Reference
Settings
Every Settings tab: general, licence, appearance, shots, presets, brand, organise, permissions, privacy, account and storage.
Open Settings
Choose ZumCast › Settings… or press ⌘,.
General
- Projects folder: where recordings and shots are saved.
- Language: Same as Mac, English, 日本語, 简体中文 or 繁體中文. ZumCast restarts to switch.
- Recorder style: HUD or Classic control bar, and the optional start-up sound.
- Updates: check and install automatically, or Check Now.
- Keyboard shortcuts: change any global shortcut (see Keyboard shortcuts).
- Zumi: your “always do this after recording” rules.
- Command line & AI agents: install the
zumcastcommand, copy the MCP config, and show a notice when another app takes a shot or starts a recording.
Appearance
Themes: Midnight (gold, violet, coral or mint accent), Mono (black or white), Retro and Glass. Choose Comfortable or Compact density, whether the HUD and Studio match, and whether to follow the Mac’s Increase Contrast. Themes never change your exports.
The other tabs
| Tab | What it does |
|---|---|
| Licence | Activate Pro with your licence key, or free this Mac. See Free vs Pro and your licence. |
| Shots | Where shots are saved, PNG or JPEG, what happens after a shot (copy, capsule, shutter sound), the timer, pointer, freeze and desktop icons, and shot shortcuts. |
| Presets | Recording looks: rename, set the default, import or export .zumcastpreset files. |
| Brand | Your brand kits. See Brand kits and Polish. |
| Organise | Background organising, smart names, tags, summaries, on battery, and AI assistant search. |
| Permissions | Each permission with Allow… and Re-check. |
| Privacy | What runs on your Mac, and the option to keep crash and performance diagnostics on this Mac (off by default; nothing is sent). |
| Account | ZumCast Cloud sign-in, your name, workspaces, your links and storage used. |
| Storage | Your own S3-compatible bucket for share links. |