macOS 15+ might ask you from time to time whether you wish to allow Dropshare to record your screen and audio for capturing screen shots and screen recordings.
The dialog will look as follows:
The dialog will appear even though you might have granted screen capture permissions before, and unfortunately, there is nothing at this point to avoid it showing from time to time officially. For an unofficial solution, please scroll down.
If you wish to continue to use Dropshare for capturing your screen for screen shots and screen recordings, please click "Allow For One Month".
For screen shots, Dropshare uses the macOS utility screencapture internally. For screen recordings, Dropshare uses the macOS API ScreenCaptureKit.
Circumvent the monthly prompt
There is an undocumented and unofficial (but safe) way to circumvent the monthly macOS prompt. Open Terminal.app and enter the following commands after you have clicked "Allow For One Month" once in the screen recording permission prompt:
Retail version
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy ~/Library/Group\ Containers/group.com.apple.replayd/ScreenCaptureApprovals.plist -c "set '/Applications/Dropshare 5.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropshare 5' date '12/01/30')" && killall -9 replayd
Setapp version
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy ~/Library/Group\ Containers/group.com.apple.replayd/ScreenCaptureApprovals.plist -c "set '/Applications/Setapp/Dropshare.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropshare 5' date '12/01/30')" && killall -9 replayd
This will set the timestamp for the next prompt to appear to 1st of December, 2030.
If for any reason the command will fail with the message "Unrecognized Date Format", you can also manually open the file ScreenCaptureApprovals.plist and edit the date entry for Dropshare. Be sure to restart replayd afterwards.
For more information, see https://github.com/luckman212/screencapture-nag-remover
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