MacOS – Catalina – Apps that have requested access to your microphone will appear here

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I try to grant access for google chrome or safari to my microphone and both redirect me to security & privacy section.

There are no plus or minus signs and no apparent way to allow these apps to use my microphone.

I also tried with skype but same story all over again unfortunately.

It seems to me that it is like a deadlock because no system call is activated apparently to enable the plus minus signs. Any ideas?

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EDIT:

None of the solutions proposed here worked. I ended up reinstalling MacOS by using Option-Command-R at startup to upgrade to the latest macOS that is compatible with my Mac.

Now everything works. It should have been a problem of the OS installed on my computer.

Best Answer

This solution will likely help you to get what you are looking for it.

  1. Go to your user name under /Macintosh HD/ Users/XXXX

  2. Right-click on your username and click on Get Info

  3. Under the section “Sharing & Permissions”, unlock the lock from the lower right and enter the password.

  4. Apply to enclosed items -> Click OK for the pop-up windows (Applying Permissions)

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  1. Reboot your device and try again. It should pop up after that.
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