Apple claims to have struck a balance between user privacy and convenience with a tweak in macOS Sequoia: “fewer permission warnings” for screen recording
If you rely on screen recording tools, Apple’s macOS Sequoia 15.1 update may have good news for you: fewer permission popups. One of Apple’s main goals with Sequoia was to strengthen security and privacy for its users. Unfortunately, these protective measures felt a little too much like an overbearing, overprotective parent.
Early Sequoia beta testers were actually made to reauthorize screen recording apps on a weekly basis, which quickly became annoying for many users. Just before the launch of Sequoia, Apple addressed this by making the requests monthly. Now Apple is reportedly going one step further.
The reminders serve an important role: ensuring that users are aware of the real risks of screen recording. If an app can see your screen directly, it can see all kinds of sensitive data. There is no doubt about the importance of such measures, but if you have already given permission to the app and use it daily, those frequent reminders are a nightmare.
Pop-ups, gone
In the past the Memory loss app is designed to disable monthly reminders per app. Fortunately, Apple now seems to have found a balance between security and convenience. In the latest beta release notes, Apple explains that there has been a change in the way macOS handles older content capture technology, meaning trusted apps will cause fewer interruptions.
Mind you, this doesn’t mean the prompts will go away completely – privacy is still Apple’s top priority – they just won’t be as off-putting to frequent users of the apps.
If you take a daily screen recording, you can now be a little less grumpy, although some users may still want to reserve judgment until they see the update in action when it’s released on October 28.