Deactivate Screen Capture Module Icon macOS Sequoia 15.2 - Is it possible?

I use a screen monitoring software (Covenant Eyes) that periodically records a few seconds of my screen to create a log of my activity. In upgrading to Sonoma, I've noticed that Apple has added a purple indicator in the menu bar that pops up any time a software is capturing the screen. It's a great feature for privacy, but rather distracting when you have a software that records for about 10 seconds every couple minutes. Is there any way to not have this little module icon pop when a software is capturing the screen if I don't want it to?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.2

Posted on Dec 28, 2024 9:37 AM

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Jan 1, 2025 12:52 AM in response to leroydouglas

I don't think it's possible to control this new purple indicator via 'System Settings', it may be via an MDM configuration profile although I doubt it.

In addition, in 15.2 there seems to be a more distracting feature where in addition to the purple indicator, a notification may appear with some additional information, e.g.



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Dec 28, 2024 10:53 AM in response to riosquad

riosquad wrote:

I use a screen monitoring software (Covenant Eyes) that periodically records a few seconds of my screen to create a log of my activity. In upgrading to Sonoma, I've noticed that Apple has added a purple indicator in the menu bar that pops up any time a software is capturing the screen. It's a great feature for privacy, but rather distracting when you have a software that records for about 10 seconds every couple minutes. Is there any way to not have this little module icon pop when a software is capturing the screen if I don't want it to?


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