# Plexamp on MacOS "Privacy & Security -\> Accessibility" permissions

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**Category:** Plex Labs\
**Tags:** plexamp\
**Created:** [January 21, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-on-macos-privacy-security-accessibility-permissions/827729 "2023-01-21T16:19:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geoff\_12889](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/geoff_12889/32/273495_2.png) [@Geoff\_12889](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Geoff_12889)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-on-macos-privacy-security-accessibility-permissions/827729/1 "2023-01-21T16:19:36Z")

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Inside of my “System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility” on my Mac is a checkbox to enable permissions for Plexamp. Is there any specific reason this option is available, and more specifically, any reason I should give Plexamp “Accessibility” permissions?

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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-on-macos-privacy-security-accessibility-permissions/827729/2 "2023-01-21T18:26:08Z")

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IIRC it’s related to global hotkeys.

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**Author:** ![Geoff\_12889](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/geoff_12889/32/273495_2.png) [@Geoff\_12889](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Geoff_12889)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-on-macos-privacy-security-accessibility-permissions/827729/3 "2023-01-30T23:51:33Z")

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Thanks so much!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-on-macos-privacy-security-accessibility-permissions/827729/4 "2023-04-30T23:52:05Z")

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