Setting Screen Sharing Permissions (MacOS)

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Purpose

This article has information to enable sharing permissions on a Mac computer for applications such as Teams.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy.
  2. To enable changes to settings, make sure the padlock in the bottom left corner of the window is unlocked(). If not, click on it to unlock it.
  3. Select Camera() and make sure that the check box is checked next to the application that you would like to give access to, such as Teams (as shown below).

Privacy settings to allow the apps to access the camera.

  1. Next, choose Screen Recording and make sure that the check box is checked next to the application that you would like to give access to, such as Teams.

Privacy settings to allow the apps to record the contents of the screen.

  1. Next, select Microphone and make sure that the check box is checked next to the application that you would like to give access to, such as Teams.

Privacy settings to allow the apps to access the microphone.

  1. Select Accessibility and make sure that the check box is checked next to the application that you would like to give access to, such as Teams.

Privacy settings to allow the apps to control the computer.

  1. Click on the padlock()in the bottom left to lock it and prevent further changes.
    1. You will need to restart the applications whose access was changed.
  2. If screen recording does not work after this, return back to these settings to ensure that they went through. If they did, restart the computer and try again.
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