Screen-sharing in Teams Mac, no ‘Windows’ or ‘Desktop’

Anonymous
2019-10-17T14:55:28+00:00

Since yesterday, I am unable to share anything but PPTs in Team meetings with colleagues.

MS Teams 1.2.00.28258 on Mac 10.15 – since yesterday, I cannot share anything but PowerPoint files. The option to share ‘Desktop’ and ‘Windows’ have disappeared. I have checked the boxes in System Preferences > Security > Screen Recording.

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Anonymous
2020-03-30T13:41:25+00:00

hi all,  you have to go deep into preferences and allow the app to access your computer.  I know this isn't the best explanation, but I got it to work on my bosses computer.

This may be it:

  1. Click the Apple menu.
  2. Then, go to System Preferences > Click Security & Privacy > Privacy tab.
  3. Click Screen Recording.
  4. Click the lock icon to make changes.
  5. If required, enter your admin password.
  6. Finally, click the checkbox next to Microsoft Teams.
  7. A notification window will ask you to restart it. Agree.
  8. Then, try again and see if the issue persists.

If not this, something very similar.

You are close to that you have to do, problem is for many that the 'approval' is there but doesn't seem to have any effect. It is as if the program is not paying attention to the approvals.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-29T15:22:39+00:00

    I already did these 8 steps and the problem persist, I can't share my screen!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-06-05T09:12:44+00:00

    If I keep MS Teams not full screen and also the single windows (word, excel,..) not full screen I see them in the list of possible windows to share

    If I keep them full screen, they disappear from the list of possible single sharable windows

    Does this work on Mac OS by default?

    That is, in MS Teams on Mac OS Catalina you can only share single windows if they are not open full-screen

    In various responses to various discussions, full screen has this anomalous attitude.

    I hope they solve this problem as soon as possible to make MS Teams fully usable in the Apple Mac OS ecosystem.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-31T06:48:42+00:00

    The problem we were reporting still occurred even when we set the preferences for Teams to access Screen Recording. So this was not the problem.

    For me, the problem has resolved itself.

    I though Microsoft must have fixed it – but if users are still experiencing the same problem, then maybe it was a corporate configuration issue?

    I initially solved mine by using VPN. If VPN was running BEFORE I launched Teams, then I got access to share Desktop.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-30T13:40:05+00:00

    Still not working

    In the screen recording app list, microsoft teams does not appear.....

    Try opening your applications in Finder, then drag the Teams app over to the Screen Recording app list.

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