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Updates and permissions
How Dabbit updates itself, and the two macOS permissions it may ask for.
Updates
Dabbit checks for a new version once a day and offers it with release notes; you choose when to install. Turn the check off in Settings → General → Check for updates automatically, and check by hand any time from the Dabbit menu or Settings → About → Check for Updates….
Updates are downloaded from dabbit.app, signed, and verified before they’re installed. The check sends the app version and macOS version, nothing else. Notes for every version are on the changelog.
Every 1.x release is included with your license.
Permissions
Screen Recording is what lets the magnifier read the pixels under the cursor. Dabbit asks the first time you pick and reads only while the picker is open; nothing is recorded or kept beyond the color you choose. If you decline, Dabbit offers Use Apple’s sampler, the system eyedropper, which needs no permission. Change your mind later in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen Recording, or Settings → Picker.
Camera is asked for only if you use New Palette from Camera.
Dabbit doesn’t need Accessibility, Input Monitoring or Full Disk Access.
Requirements
macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon.