MS Teams for mac unable to share desktop or other screens - app and online versions

Anonymous
2020-02-13T17:45:06+00:00

In MS Teams , I cannot share my Desktop / Application Windows. Teams alerts me that it needs Screen Recording permissions, although I have actually granted these before, and the regarding boxes in System Preferences are already ticked. 

I have the newest version of Catalina and Teams. Nevertheless I don´t know exactly which applications are blocking the Teams screen sharing and why., I have followed all suggestions such as using the online version, same issue occurs, removing VPNs and rebooting and updating apps and the mac itself......I use Teams constantly for work and this is causing me a major hassle!

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-09-25T15:04:31+00:00

    We are having the same issue with teachers and students- Microsoft needs to fix this MAC issue ASAP!!  This is unacceptable to launch a program that is not compatible with MAC's regardless of being competitors!  Google, doesn't do this? Google docs, google drive, zoom- all work seamlessly on any platform- Microsoft and Apple need to bury the hatchet and provide universal access to MACs/iOS and Windows- and vise versa.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-09-22T19:57:28+00:00

    I had the same problem as you all, but I managed to solve it in a rather simply way.

    If I go to System Preferences and keep it open, I can share my screen. Once I close it, the screen sharing stops working :S

    Weird, but I hope it helps anyone.

    Thank you

    in this way you can share also an application window (e.g. excel file or word file)?

    This workaround definitely works so thank you. Too late for my wife’s presentation in which she couldnt share ber screen. Microsoft this isnt good enough. This is ongoing since at least February and users are having ronfind their own solutions. Sort it please.

    can you write down all the steps made because I did not understand?

    if you can also put screenshots would be better

    in this way you can share for example only the excel application and not the whole screen?

    thanks in advance

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-22T18:17:05+00:00

    I had the same problem as you all, but I managed to solve it in a rather simply way.

    If I go to System Preferences and keep it open, I can share my screen. Once I close it, the screen sharing stops working :S

    Weird, but I hope it helps anyone.

    Thank you

    in this way you can share also an application window (e.g. excel file or word file)?

    This workaround definitely works so thank you. Too late for my wife’s presentation in which she couldnt share ber screen. Microsoft this isnt good enough. This is ongoing since at least February and users are having ronfind their own solutions. Sort it please.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-22T06:41:02+00:00

    I had the same problem as you all, but I managed to solve it in a rather simply way.

    If I go to System Preferences and keep it open, I can share my screen. Once I close it, the screen sharing stops working :S

    Weird, but I hope it helps anyone.

    Thank you

    in this way you can share also an application window (e.g. excel file or word file)?

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-09-22T06:26:31+00:00

    Many thanks, I’ll give it a go!

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