Dadan offers deep, intuitive customization through its dedicated Settings window (accessed via the gear icon in the main recording interface or the menu bar). The settings are organized into clearly labeled categories on the left sidebar, each focusing on a specific aspect of the app’s behavior and appearance.
These panels let you fine-tune everything from recording quality and device defaults to camera bubble styling, cursor effects, focus/zoom behavior, sharing options, permissions, and global shortcuts. Most changes apply instantly, and many include helpful tooltips, reset buttons, and visual previews.
Access dadan settings #
To open dadan settings, open the dadan Mac application:
- Click the three dots […] in the upper-right corner, then choose Settings from the menu.
- Or click the More Options gear button in the lower left corner.
The categories are:
- General: Default save location, recording quality presets, countdowns, Do Not Disturb integration, updates, and app launch preferences
- Devices: Camera, microphone selection, noise suppression, volume controls
- Camera Bubble: Floating webcam overlay appearance, size, position, snap behavior, background effects
- Cursor & Clicks: Highlight styles, colors, click animations
- Focus & Zoom: Temporary cursor-follow zoom during recording
- Sharing: Post-recording share bubble, auto-copy link, quick integrations
- Permissions: macOS permission status and troubleshooting
- Shortcuts: Global hotkeys for start/stop, focus mode, annotations
Use the sidebar to jump between sections and tailor dadan exactly to your workflow.
General #
General settings include:
- Account Management: View logged-in user details.
- See current subscription/plan status (button labeled “Plan”) .
- Option to sign out of the account (via Sign Out button).
- Cloud Upload: Toggle Auto-upload recordings to dadan.
- Appearance: Theme selection (three preview thumbnails):
- Auto: follows system.
- Light mode.
- Dark mode.
- Launch at login: Toggle whether dadan starts automatically when you log in to macOS (turned off in the screenshot).
- You can choose the default folder on your Mac where your videos will be saved as a local cop.
- Recording quality presets for full-screen capture: 720p, 1080p (default), 2K, 4K (If it shows ‘not supported’, it indicates the current system specifications do not meet the requirements).
- Disable/enable countdown before recording (3 seconds (default), 5 seconds).
- Show/hide toolbar during recording.
- Enable/disable Do Not Disturb option automatically when recording (requires one-time Focus mode setup in System Settings).
- Auto-check for updates, shows current version (e.g. 1.0.52) and architecture (Apple Silicon).
Devices #
Device settings include:
- You can choose the default camera & microphone to be used during recording.
- Noise suppression toggle (optimized for voice clarity).
- Drag the Microphone Volume slider to control voice level and the System Audio Volume slider to balance computer sounds.
- Optimize settings for clear speech using Reset to Voice Priority to prioritize the microphone over system audio.
- Refresh Devices reloads the list of cameras, microphones, and audio inputs to detect changes or fix detection issues.
Camera Bubble (PiP webcam overlay) #
Customize the webcam overlay:
- Circle (default), Rectangle, Rounded Rect, Squircle.
- Size: Small → Extra Large (or balanced % of screen width).
- Opacity slider.
- Drag behavior: This will automatically pin your webcam overlay to the corner of your screen when you drag (default), or use Corner Snap, Edge Snap, Grid Snap, or Freeform with a margin/edge snap distance.
- Appearance: Opacity, mirror camera (selfie mode).
- Background effects: None, Blur (with intensity), Color, Gradient (several presets), Image (upload/select professional backgrounds like Office, Bookshelf, Nature, etc.).
- Position presets: Bottom Right, Top Right, Bottom Left, Top Left (save current position, recall with ⌘ 1–4).
- Top Right preset: Position (0.75, 0.75), Size 20%, with Apply / Delete buttons.
- Bottom Left preset: Position (0.05, 0.05), Size 20%, with Apply / Delete buttons.
- Top Left preset: Position (0.05, 0.75), Size 20%, with Apply / Delete buttons.
- Save Current Position: Button to capture and store your current bubble location.
- Quick recall shortcuts: Use ⌘ 1–4 to apply corner presets instantly.
- Enable Animations: Toggle to turn bubble movement animations on/off (currently on).
- Animation Speed: Slider to adjust animation duration (default 0.3s).
- Debug Mode: Toggle for troubleshooting (shows hover areas, bounds, logs; currently off).
- Pin Control Bar: Toggle to keep the recording toolbar always visible (currently off).
Cursor & Clicks #
Cursor & Clicks settings include:
- Cursor highlights styles: Customize how the cursor highlight appears in annotation mode. Circle, Square, Glow, Pulse, Crosshair, Spotlight.
- Color picker + opacity/size/stroke width: Select the color, opacity level, and size of your annotations
- Toggle click effects: Enable or disable the ripple animation that visually pulses outward from the cursor each time you click during recording.
- Set separate right-click color: Choose a distinct highlight color for right-clicks (different from the left-click cursor highlight) to make secondary actions stand out clearly.
Focus & Zoom #
Focus & Zoom settings include:
- Focus Mode hold shortcut to temporarily zoom in and follow the cursor during recording (hold to activate, release to return to normal view).
- Zoom level (Medium/50% default), follow speed (Smooth), movement sensitivity, magnification strength.
- Prevents accidental permanent zoom.
Sharing #
Sharing settings include:
- Show share bubble after recording (toggle). This allows you to quickly edit the video’s name, copy the video link, or share it with Teams or email.
- Auto-copy link to clipboard.
- Auto-dismiss timer (10 s default).
- Position (Top Right default).
- Quick share integrations (e.g., Teams).
After upload finishes → toast with link, copy button, quick share to Teams/Email, preview thumbnail of recording.
Permissions #
Shows status of required/optional macOS permissions:
- Screen Recording: required (Granted).
- Camera, Microphone, Accessibility: Needed for full features (all shown Granted in screenshots).
Troubleshooting tip: toggle permissions off/on in System Settings → restart app if features don’t work.
Shortcuts #
Overview of global hotkeys and annotation shortcuts (as listed here).
