Is there any way to give an application explicit access to camera or microphone?

Dear Apple Community,


I have a problem with an application that does not ask for camera and microphone permissions (as it should). None of the officially described methods of allowing app to have access to the devices does work for me. The application simply says "no device detected".


I've already tried to reset SMC, PRAM (NVRAM), create new user account, tccutil and all other things described in the net. Is there any low system level way (editing plist or something) to allow an app to have access to the mentioned devices?


Thank you in advance for any help.


P.S. I'm using Mojave 10.14.6 on MacBook Air.

MacBook Air

Posted on Aug 20, 2019 4:49 AM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Sep 4, 2019 5:11 AM

I am having the same problems (and the same lack of support from Pearson). I believe they have not updated the proctorapp software to deal with the new software security systems in 10.14. I installed a VM (through VMware Fusion) of macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and inside that VM, I am able to meet the requirements and run the Pearson testing software. It is a pain, but it works.

11 replies
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Sep 4, 2019 5:11 AM in response to rzakbrodalko

I am having the same problems (and the same lack of support from Pearson). I believe they have not updated the proctorapp software to deal with the new software security systems in 10.14. I installed a VM (through VMware Fusion) of macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and inside that VM, I am able to meet the requirements and run the Pearson testing software. It is a pain, but it works.

Sep 5, 2019 3:39 AM in response to aminiok

I got everything to run using this method.


1)  open terminal

2) command -> open -g /Applications/OnVUE.app/Contents/MacOS/proctorapp 

3) Running it this way got the macOS security system to pop-up the microphone and camera access requests.

Note: in the security preferences, these permissions show up as "Terminal" not "OnVue" or "proctorapp"

4) It immediately saw the camera, but was finicky about the mic. Even though when I made noise and the mic bar was clearly bouncing up and down, I had to refresh (upper right) and/or toggle the mic input selector a couple of times. It passed after a couple of tries and I was able to move forward with the set up.


The system went all the way to the end and gave me the sample test, so I think this process is a good workaround, until they fix their OnVue tool.


Sep 5, 2019 3:39 AM in response to aminiok

I got everything to run using this method.


1)  open terminal

2) command -> open -g /Applications/OnVUE.app/Contents/MacOS/proctorapp 

3) Running it this way got the macOS security system to pop-up the microphone and camera access requests.

Note: in the security preferences, these permissions show up as "Terminal" not "OnVue" or "proctorapp"

4) It immediately saw the camera, but was finicky about the mic. Even though when I made noise and the mic bar was clearly bouncing up and down, I had to refresh (upper right) and/or toggle the mic input selector a couple of times. It passed after a couple of tries and I was able to move forward with the set up.


The system went all the way to the end and gave me the sample test, so I think this process is a good workaround, until they fix their OnVue tool.


Sep 5, 2019 1:04 AM in response to N1ck84

Hi,


I finally managed to run this application!

Please follow the following link [1] (part: Run an application inside Terminal)

Using this method the OneVue is able to detect my WebCam, however it still needs my head-phone to detect the Mic.

I haven't tried to test it completely because my exam is in 2 weeks.

Please test this method and keep us posted about the result.


[1] https://www.wikihow.com/Open-Applications-Using-Terminal-on-Mac


Good luck!

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Is there any way to give an application explicit access to camera or microphone?

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.