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"To cast, give Chrome access in system settings." -- which system settings?

I recently upgraded my MacBook Air's MacOS and Chrome browser, and now I can't cast to my Chromecast device. When I try, I get the following message: "To cast, give Chrome access in system settings" - along with a helpful link to the Security and Privacy settings. For the life of me, I can't figure out which settings need to be set to allow casting. Search engine searches turn up one page, which helpfully describes this as "not an issue" with Chrome.


Details:

MacBook Air M1, 2020, 16GB RAM, OS Sequoia 15.0.1

Chrome is Version 129.0.6668.101 (Official Build) (arm64)

Chromecast adapter is third gen, firmware 1.56.291998


I have a work-around with my phone, but this is driving me nuts.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Oct 14, 2024 9:16 PM

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Posted on Oct 15, 2024 12:15 PM

Hi.


In order to enable casting I have granted Google Chrome two permissions in system settings:

  • Local Network
  • Screen & System Audio recording


Option to cast was enabled after restarting Google Chrome.

I hope it helps.

15 replies

Oct 15, 2024 8:52 AM in response to Mike in Oregon

same issue, tried everything - nothing works. happy for chrome canary that's not updated to the latest version, can still cast with that although the local network access permission screen appears every time the browser is restarted (plus 6 items from canary under local network permissions in system settings). frustrating.


sidenote: looks like similar issue has occurred in the past!

https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/669963

Oct 14, 2024 9:37 PM in response to dialabrain

The closest thread I could find was this one, a rather recent one: https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/301979781/can-no-longer-find-my-google-nest-speaker-in-the-cast-tab-option-on-chrome


My search-fu isn't really helping in the Chromecast Help community, either. Apparently I should be able to cast without changing security settings at all.

Oct 16, 2024 1:53 PM in response to Mike in Oregon

MacBook Air M2, 2022, 8GB


Was having the same issue but found a fix that worked for me.


I randomly started having the issue but only a few weeks after upgrading to Sequoia (so not sure if that is the problem). My wife has the same computer and hasn't updated and doesn't have this problem.


Anyway, I tried to use Time Machine to go back to an earlier save point (pre-Sequoia) and needed to use Migration Assistant. I must have done something wrong as Sequoia was still the OS after the reboot BUT, it's fixed the issue in Chrome and I no longer get the error message ""To cast, give Chrome access in system settings." Chromecast is working again for me.

"To cast, give Chrome access in system settings." -- which system settings?

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