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How To Add An App To Access Microphone Mac

In macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple introduced new security settings that allow to control what apps can access your camera and microphone. Previous macOS versions allowed you to control only access to your location, contacts, photos, calendar, and reminders.

Click on the checkbox next to the app to give it full disk access. If the app in question is not on the list, you can add it with the + button under the app list, or just drag & drop it from the Applications folder.

The first time the application will try to get access to your microphone, you’ll see a prompt from your system:

Note:

You won’t receive notifications from Apple apps like Safari or FaceTime. You can limit access to your microphone only for third-party programs.


Even if you’ve clicked “Don’t Allow,” you can change that later on your Mac. We’ll show you how to see what apps or websites can use your microphone to record audio and how you can adjust the settings.

How to allow microphone access on Mac

Follow these steps to allow the apps to access your microphone:

  1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
  2. Click Security & Privacy.
  3. Choose the Privacy tab.
  4. Select Microphone.
  5. Check the box next to the app to allow it to access your microphone.
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Please note that if you allow the apps to use your microphone, any information they receive and collect is governed by their privacy policy. We recommend you to learn it to make sure that your personal data will be secure.

How to deny access to your microphone

If you want to block access to your microphone for some apps, you should follow similar steps:

  1. Go to the Apple menu.
  2. Click System Preferences.
  3. Choose Security & Privacy.
  4. Select Microphone.
  5. Deselect the checkbox to turn off access for that app.

You might be asked to quit the app to limit its access to your microphone. You can click “Quit Now” and the program won’t be able to use your mic anymore.

Note:

Some apps won’t work properly if you limit their access to your microphone. For example, if you’re using video chatting in Skype, you’ll have to give the app access to your camera and microphone.

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How to control all permissions easily

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You would be happy to learn about a cool way of managing all your apps permissions — with the help of an app CleanMyMac X. It has a great new feature, “Application Permissions,” that allows to check what data is used by different applications. In just a few clicks, you can see what programs have access to your camera, microphone, and other resources, and make changes.

Here’s how to try this amazing feature:

  1. Download and install CleanMyMac X first (free trial version is available).
  2. Launch the app.
  3. Choose the Privacy tab.
  4. Click Scan.
  5. Choose “Application Permissions.”
  6. Check the current permissions and make changes.

That’s it! All permissions are in one place, easy to view and manage.

Please note that you can control app permissions only on macOS Catalina.

Once you’ve checked your permissions, feel free to try other CleanMyMac’s features. It has a lot to offer: tools for speeding up the system, verifying your Mac for viruses and malware, finding space hoggers, and much more.

Tip:

Run a Smart Scan to clean, speed up, and check your Mac for malware in just a click.


We hope this article will be useful, and you’ll keep your private data safe and untouched.

Stay tuned!


Voice Memos uses the built-in microphone on your device to record. For a higher-quality stereo recording, use an external stereo microphone.

How to record a voice memo

  1. Open the Voice Memos app or ask Siri to open it.
  2. To record, tap or click . To stop, tap . On your iPad or Mac1, tap or click .
  3. When you tap , your memo is saved automatically with your current location as the title.2 On your iPad or Mac, click Done when you're finished recording.

All your memos are available on every device that's signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID. Just turn on Voice Memos in the iCloud settings of each device.

After you record a voice memo, you can edit it.

Edit a voice memo

After you record a voice memo, it's easy to replace a section, trim the recording, or delete part of it.

How to replace part of a voice memo

  1. Tap the memo that you want to edit. Tap , then tap Edit Recording. On your iPad or Mac, select the memo, then tap or click Edit.
  2. Swipe the waveform left or right until the blue playhead is positioned at the beginning of the part that you want to replace. On your Mac, position the blue playhead on the recording overview at the bottom of the app to select a starting place.
  3. Tap Replace to re-record over the existing memo.
  4. Tap when you finish recording.
  5. Tap Done to save.

How to trim from the beginning or end of a memo

  1. Tap the memo that you want to trim. Tap , then tap Edit Recording. On your iPad or Mac, select the memo, then click Edit.
  2. Tap . Yellow handles with arrows appear on each end of the memo in the lower recording graph.
  3. To trim from the beginning, drag the yellow arrow on the left to where you want the memo to begin. To trim from the end, drag the yellow arrow on the right to where you want the memo to end.
  4. Tap Trim.
  5. Tap Save. If you're finished editing the memo, tap Done.

How to delete part of a memo

  1. Tap the memo that you want to trim. Tap , then tap Edit Recording. On your iPad or Mac, select the memo, then click Edit.
  2. Tap . Yellow handles with arrows appear on each end of the memo in the lower recording graph.
  3. Drag the left and right yellow arrows so that they surround the part of the memo that you want to delete.
  4. Tap Delete.
  5. Tap Save. If you're finished editing the memo, tap Done.

Share a voice memo

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Want to share your voice memo with a friend or save it to a second location? Tap a memo in the list, tap , then tap Share. On your iPad or Mac, select a memo, then tap or click the share button .

Choose a way to share, such as Messages or a social media app. Or save your memo to another location with an option like iCloud Drive or Mail.

How to delete a voice memo

  1. Tap or click to select the memo that you want to delete.
  2. Tap . On your Mac, press the Delete key or choose Edit > Delete. The memo is moved to the Recently Deleted folder.

How To Add An App To Access Microphone Macbook

Voice memos stay in the Recently Deleted folder for 30 days and then are deleted permanently. You can recover a voice memo if it's still in the Recently Deleted folder:

  1. In Voice Memos, tap or click Recently Deleted.
  2. Tap or click the memo that you want to recover.
  3. Tap or click Recover, then tap or click Recover Recording.

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1. Voice Memos is a built-in app in macOS Mojave and later.

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2. You can turn location-based naming on or off in Settings > Voice Memos. On your Mac, choose Voice Memos > Preferences.