Why Evercut Needs macOS Permissions?

Evercut relies on a few macOS permissions to capture your screen and power features like microphone recording, camera overlays, and cursor effects. Each permission is only used for the feature it enables.

We ask for four permissions:

• Screen Recording

• Microphone

• Camera

• Accessibility

Each permission supports a specific part of the experience. Evercut does not use these permissions to monitor your device in the background or share your recordings with us.

Your recordings, screenshots, audio, camera footage, project files, and transcripts are processed and stored locally on your Mac.

Screen recording

What it enables: screen captures and screen recordings.

macOS calls this permission Screen Recording
It lets Evercut capture the display, window, or area that you choose.

Evercut needs this permission to take screenshots or record your full screen, a specific window, or a selected area.

Giving Evercut Screen Recording permission does not mean that your screen is continuously shared with Evercut, our team, or anyone else. Evercut captures your screen only when you choose to take a capture or start a recording. You decide what to record and when to stop.

Microphone

What it enables: voice audio in your recordings.

Enable this if you want to include narration while recording.

Evercut uses this permission only when you choose a microphone and begin a recording with audio enabled. You can record your screen without recording your voice. If microphone recording is turned off, Evercut won't access your microphone.

Camera

What it enables: a camera overlay in your recordings.

Camera permission lets you add video from your selected camera as an overlay in a screen recording. This is useful for walkthroughs, presentations, tutorials, and product demos where you want viewers to see both your screen and you.

Evercut accesses your camera only when you enable it for a recording. You can record your screen without a camera overlay at any time.

Accessibility

What it enables: accurate cursor and interaction capture during recording.

Accessibility permission lets Evercut record your cursor independently from the screen - this includes cursor movement, clicks, scrolling, and the cursor’s appearance in different contexts.

That information allows Evercut to accurately reproduce your cursor in the finished recording, including custom cursor effects and movement. It also helps Evercut create cleaner and cinematic recordings by separating the cursor from the captured screen, so it can be rendered consistently during editing and export.

Evercut does not use Accessibility permission to read your files, monitor keyboard input, access passwords, or control your Mac. The permission is used for cursor and interaction features while you use Evercut’s recording tools.

Management

You can review, change, or revoke these permissions at any time:

1. Open System Settings on your Mac.

2. Select Privacy & Security.

3. Choose Screen Recording, Microphone, Camera, or Accessibility.

4. Turn Evercut on or off.

If you revoke a permission, the Evercut feature that depends on it will stop working until you enable it again. macOS may also ask you to restart Evercut after changing Screen Recording permission.