macOS Sequoia 15.1 will prompt you less often for screen recording permissions

With today’s release of macOS Sequoia 15.1 beta 6, Apple is making another change to screen recording permissions. The company says that this should mean users see fewer permission dialog popups on their Macs…

During the early macOS Sequoia betas, these screen recording permissions were designed to appear once a week. This meant you’d see a permissions dialog weekly for every app that had permission to record your screen. In later macOS Sequoia betas, Apple tweaked the policy and began prompting users monthly.

In the release notes for macOS Sequoia 15.1 beta 6, Apple says it’s making further changes to reduce the number of dialogs that users see:

ScreenCaptureKit: Applications using our deprecated content capture technologies now have enhanced user awareness policies. Users will see fewer dialogs if they regularly use apps in which they have already acknowledged and accepted the risks.

Apple doesn’t elaborate on the exact details of the new screen recording permission popups. The company emphasizes, however, that the changes should mean users see “fewer dialogs” for apps that they regularly use. Notably, the shift in strategy comes after the proliferation of various workarounds to skirt the permission dialogs altogether.

We’ll keep an eye out for this change in macOS Sequoia 15.1 and report back on our findings. macOS Sequoia 15.1 is currently available for developer and public beta testers.

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