Catalina: desktop background is in the foreground for some software

Hi


Since Catalina, my screenshot software (SnapNDrag) always sees the desktop background as the foreground, no matter what I want to make a screenshot of.


The same happens when I want to use the colour picker in my photo software (Affinity Photo): it only sees the desktop background photo.


How can I fix this?

Thank you


PS – Yes, I have tried turning it off and on again.



MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Oct 10, 2019 1:16 PM

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Posted on Oct 13, 2019 10:11 PM

The same happened to me.


I resolved it by allowing SnapNDragPro.app to "register screen contents even when using other apps" in "System preferences --> Security and privacy --> Privacy -->Screen recording"


The same action is needed for example for other applications like AnyDesk ...


Bye

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