Getting Started3 min

Getting Started with flowy

First Steps

Follow these simple steps for a quick app setup. Screenshots below illustrate each step.

Open flowy: At the first launch, an informative pop-up will appear, providing an explanation for the accessibility permissions that flowy requires. Press 'OK' to continue.

Startup information screen
Informative pop-up

Input Monitoring: After flowy's informative pop-up, this permission request will appear. To continue, you would need to press 'Open System Settings'.

First permission request
Input Monitoring permission request

Settings: The settings app will appear, and you would need to toggle on the permission for flowy.

Settings - first
Toggle permission for flowy
Settings - second
Restart flowy

Screen Recording: After restarting, the second permission request will appear. To continue, you would need to press 'Open System Settings'.

Second permission request
Screen Recording permission request

Settings: The settings app will appear, and you would need to toggle on the permission for flowy.

Settings - third
Toggle permission for flowy
Settings - fourth
Restart flowy

Select Path: After restarting, flowy is nearly ready to use. You need to select the directory where your recordings will be saved, and you can do that by clicking on the "Open Settings".

Select directory info
Open settings
Select directory settings
Select preferred path

Setup Complete

Everything is correctly set up. You are ready to go: select the recording area (window, display or crop) and start recording.