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Install ShotGlass and grant permissions

Install the app

Downloading ShotGlass takes a few seconds.
  1. 1
    Download ShotGlass →
  2. 2

    Open the DMG and drag ShotGlass onto the Applications folder

    The ShotGlass disk image window: the ShotGlass app icon on the left, an arrow folder shortcut to Applications on the right
    Drag left onto right, then eject the disk image.
  3. 3

    Open ShotGlass from Applications, not from the DMG

    Permissions will not stick otherwise.

Give ShotGlass the three macOS permissions

  1. 1

    Click Allow Screen Recording, switch ShotGlass on, then click Relaunch ShotGlass

    The Screen & System Audio Recording list in System Settings with the ShotGlass.app switch turned on
    ShotGlass.app switched on under Screen & System Audio Recording.
  2. 2

    Click Allow Microphone and approve the popup

    The Microphone permission list in System Settings with ShotGlass.app switched on
  3. 3

    Click Allow Camera and approve the popup

    The Camera permission list in System Settings with ShotGlass.app switched on
  4. 4

    Start using ShotGlass

    Capture something →
    The floating ShotGlass widget: a camera button above a video camera button, with a gear and folder below
    The floating widget appears: this is what you record from.

If ShotGlass is missing from the permission list

  1. 1

    Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Screen & System Audio Recording

  2. 2

    Click +, choose Applications › ShotGlass, then click Open

    Approve the macOS password prompt if asked.

    Click + → ShotGlass.app → Open.
  3. 3

    Quit ShotGlass completely and reopen it

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