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# Can't record on Mac? Check screen, camera, and mic permissions.

> If you cannot record on Mac, check your screen, camera, and mic permissions. Here is how to reconfigure them.

The Tella Mac app needs three macOS permissions before it can record: **Camera**, **Microphone**, and **Screen Recording**. Until all three are granted, the app shows a **First, permissions.** screen instead of the recorder.

## Grant the permissions

1. Open the Tella Mac app. On the **First, permissions.** screen, click **Camera**, then **Microphone**, then **Screen recording**.
2. Approve each macOS prompt. If you already denied one, the button opens the matching pane in **System Settings → Privacy & Security**. Switch Tella on there.
3. If Tella still can't see your screen after you granted Screen Recording, quit and reopen the app. macOS only applies that permission to a freshly launched app.

## After a macOS update

System updates can reset or invalidate these grants. If recording stops working after an update, go to **System Settings → Privacy & Security**, toggle Tella **off and on again** under **Screen Recording**, **Camera**, and **Microphone**, then quit and reopen Tella.

<Note>
  Recording in your browser uses separate permissions, granted to the browser rather than to Tella: see [grant permissions for camera, mic, and screen](/docs/help/recording/grant-permissions-for-camera-mic-screen-on-the-web-app-and-chrome-extension).
</Note>


## Related topics

- [Permissions for camera, mic & screen on the web app and Chrome extension](/docs/help/recording/grant-permissions-for-camera-mic-screen-on-the-web-app-and-chrome-extension.md)
- [Debug camera and microphone issues](/docs/help/support/debug-camera-and-microphone-issues.md)
- [Can't record on Windows? Check camera and mic permissions.](/docs/help/windows-app/cant-record-on-windows-check-camera-mic-permissions.md)
- [Record a video using the Mac app](/docs/help/recording/record-a-video-using-the-mac-app.md)
- [I can't edit the video I just recorded on the Tella Mac app](/docs/help/troubleshooting/cant-edit-video-recorded-with-mac-app.md)