How to Fix the Persistent “Zoom is Accessing Your Screen” Notification on macOS 15
After updating to macOS 15.2, many users—including myself—have been plagued by an extremely persistent notification when using Zoom:
“Zoom.us has accessed your screen and system audio XX times in the past 30 days. You can manage this in settings.”

This notification appears every single minute while screen sharing, even though Zoom works perfectly fine and has all necessary permissions in System Settings. This issue wasn’t present in macOS 15.1.1 or earlier, confirming it’s a result of Apple’s latest privacy changes.
Why This is Happening
With macOS 15 (Sequoia), Apple introduced a new security feature designed to enhance privacy. However, instead of improving security, it has frustrated users—especially power users who expect full control over their systems.
The update triggers excessive pop-ups whenever an application captures the screen, even if it already has permission. These alerts have become a major distraction, interrupting workflows and making simple tasks unnecessarily frustrating.
Apple attempted to address the issue in macOS 15.1 by allowing system-wide suppression of these alerts. However, this solution requires an MDM (Mobile Device Management) profile deployed through software like Jamf, Addigy, or Mosyle. Apple prohibits users from manually installing these profiles for certain Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) settings—including ScreenCapture—which means individual users are left without an official way to disable these pop-ups.
Adding to the frustration, macOS 15.1 introduced a change to replayd, the process responsible for handling screen recording permissions. Previously, once an app was granted ScreenCapture access, macOS would remember it indefinitely. Now, each time an app requests screen capture access, the timestamp in the associated plist file is overwritten with the current date and time.
The Problem This Creates
If you use an app once and then don’t use it again for more than 30 days, macOS acts as if it never had permission and begins nagging you all over again. Even if you previously dismissed the alert, it will reappear, forcing you to deal with repetitive and unnecessary approval requests.
For users without an MDM-managed device, there is no official way to stop these pop-ups—but luckily, there is a workaround.
How to Stop the Screen Capture Notifications on macOS 15.2
A community-developed script can automatically suppress these nagging alerts. Follow the steps below to install and run it:
Step 1: Download and Prepare the Script
- Download the latest release of the ScreenCapture Nag Remover script from GitHub:
Download Here - Open Terminal and navigate to the Downloads folder:
cd ~/Downloads
- Remove the quarantine flag (macOS may block the script initially):
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine screencapture-nag-remover.sh
- Make the script executable:
chmod a+x screencapture-nag-remover.sh
- Move the script to a directory in your
$PATH
so it can be easily accessed:
mv screencapture-nag-remover.sh /usr/local/bin/
If you’re unsure where to place it, /usr/local/bin
is a good choice.
Step 2: Run the Script
Once installed, open Terminal and run the script:
screencapture-nag-remover.sh
Step 3: Grant Full Disk Access
- Full Disk Access (FDA) is required for the script to modify the protected system file that controls these alerts.
- The program will check whether FDA has been granted. If it hasn’t, the relevant System Settings panel will automatically open.
- You’ll need to manually add Terminal (or your shell application) to the Full Disk Access list before continuing.
How It Works
- By default, running the script without arguments will scan for any applications that have requested ScreenCapture permissions.
- It then modifies the timestamp in the system’s plist file, setting the nag date to 100 years in the future.
- This effectively prevents the nag from ever appearing again for those apps.
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