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Details on Audio Hijack’s audio capture on MacOS 14 and higher

On MacOS 14.4 and higher, Audio Hijack uses a new audio capture backend. Getting started with Audio Hijack is now much simpler, with no need to adjust your Mac’s security settings, install anything, nor even enter your administrator password. You’ll be up and running in seconds.

Below, you’ll find additional notes about audio capture with Audio Hijack.

The required System Audio Access permission

When you first run Audio Hijack, you’ll be prompted to provide System Audio Access. This permission must be enabled to use Audio Hijack. The Permissions window will guide you through the process.

Once this permission is enabled, you’ll be able to use Audio Hijack to capture audio from other apps running on your Mac. The audio can then be recorded, broadcast over the internet, transcribed to text, and more.

The image above shows the optional Microphone Access permission as well. Enabling this is also recommended, so that you can use Audio Hijack to capture audio from any input device you connect to your Mac.

MacOS’s system audio capture indicator

When using Audio Hijack, you may notice a small purple dot in the menu bar, next to the menu bar icon for Control Center. This purple dot is displayed by MacOS to indicate that an application is capturing the system’s audio via software. Audio Hijack must capture audio so that it can record or adjust it as you specify.

Clicking on the Control Center icon will reveal the full Mac Control Center. At the top of that window, you’ll see the application(s) currently accessing system audio.

Apple provides additional details in the “Use Control Center on Mac” page of their MacOS User Guide.

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