Why is adobe recording my screen?

[joshuay74978787]

So with Mac trying to help their users be more secure, I get messages that pop up any time an app is trying to do something on my computer.  Today I got a message saying that Illustrator is trying to record my screen, and that Photoshop is trying to log my keystrokes.    Anyone else get anything like this or know what its about?

[Rishabh_Tiwari]

Hi Joshua,

Thanks for reaching out. Adobe apps do not require access to your Calendar, Contacts, Camera or Location. Apple's new privacy protections apply to the directories that contain your calendars, contacts, photos, mail, and messages. Please check this link for more details: 

https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/cc-apps-macmojave.html

Regards

Rishabh

[timkenney]

Risabh, you didn't answer the Question.

WHY ARE YOU RECORDING KEYSTROKES!!!!!

[Carlos Garro]

Sounds like some trojan or virus is trying to trick you.

Check your system just in case.

[timkenney]

Carlosgarro,

It does, but evidently this is a real thing. I'm shocked at why Adobe would want this info. This is exactly what malware, particularly backdoor stuff from bad actors would do.

[Monika Gause]

In Illustrator it is just how the eyedropper works. It picks colors from the screen. If you don't want to use the eyedropper, don't allow recording the screen. That's it.

As for the keystrokes in Photoshop: you might want to ask in the Photoshop forum, why that is needed.

[Test Screen Name]

If you want to use the eyedropper tool to pick colors from another app, then Apple calls this "record the screen". Makes sense, since Catalina otherwise completely stops one app from seeing what another app is doing (a pretty good thing if one app is doing banking or sending private email). In earlier versions of macOS any app could see what any other app was doing any time. Not heard of Photoshop logging keystrokes, I wonder if that's one of your Photoshop plug-ins (macOS lumps all the plug-ins in with the app).

[John Mensinger]

"Photoshop is trying to log my keystrokes"

Well, it's a Mac, so whatever's happening there won't be much you can do about it.

That said, Photoshop's History feature is always keeping a record of what you're doing.

[tonyharmer]

John—sorry but that doesn't do much to help the OP, it's also unfounded and in the case of the History panel, untrue and misleading. While I'm very reluctant to air this in public, your post needs addressing.

1. Your poor knowledge of Macs—obvious from your statement—would be best kept to yourself.
2. The History panel records operations in a document while it is active, and no more than that; what you have stated there could cause alarm for some users.

You should perhaps refer to the guidelines for etiquette—and keep your posts relevant and useful to the question being posed.

[John Mensinger]

"While I'm very reluctant to air this in public..."

Ostensibly, not reluctant enough.

"Your poor knowledge of Macs—obvious from your statement—would be best kept to yourself."

Ah, must be the part you took personally for some reason. That doesn't make it untrue. Your "poor knowledge" of my knowledge—would be best kept to yourself.

"The History panel records operations in a document while it is active, and no more than that; what you have stated there could cause alarm for some users."

I'll concede my statement was incomplete, and I aplogize to anyone who found reason for alarm having read it, not to mention everyone who subsequently is subjected to reading this idiotic exchange.

"You should perhaps refer to the guidelines for etiquette—and keep your posts relevant and useful to the question being posed."

Perhaps I should. And that would make at least two of us.