Permissions explained — onestation Help

macOS asks before any app may use sensitive features. Here is what onestation asks for, why, and where to change each one.

At a glance#

Permission	Used for	Needed?
Accessibility	The double-tap `⌥` shortcut in every app	Recommended
Notifications	Banners when an agent needs you	Recommended
Microphone & Speech	Dictating to Talk and replies	For voice
Screen Recording	Attaching your screen to a Talk request	Optional
Files & Folders	Prompts your agents trigger, not onestation	Per agent
Local Network	Direct connections on your own network	Optional

You can review every one of them later in onestationSettings… (⌘,)Permissions, which shows the current state and opens the right System Settings pane.

Accessibility#

Lets the Talk shortcut (double-tap ⌥ by default) work while another app is in front. onestation does not read or control other apps’ windows with it.

System SettingsPrivacy & SecurityAccessibility, then turn on onestation.

If onestation is already on but the shortcut does nothing, select it, remove it with –, add it again with + from Applications, then quit and reopen onestation.

Notifications#

Banners for new questions, finished work and stuck agents. Sounds play either way.

System SettingsNotificationsonestation, then turn on Allow notifications. Choose Banners or Alerts. Which events notify you is set inside onestation, see Notifications & sounds.

Microphone & Speech Recognition#

Only needed when you dictate. macOS asks for both the first time you press the microphone. Recognition runs on your Mac; see Voice privacy.

System SettingsPrivacy & SecurityMicrophone
System SettingsPrivacy & SecuritySpeech Recognition

Shortcut: onestationSettings… (⌘,)Voice has buttons that open both panes.

Screen Recording#

Optional. Only used when you turn on screen context, so Talk can attach the part of your screen you select. Nothing is captured otherwise, and a cancelled capture sends nothing.

System SettingsPrivacy & SecurityScreen Recording. On macOS 15 and later the pane is called Screen & System Audio Recording. macOS may ask you to quit and reopen onestation afterwards.

Files & Folders prompts#

When an agent reads or writes in Documents, Desktop or Downloads, macOS asks first, for example “claude” would like to access files in your Documents folder. These prompts belong to your agent or terminal, not to onestation. Allow them when it is your agent at work.

Review or undo a choice in System SettingsPrivacy & SecurityFiles & Folders.

Local Network#

Only needed if you connect a phone or machines directly over your own network or tailnet. Phone pairing through the onestation relay works without it.

System SettingsPrivacy & SecurityLocal Network (macOS 15 and later), then turn on onestation.

Permissions reset after an update?#

macOS ties permissions to the app’s signature and location. If you moved or replaced the app, remove onestation from the affected list and add it again. See Troubleshooting.