Issue recording video on a Mac - black screen if source not active

RS-OBS

New Member
Dear OBS Support and OBS gurus,

I have this problem on my mac:
I record a YouTube or Teams video (in Edge) which is in full screen.
I use MacOS Screen Capture as a source and there select Edge window with the video.
OBS records OK if the source (full) screen is active, but if I minimise or open another screen or app - even OBS itself, then the recording goes black screen and no sound.
So I could not multi-task sort of speaking - the source window has to be on active during the recording...
Why this is happening and how to overcome it? It does not happen when I use Windows machine.
I would like to start the source recording and leave it in the background and do something else while recording... Is there a setting i have missed?
Let me know if you need more info.

I have MacBook Pro 2020 with latest OS. I have latest OBS and OBS is allowed in Privacy & Security in System Settings.
Thank you!
 

RS-OBS

New Member
Screenshots what is recorded in full screen (black screen recording) and not full screen (recording OK).
I would like to record in full screen mode - including just the video, not the rest of elements as in not full screen...
 

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