Audio Hijack
Audio Hijack is a macOS audio recording and routing app that captures sound from apps, devices, and system audio for recording, streaming, and production.
What is Audio Hijack?
Audio Hijack is a native macOS audio recording app for capturing, processing, and saving audio from applications, input devices, and your Mac’s system output. It is designed for podcasters, broadcasters, streamers, and anyone who needs flexible control over audio capture workflows on a Mac. Users can build reusable recording sessions, apply effects, route sound between sources and outputs, and save recordings in common audio formats such as MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV, ALAC, and FLAC. The app is also used for recording interviews and calls, archiving web streams, capturing audio from connected devices, and preparing live or post-produced audio setups. Audio Hijack is published by Rogue Amoeba Software, Inc. and is commonly used in creator, podcasting, and advanced desktop audio workflows.
Key features
- Record audio from individual apps, microphones, and system audio
- Build reusable session-based audio capture workflows
- Apply built-in effects and use Audio Unit plugins during recording
- Save recordings in formats such as MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV, ALAC, and FLAC
- Route and monitor audio through custom chains of inputs, effects, and outputs
- Capture audio for podcasts, calls, live streams, and archived web audio
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Audio Hijack is legitimate audio software for macOS. It may request access to the microphone and, depending on how you use it, other macOS permissions related to audio capture. Those requests are normal for an app that records sound from apps and devices. Because it can capture audio content, use it only in ways that match your privacy expectations and local rules for recording conversations or streams.
Recommendation: Keep Audio Hijack if you use your Mac for podcasting, streaming, recording calls, or advanced audio capture. If you no longer use it, removing the app is usually optional and mainly affects saved sessions, preferences, and any workflows built around it.
Common paths
/Applications/Audio Hijack.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.rogueamoeba.audiohijack3
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Audio Hijack
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.rogueamoeba.audiohijack3.plist
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