![]() ![]() Open System Preferences -> Accessibility and you can find accommodations like contrast adjustment, inverted colors, interface zoom, and transparency reduction. While macOS lacks the variety of Accessibility settings of iOS, it does feature some of them. ![]() MacOS offers far broader permissions through Accessibility. You can also adjust audio settings to favor one ear over the another if your hearing is unbalanced. You can limit animation to reduce motion blur or invert the screen for higher contrast. In both cases, they permit sweeping changes to the operating system’s functionality. It also permits system-controlling accessibility apps to override typical system protections and run their functionality.Īccessibility settings are available on both iOS and macOS. While the original goal of the accessibility functionality was to provide accommodations for people with oral, visual, and aural disabilities that could be aided through specific software adjustments. Clearly, that’s not the definition that Apple is employing. The word “accessibility” obviously has its own definition. So why are apps like TextExpander, Alfred, and Dropbox asking for Accessibility permissions? What Does “Accessibility” Mean? The name of the permission seems to imply that the permission should be used for accessibility functions. If we could track the most frequently requested permission, it would have to be Accessibility access. Since Apple expanded macOS Mojave’s Security and Privacy permissions, requests have only increased. Mac apps often request some kind of “permissions” during their installation. ![]()
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