Apple Isn’t Making It Easy To Screencap Or Record Frank Ocean’s Endless

Certain native Apple programs are preventing capturing the visual album.

August 19, 2016
Apple Isn’t Making It Easy To Screencap Or Record Frank Ocean’s <i>Endless</i> Image via boysdontcry.co

Frank Ocean's visual album Endless is streaming now on Apple Music, but if you want to screencap an image you like, or use Quicktime to record a short (and legal) sampling of the record, you might have to get creative. Mac users trying to take a picture of the iTunes program using CMD+SHIFT+4 while it plays Endless will only get a gray screen, seen below:

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Apple Isn’t Making It Easy To Screencap Or Record Frank Ocean’s <i>Endless</i>
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Recording off Quicktime produces an error message: "This movie won't play on your display."

Apple Isn’t Making It Easy To Screencap Or Record Frank Ocean’s <i>Endless</i>
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The FADER has reached out to Apple for comment.

Apple Isn’t Making It Easy To Screencap Or Record Frank Ocean’s Endless