Allow Screen Recording and Accessibility

What each one does

Screen Recording lets Elsewhere send a picture of your screen to your own devices. Without it, they say the Mac can't share its screen yet.

Accessibility lets you type and click on the Mac from your other devices. Without it, you can watch but not control. Locking the Mac when a session ends needs it too.

Neither one lets us see your screen. The picture is encrypted on your Mac, and only your other device can read it.

Turn them on

Elsewhere asks for both the first time you turn on sharing. If you skipped them, turn them on yourself:

1. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security.
2. Choose Screen & System Audio Recording, called Screen Recording on macOS 14, and turn on Elsewhere.
3. Go back, choose Accessibility, and turn on Elsewhere.
4. If macOS asks, quit and reopen Elsewhere.

Check where things stand

In Elsewhere, open Settings > Sharing. Screen Recording and Accessibility each say Allowed, or show an Allow button.

If the screen still doesn't show

macOS sometimes notices a new Screen Recording permission only after the app restarts. Quit Elsewhere and open it again. During setup, Elsewhere offers Reopen Elsewhere for this.

On macOS 15 and later, macOS asks about once a month whether Elsewhere may keep recording the screen. Allow it, so your devices can keep connecting.

Sound

System sound is a third permission, and it's optional. Without it, the Mac's sound still plays on your other device, a little later.

To turn it on later, open System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen & System Audio Recording. It's there on macOS 15 and later.