Audio Hijack
Audio Hijack is a macOS audio recording and routing app that captures sound from apps, microphones, input devices, and web streams.
What is Audio Hijack?
Audio Hijack is a native macOS audio recording app for capturing, processing, and routing sound on a Mac. It helps podcasters, streamers, broadcasters, journalists, and other audio-focused users record audio from individual apps, microphones, connected devices, and online sources in a controlled way. The app uses reusable session-based workflows, so you can build a recording setup once and run it again whenever needed. It also includes tools for live streaming, internet radio broadcasting, speech transcription, and audio effects, which makes it useful for both straightforward recordings and more advanced production tasks. Users commonly turn to Audio Hijack for podcast capture, call recording where legally permitted, grabbing web audio, saving live streams, and sending processed audio into other Mac audio workflows. Audio Hijack is published by Rogue Amoeba Software, Inc.
Key features
- Record audio from individual apps, microphones, and connected input devices
- Build reusable session setups for repeatable recording workflows
- Apply audio effects and adjust levels before saving or routing sound
- Save recordings in multiple popular audio formats
- Send audio to live streaming and broadcast destinations
- Transcribe spoken audio to text locally on the Mac
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Audio Hijack is legitimate audio-capture software for macOS. Because its job is to record and route sound, it may request access to the microphone and other audio-related system permissions, which is normal for this kind of app. Any recordings you create can contain private conversations, meetings, or media, so treat saved files carefully and make sure recording is allowed in your location and situation. If you no longer use the app, removing it mainly affects your saved sessions, settings, and related audio workflows.
Recommendation: Keep Audio Hijack if you use your Mac for recording, streaming, podcasting, or advanced audio routing. If you installed it for a one-time task and no longer need those workflows, you can remove it, but expect any saved sessions and app-specific recording setups to stop working.
Common paths
/Applications/Audio Hijack.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.rogueamoeba.audiohijack
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Audio Hijack
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.rogueamoeba.audiohijack.plist
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