Can anyone tell me what is this icon ? i can appear randomly and i have to restart my mac to make it disappear.
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Weird icon on taskbar
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a-m-k
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Do you still have it on your Mac? Try hovering over it until it shows the name then try looking for it in the App Store. If you can't find it, try searching online for it. If you do find it online (or in the App Store), please share the name and its hank purpose with us.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Marco Klobas
macrumors 6502a
It's the screen sharing icon that notifies that someone/something is viewing your screen. You should have activated Screen Sharing In System Settings -> General.
Marco Klobas
macrumors 6502a
This icon appears on my Mac during a Screen Sharing session from my iPad/iPhone:
I see that Desk View features the same icon:
https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/mac-help/mchl06927be8/mac
fisherking
macrumors G5
i have screen sharing on, but don't have that icon. do you have any apps similar to zoom or skype?
that doesn't look like an apple menubar icon design (unless it's a holdover from mac OS from the 1950s...)
that doesn't look like an apple menubar icon design (unless it's a holdover from mac OS from the 1950s...)
enterthemerdaverse
macrumors 6502
fisherking
macrumors G5
check in system settings>general>login items, see what apps are set to open on bootup there... icon might belong to one of those apps
bogdanw
macrumors G3
Have you checked Desk View, suggested above? #6 It looks to be the same icon.
Turn off Continuity Camera https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213244
Thanks a lot , i guess someone in my office is using this feature on his iPhone.
I personally don't have an iPhone , can i block this feature from osx itself ?
** my entire sharing section is off **
I personally don't have an iPhone , can i block this feature from osx itself ?
** my entire sharing section is off **
bogdanw
macrumors G3
I am not aware of any official way to do that.
It might be possible to get rid of it by installing a profile with allowActivityContinuation set to false
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/restrictions
If you have a firewall installed, you could try to block connections for the ContinuityCaptureAgent (/usr/libexec/ContinuityCaptureAgent)
With SIP disabled, ContinuityCaptureAgent can be closed and prevented from starting again.
It might be possible to get rid of it by installing a profile with allowActivityContinuation set to false
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/restrictions
If you have a firewall installed, you could try to block connections for the ContinuityCaptureAgent (/usr/libexec/ContinuityCaptureAgent)
With SIP disabled, ContinuityCaptureAgent can be closed and prevented from starting again.
JMStearnsX2
macrumors 6502
Have you checked if Remote Management is enabled under the Sharing pane in System Preferences? That will also enable Screen Sharing.
Have a look at your Applications folder to see if there are any apps that you don't recognize. Consider an app like Malwarebytes to run a scan.
Have a look at your Applications folder to see if there are any apps that you don't recognize. Consider an app like Malwarebytes to run a scan.
This icon is Screen Sharing. Somebody has accessed your screen. If you click on it, the menu which appears will show the IP address of the computer accessing your screen.
fisherking
macrumors G5
calm down... the OP has screen sharing 'off'. no need to panic. and yes, it might be time to call apple, let them screen share, and see if they can pin it down...
fisherking
macrumors G5
Mr. Awesome
macrumors 65816
That looks like the SharePlay screen sharing icon to me, which is independent of the Sharing preferences Screen Sharing setting. Could be a bug.
