If you're starting TeamViewer 14 or higher on your Mac running macOS 10.14 (Mojave) or higher for the first time, you will be prompted with the following dialog:
To use remote desktop on your Mac, simply download TeamViewer from teamviewer.com on both the Mac and the other device, regardless of its operating system. Then select the “Remote Control” tab and enter the Partner ID of the device you would like to connect to. What are the benefits of using remote desktop for Mac? Teamviewer Allow Remote Control. This video and article will teach you how to set up teamviewer to allow remote control even when there is no user logged on to the target machine. In order to make a start with teamviewer s remote control functions navigate to the remote control tab of the main interface.
Screen Recording | Accessibility | Full Disk Access |
TeamViewer requires Screen Recording access so remote users can see your screen in Remote Control Sessions and Meetings | TeamViewer requires Accessibility access so your mouse and keyboard can be controlled remotely. | TeamViewer requires Full Disk Access to access files and folders on your Mac for File Transfer (sending and receiving files in general). |
You can also open this dialog by clicking on Help --> Check system access.
By default, all permissions are set to Denied. Please give permission to the system capabilities manually to use TeamViewer as desired. If you or others need to access the Mac remotely, Screen Recording and Accessibility are required at a minimum.
Note: If you are managing Macs in your organizations through an MDM system, you can use Privacy Preferences Policy Control (PPPC) payloads to configure Accessibility and Full Disk Access permissions. Your users will still need to grant Screen Recording access themselves, this permission does not require admin credentials.
To allow the access, click the buttons shown in the dialog. Eg. click to allow Accessibility, click on Request Access... - then confirm by clicking on Open System Preferences
which will bring you to the Accessibilitysection of the Privacy panel, inside the Security & Privacy preferences:
For the Accessibility access, you will need to click the padlock icon in the lower-left corner to make changes. You might be prompted to enter the credentials of an administrator account to continue.
Put a check next to TeamViewer to grant it access:
Note: If you are seeing the entry TeamViewer_Desktop in your list, make sure to check this box as well.
Repeat the same for Full Disk Access and Screen Recording. Those are required to control your Mac.
Click again on the padlock in the lower-left corner to prevent further changes.
Once you have done it for every category, you can close the Security & Privacy window. The next time you want to receive an incoming connection with TeamViewer, the person connecting to your Mac will be able to see and control your device.
The permission status can be reviewed under Help -> Check system access at any time.
How to grant access when you aren’t presented with the dialog
If you're using an older version of TeamViewer, and you're not presented with the Review System Access dialog asking you to grant access to TeamViewer – or if you had previously clicked the Deny button on that dialog – it’s still possible to grant access to TeamViewer.
Teamviewer For Mac
Additionally, in some cases, you can grant access to TeamViewer immediately after installing TeamViewer onto your Mac, before the first TeamViewer connection is made to your computer. Note that this is not possible with TeamViewer Host.
Here’s how:
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- Go to System Preferences, then Security & Privacy, then Privacy, then Screen Recording, Full Disk Access, and Accessibility.
- Only for Accessibility: Click the lock icon to make changes.
- If TeamViewer is already shown in the panel, then put a check next to it to enable it.
- If not, click the small button with the plus symbol underneath the panel. This opens a Finder window:
- Navigate to your Applications folder, select TeamViewer, and click Open.
- Now you should have TeamViewer listed in the panel and enabled.