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khalibauri
khalibauri
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January 23, 2025
Question

Adobe Illustrator is capturing your screen

  • January 23, 2025
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Hello, I’m randomly getting the warning message, “Adobe Illustrator is capturing your screen.” Does anyone else have the same issue? Why might they be capturing my screen?

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morganm46339060
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April 2, 2025

I see this behaviour even when I'm not using the eye dropper tool. I work in film on matierials that are legally protected, and I don't want Adobe feeding their AI with my screenshots. 

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 23, 2025

    They are not. This is just Apple's bad wording meaning that Illustrator is allowed to do that.

     

    If you never need to pick up colors from your screen with the eyedropper tool, then you can go into the system options and turn off the setting that allows Illustrator to record your screen. When using the eyedropper, Illustrator might then throw a warning that it cannot pick up something. 

    Anubhav M
    Community Manager
    Anubhav MCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    January 23, 2025

    Hello @khalibauri,

    Would you mind sharing a screen recording of your workflow when using Illustrator and getting this prompt along with the Privacy Settings set for Illustrator (https://adobe.ly/40HCgGq) so I can check it with the team?

    Illustrator uses Apple's screenshot API to pick colors outside the Illustrator window with the Eyedropper tool. Apple has enhanced security in the recent OS updates to let users know which applications are recording the screen, whether you pick a color value of a single pixel or recording the entire screen.
    Illustrator does not record the user’s entire screen but only the single pixel from which the Eyedropper tool is used to pick a color.

    Looking forward to hearing from you.

     

    Anubhav

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 23, 2025
    @Anubhav M  schrieb:

    Apple has enhanced security in the recent OS updates

     

    I guess, "enhance" is not the word I would use for what they did.

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