I rarely use the lock screen on my Mac, so when I saw the icon on the left I was a bit scared:
Does anybody know what this icon means? Is it a normal thing? Is it caused by Apple software, or some possibly malicious third-party software?
MacBook Air, macOS Mojave (10.14)
I noticed that this only happens on my external display, not on my built in display, even if my external display isn't connected
I can’t click on the icon, nothing happens
can you take a screenshot of the setting
ireal123: Do you have an external display that is connected to your computer via a Targus USB docking station? I am starting to think that that might be the problem
Nope. No external device connected, and my Sharing settings are all turned off.
I have the same issue, showing up on lock screen but sharing settings all disabled and no external devices connected.
Chris, did you ever get a resolution of this? I have the same issue.
Is that an app that I need to download or something already built in to the mac?
Why do these binoculars show up on screen? Is it actively recording or just a gliche it only shows when connected to external dock and disappears as soon as you log in.
No... Though I talked with support for a few days on the Apple Watch issue. I was talking to a support rep and he was forwarding our discussion and diagnostics to an engineer. They even called back a few times to check some settings and offered some suggestions.
They were very thorough, but ultimately they didn't have an answer for either issue. He said that engineering was aware of the Apple Watch issue as others had also reported it, but didn't have any information about when a fix was going to be released.
When I showed my tech what the binoculars looked like, he said he wasn't familiar with it. I mentioned that others suggested it had something to do with Remote Desktop and he agreed it seemed similar, but it wasn't an icon he recognised. Plus, we had just gone through to double check that all Remote Desktop and Remote Management was turned off.
Sorry... no news. but I thought I'd go ahead and update everyone following this.
I've got exactly the same problem!
I am having the same issue. All sharing is off. I first noticed the issue when my Apple Watch no longer unlocked my MacBook Pro. Mojave 10.14.1
This helped: Go to finder/downloads search for displaylink. I found a displaylink unistaller. Run it, restart and done ✅- thanks
Hi,
I had the same problem, it was due to screen sharing on a video conference app- Highfive.You can just force shut that app and you are good.
Binoculars on Mac lock screen?
