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"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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Posted on Dec 16, 2024 6:43 PM

This is the ONLY thing that has worked for me! Been watching this thread for over a month. Thanks!

This: DISABLE this feature flag: chrome://flags/#use-network-framework-for-local-discovery.

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Oct 21, 2024 2:32 PM in response to anaverageappleuser

Canary works for me, too. but Chrome Canary is newer than the stable version. And that is good news, and appears to be a problem with Chrome, not Apple. I am hoping that stable gets updated soon. Here is the difference between versions today:


Google Chrome stable

Updating Chrome

Version 129.0.6668.103 (Official Build) (arm64)


Canary

Chrome is up to date

Version 132.0.6790.0 (Official Build) canary (arm64)


Oct 30, 2024 8:49 AM in response to StephenKlNG

yup, that's exactly the result i get too no matter what i try. even deep cleaned all of chrome via terminal, full new install from scratch, result still the same (and a gazillion chromes in local network toggled for access). extremely frustrating.


canary still works great, updated to newest version and still works. however, also canary now has several items in local network.


ugh, so dumb.

Oct 30, 2024 1:15 PM in response to StephenKlNG

Yeah, those are the same symptoms I have. Lately for some unexplained reason Chrome asked for access to network and I granted permission. After that, casting worked. That was still with Sequoia 15.01. Since then I have updated to Sequoia 15.1 and the problem is back. That is the same symptom I had when I logged in as admin. After I granted permission to Chrome, casting worked until I rebooted. Canary still works. Puzzling.

Dec 9, 2024 2:51 AM in response to Mike in Oregon

I had this problem on my M2 Macbook Pro after Sequoia Update... I tried all of the suggestions here including deleting and reinstalling Chrome, adding permissions in Local Network and Screen & System Audio Recording. Nothing worked. I even tried clicking my ruby slippers together three times. No joy.


Here's what finally worked:


Leaving the previously mentioned permissions enabled, I logged out of my user account on the MacBook Pro. I then logged into a separate "Admin" account I had previously set up, enabled the same permissions on that account, and voila, Chromecast worked on that other account.


I logged out of that account and logged back into my main user account. Chromecast worked on that one, too!


If you have other user accounts set up on your Mac, try enabling Chromecast permissions on those accounts, too.


Hope this helps someone out there.


P.S. - I don't own any ruby slippers.



Nov 19, 2024 3:38 AM in response to Mike in Oregon

I got very frustrated with this and contacted Apple twice who tried very hard but ultimately failed to solve it. I have just followed the AI advice from Google which says this:-

You can also cast from Chrome to your TV by:

  1. Opening Chrome
  2. Selecting More Cast, save, and share. Cast in the top right


It is reffering to the three dots up in the top right of the page...... Click on "Cast, save and share" and then choose "cast". For me, today, this works!!!

Oct 14, 2024 9:37 PM in response to dialabrain

The closest thread I could find was this one, a rather recent one: https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/301979781/can-no-longer-find-my-google-nest-speaker-in-the-cast-tab-option-on-chrome


My search-fu isn't really helping in the Chromecast Help community, either. Apparently I should be able to cast without changing security settings at all.

Oct 16, 2024 1:53 PM in response to Mike in Oregon

MacBook Air M2, 2022, 8GB


Was having the same issue but found a fix that worked for me.


I randomly started having the issue but only a few weeks after upgrading to Sequoia (so not sure if that is the problem). My wife has the same computer and hasn't updated and doesn't have this problem.


Anyway, I tried to use Time Machine to go back to an earlier save point (pre-Sequoia) and needed to use Migration Assistant. I must have done something wrong as Sequoia was still the OS after the reboot BUT, it's fixed the issue in Chrome and I no longer get the error message ""To cast, give Chrome access in system settings." Chromecast is working again for me.

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

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