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Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac

Apple Support, Mac User Guide, 2026

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Read on October 16, 2026

What it is: Apple's Mac User Guide page on the Accessibility permission. It explains the alert a third-party app triggers when it tries to access and control the Mac through accessibility features, and where to review or change that permission in Privacy & Security settings.
How much weight it carries: Official vendor documentation maintained by Apple and dated to the current macOS User Guide. It describes the permission and its settings path, but not what any particular app does with the access, and the menu names change between macOS releases.

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Apple says that when a third-party app tries to access and control a Mac through accessibility features, the user must specifically grant that app access in Privacy & Security settings.
“When a third-party app tries to access and control your Mac through accessibility features, you receive an alert, and you must specifically grant the app access to your Mac in Privacy & Security settings.” (Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac)
Apple says that when you give an app access to your Mac, you also give it access to your contacts, calendar and other information, and that the app is then subject to its own terms and privacy policy rather than Apple's.
“If you give apps access to your Mac, you also give them access to your contacts, calendar, and other information” (Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac)
When a third-party app tries to access and control a Mac through accessibility features, the user receives an alert and must specifically grant the app access in Privacy & Security settings.
“you must specifically grant the app access to your Mac in Privacy & Security settings” (Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac)
Apple advises users to be cautious and grant access to a Mac only to apps they know and trust.
“Be cautious and grant access only to apps that you know and trust.” (Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac)
To review app permissions on a Mac, you choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Privacy & Security in the sidebar, then click Accessibility, and turn permission on or off for any app in the list.
“choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Privacy & Security in the sidebar, then click Accessibility.” (Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac, final paragraph)

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Official documentation

Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac

Apple Support, Mac User Guide, 2026

Read the original

Read on October 16, 2026

What it is: Apple's Mac User Guide page on the Accessibility permission. It explains the alert a third-party app triggers when it tries to access and control the Mac through accessibility features, and where to review or change that permission in Privacy & Security settings.
How much weight it carries: Official vendor documentation maintained by Apple and dated to the current macOS User Guide. It describes the permission and its settings path, but not what any particular app does with the access, and the menu names change between macOS releases.

Facts taken from this source

Apple says that when a third-party app tries to access and control a Mac through accessibility features, the user must specifically grant that app access in Privacy & Security settings.
“When a third-party app tries to access and control your Mac through accessibility features, you receive an alert, and you must specifically grant the app access to your Mac in Privacy & Security settings.” (Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac)
Apple says that when you give an app access to your Mac, you also give it access to your contacts, calendar and other information, and that the app is then subject to its own terms and privacy policy rather than Apple's.
“If you give apps access to your Mac, you also give them access to your contacts, calendar, and other information” (Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac)
When a third-party app tries to access and control a Mac through accessibility features, the user receives an alert and must specifically grant the app access in Privacy & Security settings.
“you must specifically grant the app access to your Mac in Privacy & Security settings” (Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac)
Apple advises users to be cautious and grant access to a Mac only to apps they know and trust.
“Be cautious and grant access only to apps that you know and trust.” (Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac)
To review app permissions on a Mac, you choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Privacy & Security in the sidebar, then click Accessibility, and turn permission on or off for any app in the list.
“choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Privacy & Security in the sidebar, then click Accessibility.” (Allow accessibility apps to access your Mac, final paragraph)