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Ask Permission For Camera/Mic Every Time?

Is there a way to get the computer to ask permission EVERY TIME before turning on the microphone and/or camera (think Zoom calls, etc.)?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 4, 2020 9:09 PM

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Axel Foley

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Posted on Sep 4, 2020 10:16 PM

Those types of permission features are offered by the app in its settings. For example, an app like Zoom would have to have that option listed in its settings where the system asks for permission every time before camera or a microphone is activated.

The crude way to get this done is to go to System Preferences and deny microphone and camera privileges to Zoom. When there is a session then Zoom will ask to access the two things. Once you grant access then it remains until you manually repeat the process again. Yes that is the crude way.

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