Piezo
Piezo is a macOS audio recording app that captures sound from apps, web audio, VoIP calls, and microphones with a simple recording workflow.
What is Piezo?
Piezo is a native macOS audio recording app for capturing sound from individual applications and audio input devices. It helps Mac users save web audio, app playback, voice chats, and microphone input without setting up a complex recording chain. You can choose a source, start recording quickly, and save clips for playback, reference, editing, or archiving. Piezo also supports recording from VoIP apps such as Zoom and FaceTime, with separate channels for local and remote audio in supported voice chat recordings. The app includes straightforward settings for recording quality, clip naming, comments, and save location, making it useful for podcasters, remote workers, students, and anyone who needs simple audio capture on a Mac. Piezo is developed by Rogue Amoeba Software, Inc.
Key features
- Record audio from individual Mac apps
- Capture sound from microphones and other audio input devices
- Save audio from web browsers and streaming playback
- Record VoIP and voice chat apps such as Zoom and FaceTime
- Store local and remote call audio on separate channels for supported VoIP sources
- Choose recording quality and output format options such as MP3 and AAC
- Name recordings, add comments, and set where files are saved
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Piezo is a legitimate audio recording utility for macOS. Its audio-capture purpose is consistent with requesting microphone and system audio access, but those permissions allow it to capture sensitive conversations or app audio when recording is active. Review macOS Privacy & Security settings and use it only when you expect audio capture behavior.
Recommendation: Keep Piezo if you use it to record app audio, calls, streaming sound, or microphones on your Mac. If you no longer need audio recording, you can remove it to reduce permissions and background audio-capture components you do not use.
Common paths
/Applications/Piezo.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.rogueamoeba.Piezo
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Piezo
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.rogueamoeba.Piezo.plist
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