"To cast, give Chrome access in system settings." -- which system settings?

I recently upgraded my MacBook Air's MacOS and Chrome browser, and now I can't cast to my Chromecast device. When I try, I get the following message: "To cast, give Chrome access in system settings" - along with a helpful link to the Security and Privacy settings. For the life of me, I can't figure out which settings need to be set to allow casting. Search engine searches turn up one page, which helpfully describes this as "not an issue" with Chrome.

Details:

MacBook Air M1, 2020, 16GB RAM, OS Sequoia 15.0.1

Chrome is Version 129.0.6668.101 (Official Build) (arm64)

Chromecast adapter is third gen, firmware 1.56.291998

I have a work-around with my phone, but this is driving me nuts.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Oct 14, 2024 9:16 PM

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Cccolas

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Posted on Nov 12, 2024 5:52 PM

I had the same issue. This was extremely annoying as I spent multiple days reading up forums etc on how to fix the problem. Nothing worked. I went through all the comments here as well and tried things that worked for others to no avail. I've got a Macbook Pro M1, and everything is up to date including chrome.

FINALLY figured out what instantly worked for me.

System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Screen & System Audio Recording

and then toggle "On" google chrome for both the 'Screen & System Audio Recording' AND the 'System Audio Recording Only".
I originally had to manually add google chrome using the "+" icon and then switch them on. It also only worked once I added it to both the "Screen & System..." & "System Audio..." sections. When only the former was added it still did not work.

Hope this helps some of you out as I found nothing about this online when trying to resolve my issue.

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PROX2

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14 points

Jan 6, 2025 4:10 AM in response to EugV

You helped me! Thanks :) this worked

(15.2 sequoia)

Jan 7, 2025 9:43 AM in response to Mike in Oregon

Wow! This is the best one yet. Thank you, it worked for me

Rower32

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Jan 12, 2025 1:01 PM in response to aprimrose1

OMG you are the best. It worked!!!!

emagain

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8 points

Jan 18, 2025 1:22 AM in response to Jota3

Yesss, this worked for me! Thank you :) I only had to give it local network permission, didn't need the screen and system audio recording.

n1a3x

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8 points

Jan 21, 2025 10:01 PM in response to Jota3

yes ! this worked for me, thank you !!

Feb 2, 2025 12:10 AM in response to Mike in Oregon

Fixed via update. I tired everything on this post. Seems like a bug.

Feb 2, 2025 12:41 PM in response to _MD75_

I updated to 15.3 and now have no sound when casting. So annoying....

Feb 2, 2025 10:24 PM in response to StephenKlNG

same here and I don't know how to do this: chrome://flags/#use-network-framework-for-local-discovery.

Feb 6, 2025 5:05 PM in response to Mike in Oregon

Thank you! That worked!

LesageUK

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8 points

Nov 15, 2024 1:43 PM in response to Mike in Oregon

Re above: 'I managed to fix it by switching OFF "Screen and System Audio Recording???? Hope this helps someone.In my case' ...and I did the opposite: this setting wasn't on, in my setup, so I switched it ON and it's now casting. Chrome and Google are capricious and are of diminishing appeal, to put it mildly. I suspect AI crassness.

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