# Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio

Record any audio. Three simple words explain exactly what you can do with Audio Hijack. Record from applications or from microphones and other hardware. Whether you want to record a podcast or archive streaming radio from the web, Audio Hijack is here to help.

### Getting Started

We recommend having a quick read-through of this manual, but you can also just dive in if you like. You can refer back to the full manual for assistance at any time by accessing it from the "Help" menu.

### Updated in Audio Hijack 3.3.1

- Major Enhancement: Instant On has been updated to version 8.3, with preliminary support for MacOS 10.12 (Sierra).

- Minor Enhancement: The “Install Extras” window has been modernized.

- Bug Fix: Timer conflict detection has been revised and no longer incorrectly identifies conflicts between unrelated Sessions.

- Bug Fix: An issue where iTunes couldn’t successfully edit tags in newly recorded .mp4 files has been worked around.

- Bug Fix: VoiceOver users can now properly access the expanded contents of recordings and timers.

- Other: Several other small improvements are included.

### Updated in Audio Hijack 3.3

- Major Enhancement: It's now possible for advanced users to lower audio processing latency! The new latency slider in Audio Hijack's preferences can be adjusted to reduce or remove any slight echoing you may hear while monitoring audio flow through Audio Hijack.

- Major Enhancement: Audio Hijack now offers safer recording for AAC and Apple Lossless (ALAC) files, to avoid any loss of audio in the event of an issue. There are now two different “Container” options. The new .mp4 is recommended, but the older .m4a option remains available.

- Major Enhancement: Capturing audio from the Slack application is now fully supported when Instant On is installed.

- Major Enhancement: The Instant On component has been updated to version 8.2.6, with a plethora of small fixes and improvements.

- Enhancement: Files in the Recordings tab can now be right-clicked to access a contextual menu, offering controls for manipulating the recording.

- Enhancement: The Schedule area of the Home window will now visually indicate when conflicts exist between timers.

- Enhancement: The Time Shift block has been improved in several ways, fixing a display issue with large jumps, providing a better VoiceOver value, and improving the explanatory text.

- Enhancement: Presets for several blocks have been improved to save additional settings, including saving album art as part of Recorder block presets, saving all settings in the Application source block, and saving the specified channels in an Output block.

- Enhancement: When an audio device's name changes, Audio Hijack will immediately reflect the new name.

- Enhancement: The Menu Bar Meters block now has proper Retina art in the menu bar. Our long, blurry nightmare is finally over. As well, the desired meter type is now correctly saved.

- Enhancement: VoiceOver improvements! When VoiceOver is active, a “Pin Popover Open” option is added to contextual menus for blocks. The popover window's role has also been adjusted, so popovers appear in VoiceOver's Window Chooser. Finally, labels for the “Close” and “Pin” buttons in popovers have been improved.

- Enhancement: AirPlay output device name changes are now better recognized, and a better title (“No AirPlay Receiver Selected”) is shown if AirPlay doesn't have a destination set.

- Bug Fix: The display of app names for background processes (accessible by holding option while clicking the Source selector in an Application block) has been improved.

- Other: Many other smaller problems, rare crashes, and other issues have been corrected.

### What's New in Audio Hijack 3?

If you used an older Audio Hijack app before, check out the New in Audio Hijack 3 page to see what changed starting with Audio Hijack 3 and see below for information on purchasing a heavily-discounted upgrade.

### System Requirements

- A Macintosh computer

- Mac OS X 10.9 or higher

### Installation and Removal

To install Audio Hijack, just drag it from your download folder to the Applications folder.

If you ever wish to remove Audio Hijack, simply drag it to the Trash.

### Purchasing Audio Hijack

We provide a free trial of Audio Hijack for you to test. During the trial, the quality of audio captured with Audio Hijack is intentionally degraded after ten minutes. The full version of Audio Hijack can be unlocked with a license key from our online store.

When you're ready, head over to our store to purchase Audio Hijack.

For more information, see the Purchasing page.

### Upgrading to Audio Hijack 3

If you've ever purchased a license for a product with "Audio Hijack" in the name, you're eligible for a heavily-discounted upgrade to Audio Hijack 3.