How to give Hubstaff screen capture permissions on OSX

Apple has required screen capture permissions on OSX versions 10.15 and above. To ensure that Hubstaff can capture screenshots of your screen, you will need to grant our app access. Please follow the steps below to do that:


Give Hubstaff screen capture permissions

Step 1

On your Mac, select System Preferences from the dock.

osx system preferences icon

Step 2

Click the icon labeled Privacy & Security.

Privacy & Security

Step 3

Next to the Privacy and Security tab, navigate to Screen and System Audio Recording option.

Screenshot Permission With Callouts

Step 4

Toggle the button to the left of Hubstaff.

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Troubleshoot issues with screenshots

There is a common issue that all applications using screen recording on Catalina (and higher versions) can face. If you have followed the above instructions and screenshots are still not getting captured, please follow the steps below:

Step 1

Quit Hubstaff.

Quit Hubstaff Step 1

Step 2

Uncheck Hubstaff from the allowed applications in Privacy & SecurityScreen & System Audio Recording.

Screen System Audio Recording steps

Step 3

Quit the Screen & System Audio Recording page.

Screen & Security Quit Step

Step 4

Open Hubstaff again.


In case the steps don’t work, then you will need to:

1. First, open Spotlight by clicking the magnifying glass icon or pressing CMD + SPACE.
2. Next, type “Terminal” and double-click the Terminal application when you see it listed in Spotlight.
3. After that, In the terminal window type “tccutil reset All” and press enter.
4. Finally, open Hubstaff.

 

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