If you have updated to the latest macOS 10.14 Mojave, you can very easily find out which applications use your location, camera or microphone, for example. You can simply view the entire overview in the preferences of your Mac. So, if you want to make sure that everything is in order and that you are not being tracked by an application, for example, then be sure to read this guide to the end. So how to do it?
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How to find out which apps are using your Mac's services in macOS Mojave
The procedure in this case is quite simple. On our Mac running the latest macOS 10.14 Mojave, we click in the upper left corner of the screen on logo. Apple. We select an option from the drop-down menu System Preferences… In the new window, we select an option Security and privacy, which is located in the first line. Now we move to the tab in the top menu Privacy. Here, all you have to do is click on the service you want to check which applications have access to it in the left menu.
You can also prevent apps from using certain services using this setting. For example, if you decide to check the microphone, select the tab in the left menu Microphone, and then in the right part of the window uncheck the box for the application we want disable access to the microphone. This can be solved in this way, for example, with the camera, location services, photos and others.
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That's great to know Apple gives its users the ability to manage their privacy preferences. You can simply use this setting to choose exactly which applications will have access to the services of your Mac. Are you uncomfortable with an app having access to your camera? You can deny it in macOS Mojave, it's as easy as slapping.
