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I have this microphone Icon on my mac. I don't know how to get rid of it or which app is using it to record all I'm saying.


Please help.

MacBook Pro 15", OS X 10.11

Posted on Feb 11, 2020 7:44 AM

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Feb 11, 2020 8:14 AM in response to AyowoleT

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/control-access-to-your-microphone-on-mac-mchla1b1e1fe/mac



How about

>System Preferences>Sound


>System Preferences>Accessibility


>System Preferences>User & Groups>login Items


>System Preferences>Security & Privacy>Privacy>Microphone


Third party? SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

To get a good look at your System config. for conflicts or issues, you can run this trusted utility http://etrecheck.com



Feb 21, 2020 7:18 AM in response to AyowoleT

AyowoleT wrote:

Hi Leroy,

My brother eventually helped figure out where the icon came from. It was from google meet / hangout. I had a call some time ago. Once I force quit the browser (Safari) it simply went away.

Thank you for all your help. It wasn't a bug after all. :-)


Good computing AyowoleT. Glad to hear you solved the problem.

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