG you just SAVED my LIFE!!! Thank you so much for making this tutorial!!!!

[@caya7]

The one and only tutorial that really worked for what I was looking for! 😌

[@howtopronouncewords2248]

thank you, this helped me! I'm using groundcontrol room, but it still works!

[@AnggieHarygustia]

thanks man you're so great explaining this tutorial

[@tylermccabe4817]

First time viewer and I'm subscribing on the basis that this saved me a massive headache. Thanks man

[@TaniaBrouser]

Thank you for making this video. You literally helped me make my recording possible

[@Jasonandsonsgarage]

Right to the point. Thank you. Worked on my my Mac

[@mattnield]

Perfect - thanks! 👍 This had been puzzling me having moved form PC to mac.

[@HugoSvoboda]

This tutotial works perfect!! Thank you so much

[@Renykims]

This was so helpful thank you!

[@gometa2630]

THIS IS THE VIDEO I NEEDED. BLESS, thank you!

[@jboremus]

best tutorial on this issue by far. thank you!

[@dylanjnich]

THANK YOU! This took me so long to figure out!

[@alitajvidi5610]

Very efficient and straight to the point. An amazing tutorial - thank you so much for saving me a lot of time.

[@whatsup64108]

You are AWESOME!!! I've been dealing with this for months... Thank you for the great video!

[@madzthomas]

props to you bro I have been looking all over to find this out!!

[@UnreelInvestments]

Absolutely flawless Video.. Thanks

[@HakanErtan]

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate it!

[@anhhoangnam5959]

Thank you so much because it's been days since I was stuck with my "Macbook Speakers". When I check OBS for my desktop audio, Macbook Speakers didn't exist. When I click desktop audio it said no sources were selected, I was so confused. But when I saw your video everything works out fine when I install Blackhole. Again thank you.

[@peachypina4473]

Thank you so much for this video, it helped me so much and I'm so excited to finally have audio in my recordings now!

[@brawlerboi5194]

tysm after so many tutorials there is finally a working one 😊😊😊

[@ShawnyBGolf]

Great tutorial man!!! perfect and easy to follow, greatly appreciate it. Wish I found it first before watching a few other. Darn algorithm haha.

[@itsvernicekho]

I've been trying to set this up for the longest time, thank you so much!!

[@bleupencil]

Super helpful, thanks for keeping it short and sweet too! 🙏

[@barretojricardo]

Bro thank you very much, I have an important stream tonight and this was one of the final touches to be completed!!!!

[@LutherGoestocollege]

Thank you so much for this tutorial.. this is very helpfull alot for my desktop audio output. Great job Evan 👍👍

[@joelwybrew]

Really love and appreciate this tutorial. Candid, to the point, 10/10

[@fletchermartin3108]

Thanks bro this helped!! Was struggling with this for a couple hours