Kevin GreenSep 22, 2024
John Siracusa
How to stop the monthly screen recording prompts in macOS 15 Sequoia: https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2024/8/10.html (via @skypunch)
Stop macOS 15 Sequoia monthly screen recording prompts

Sep 22, 2024 at 2:56pmIvory for iOS
Show threadRaven667Sep 22, 2024
@jwz if you hadnt already seen
Show threadCarlos MoffatSep 22, 2024
@siracusa @skypunch let’s hope the Mac team is too busy to “address” this loophole.
Show threadLin 🐈Sep 22, 2024
@siracusa This is the worst of both worlds. Still annoying to users except those who stumble upon/search out this obscure solution, but in an abuse scenario, an adversary can hide the alerts, and that fact isn’t even represented anywhere in the UI. I feel like this completely defeats the purpose.
Show threadDan SullySep 22, 2024

@siracusa @skypunch Interesting.. my keys are not the paths of the app, but the bundle identifier:

{
"com.1password.1password" = {
kScreenCaptureApprovalLastAlerted = "2024-09-17 11:05:56 +0000";
kScreenCaptureApprovalLastUsed = "2024-09-17 11:05:56 +0000";
};
…
}

Show threadDan SullySep 22, 2024
@siracusa @skypunch @lapcatsoftware I realized this is 18.1B4's format
Show threadJeff JohnsonSep 22, 2024
@dsully Interesting. I’m not on the beta track anymore, but we’ll have to keep an eye on that.
Show threadJosh RiversSep 22, 2024

@siracusa @skypunch Thanks for sharing this. I’m not sure if it’s enough to make me feel safe doing the upgrade. Sounds like a way of getting stuck when they “fix” it later. Or just break this workaround unintentionally.

This isn’t the first straw, but I really am afraid this security prompt is the last straw. I’m designing a windows workstation instead of shopping Mac Studio and inventorying my apps to see what I need to move to Windows or Linux.

Show threadEric JSep 22, 2024
whoop! @chockenberry `defaults write ~/Library/Group\ Containers/group.com.apple.replayd/ScreenCaptureApprovals.plist "/Applications/xScope.app/Contents/MacOS/xScope" -date "3024-09-21 00:00:00 +0000"`
Show threadCraig HockenberrySep 22, 2024
@Eric_Neue I saw! And now wondering how long it will last…
Show threadKyle RubenokSep 23, 2024
@siracusa @skypunch I wrote a script to set them one year out that I’ve appended to my dotfiles scripts. Sharing if others would find it useful: https://gist.github.com/krubenok/de77672b8ce7d86ffbcd80f9a9cfd9bd
set-screen-recording-to-1-year.sh

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Show threadJohn SiracusaSep 23, 2024
@krubenok Where does $PLIST_CONTENT get the plist content in this script?
Show threadBernd KilgaSep 23, 2024

@siracusa @skypunch Oddly, this doesn't work for me. I'm on macOS 15.0 Sequoia (24A335), via developer beta paths. It works fine on my MacBook Air that upgraded to the public release, build number is identical.

Error: “Domain …ScreenCaptureApprovals.plist does not exist”