Mac OS X sometimes forgets that Chrome as permissions to share screen

[Fred Dixon]

Hi everyone,

A quick note for users of Mac OS X and Google Chrome.

Recently, we received some reports that when Google Chrome is updating but not yet restarted, Mac OS X may not recognize the Chrome process has permission to share screen (which Mac OS X calls "record screen") and prompt the user again to grant permissions.

If your teachers see this message, or error 1136 permissions denied, they can restore permissions by exiting Chrome (allowing the upgrade to finish), and re-granting Chrome's permissions in the System Preferences panel.

See

  https://support.bigbluebutton.org/hc/en-us/articles/1500005215781-Mac-OS-Catalina-Update-BigBlueButton-Media-Permissions

Google is tracking this issue as it affects all web-based applications (such as Google Meets) that share screens within the browser using WebRTC

    https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1307502

There is active work on the above issue and, given its scope, we expect they will expedite a solution.

Regards,... Fred

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[Fred Dixon]

Hi everyone,

The issue has been marked as closed by Google

  https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1307502

If you are running Chrome #99.0.4844.84 (or later) on Mac OS X, you should not have to regrant Chrome's permissions in the System Preferences panel

Regards,... Fred