Fact · Dictation on Mac
Claude Code's docs say that after you reset a terminal's microphone permission, you must quit the terminal with Cmd+Q, because macOS does not prompt a process that is already running.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“macOS won't re-prompt a process that is already running. Quit the terminal app with Cmd+Q, not just close its windows, then open it again.”
Voice dictation (Claude Code documentation), Anthropic, Anthropic, 2026, Terminal not listed in macOS Microphone settings, step 2.
Open the original- What it measures
- This is the second step after the permission reset. Closing the windows is not enough, because the terminal process keeps running.
- What it does not show
- The docs describe this for Claude Code's microphone prompt. They do not say whether the same is true for Apple Dictation.