Sonoma 14.5 Official Release - False Alarm?

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So I guess there’s no way to get rid of that ugly orange iOSsy mic icon in the menu bar when DP’s in use?

[James Steele]

So I guess there’s no way to get rid of that ugly orange iOSsy mic icon in the menu bar when DP’s in use?

Oh gosh... don't I wish. It's super annoying!

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So I guess there’s no way to get rid of that ugly orange iOSsy mic icon in the menu bar when DP’s in use?

Oh gosh... don't I wish. It's super annoying!

Surely there’s a terminal hack somewhere. I’ll keep looking!
If Sequoia does away with this I'm in. Full screen mode isn't even a workaround.

[mikehalloran]

So I guess there’s no way to get rid of that ugly orange iOSsy mic icon in the menu bar when DP’s in use?

Oh gosh... don't I wish. It's super annoying!

Surely there’s a terminal hack somewhere. I’ll keep looking!
If Sequoia does away with this I'm in. Full screen mode isn't even a workaround.

MOTU blames it on Apple and says to ignore it.

[Phil O]

So why does DP need the mic turned on in the first place? It worked fine for so many years without it. What am I missing?

[mikehalloran]

So why does DP need the mic turned on in the first place? It worked fine for so many years without it. What am I missing?

All DAWs, notation apps etc. This caused a huge fuss on some boards when the MP 6.1 came out with no built in microphone. It took Finale and Apple a year to get around that one. Apparently, they did.

Actually, the macOS has required it as long as I can remember. At some point, Apple stopped allowing developers to turn it on automatically. Now it must be granted manually.

I ought to have this as a copy and paste response.

[Phil O]

Thanks, Mike.