Screen Recording permission (live previews)

Enable Screen Recording to preview windows on hover (live previews).

Why live previews need Screen Recording

macOS requires Screen Recording permission to capture pixels for live window previews (thumbnails).

Without it, Sulguni can still list windows - but the thumbnails may be blank or disabled.

Sulguni processes previews locally on your Mac as part of the feature.

Enable Screen Recording

  1. Open System Settings
  2. Go to Privacy & Security
  3. Open Screen Recording
  4. Enable Sulguni / Taskbar

After enabling it, quit and relaunch the app.

What Screen Recording does (in this context)

This permission is “big” on macOS because it allows an app to capture screen contents.

Sulguni uses it narrowly:

  • only for the preview thumbnails feature
  • only when previews are needed (for example, when you hover and the preview panel opens)

If you don’t use live previews

You can keep Screen Recording disabled.

Troubleshooting

Next steps