Apple’s macOS Sequoia has a few new features aimed at improving security, and one of them is a prompt that forces you to continuously update your screen recording permissions. Until now, you could permanently grant any app permission to record your screen and capture system audio, but Sequoia is changing that to a maximum of one month. Unfortunately, many apps won’t function at all without these permissions. While it’s good security practice to periodically review your app permissions, it’s also annoying to see a system-level reminder that can’t be disabled.
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Due to the way macOS is designed, apps must explicitly request permission to capture your screen and record system audio, which allows them to perform a variety of useful tasks. Take the trusty Cleanshot X app, for example. It needs these permissions to take screenshots and screen recordings. Without these permissions, Cleanshot X wouldn’t be able to capture anything on your Mac’s screen. That’s an obvious example. However, many apps need this permission to change elements on your Mac’s screen, even the most unexpected ones. A menu bar management app, for example, might use this permission to capture images from your menu bar and hide unwanted icons.
If a trusted app is using these security permissions, you have nothing to worry about. However, there have been cases, like Bartender, where control of an app changed hands and that trust was lost. In these cases, many people may have stopped using the app but forgotten or neglected to disable screen recording permissions. For times like these, a monthly reminder to check permissions can help. This feature is especially useful on iOS, where you can quickly check whether certain apps should continue to have access to your full photo library or other permissions.
That said, the security reminder pop-up is an interruption to your workflow, and no one wants to deal with annoying pop-ups on a regular basis. Power users may not need these reminders at all, but there is currently no official way to disable them. That’s where this guide comes in.
