Apple released macOS 10.15 Catalina on October 7, 2019. This new release has stricter security requirements that require explicit permission to allow applications to have control.
For Mac Streamer v3.3.2.0, these are the additional accessibility settings that are required to be set to allow the Splashtop software to provide remote access:
Four options under System Preferences / Security & Privacy / Privacy need to be checked for a remote session to work normally. Note that these security settings cannot be configured remotely - you must change these settings once locally before being able to establish a remote session.
- Accessibility (affects control) – The option is available on macOS 10.14 Mojave and needs to be checked to enable remote control. This is the same with 10.15. For OS upgrade cases, if you already have the option checked on 10.14 , you don’t need to configure it again on 10.15. For new streamer installs on 10.15, this setting needs to be checked so remote control is enabled.
- Full Disk Access (affects file transfer) – The option is available on macOS 10.14 Mojave but does not need to be checked. Now, it needs to be checked to use File Transfer on 10.15. If not checked, files/folders of the remote Mac will not be shown in the file transfer window.
- Screen Recording (affects remote connection) – The option is not available on macOS 10.14 Mojave. Now, it needs to be checked to establish a remote session on 10.15. If not, you will not be able to establish a remote session and there will be a popup on the streamer computer (you CANNOT configure this remotely):
- Microphone (affects sound stream) – The option is available on macOS 10.14 Mojave and needs to be checked to stream sound over remote connection. This is the same on 10.15. However, Soundflower does not work on 10.15 - you can’t stream sound even when checking Microphone.
Note: Remote connections cannot work at the Mac login screen with Mac Streamer v3.3.2.0 and macOS 10.15 - fixed in Streamer v3.3.4.0.
For Mac On-Prem App (workaround using v3.3.2.0)
System Preferences / Security & Privacy / Privacy
- Files and Folders (not Full Disk Access) (affects file transfer) – The option is not available on macOS 10.14 Mojave. On 10.15, it needs to be checked in order to use File Transfer. If not, there will be a popup asking you to configure system preference upon accessing every folder/file on the local computer.