Permissions
What each macOS permission enables for Overshow, how to grant or revoke access in System Settings, and optional calendar access.
Last updated: 2 April 2026
Why permissions matter
Overshow runs locally, but macOS still gates screen, audio, accessibility, and calendar data. Each permission below is framed around your benefit: clearer recall, better context, and answers grounded in what was actually captured.
Screen Recording
This helps give you better answers by allowing Overshow to record screen frames so on-device OCR can extract text from windows, documents, and UI copy. Search and Ask then retrieve that text from your own captures.
Grant or adjust
Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen Recording. Enable Overshow in the list. You may need to quit and reopen Overshow for the change to apply fully.
Revoke
Turn Overshow off in the same list. Screen-based capture and OCR stop until you enable it again.
Accessibility
This helps give you better answers by letting Overshow read accessibility information (such as element roles and labels) where the system allows it. That enriches how content is understood and found beyond raw pixels alone.
Grant or adjust
Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. Add or enable Overshow. macOS may prompt you to confirm in a separate dialog.
Revoke
Remove Overshow from the Accessibility list or disable its toggle. Features that depend on UI context may be reduced until access is restored.
Microphone
This helps give you better answers by capturing audio for on-device speech-to-text. Transcripts become searchable and can be retrieved alongside screen-derived text.
Grant or adjust
Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone. Enable Overshow.
Revoke
Disable Overshow for Microphone. Audio capture and transcription stop for the app until you allow it again.
Calendar (optional)
This helps give you better answers by connecting meeting times and titles to your capture timeline when you use features such as pre-meeting briefs or meeting-aware context. It is optional; Overshow still works for screen and audio without it.
Grant or adjust
Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Calendars (or the calendar access section your macOS version shows). Enable Overshow if you want those features.
Revoke
Disable calendar access for Overshow. Time-aligned meeting context features will no longer use calendar data.
If something still does not work
Quit Overshow completely, confirm the toggles above, then launch again. Some macOS versions require a full quit. not only closing the window. before new permissions take effect.