> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.voyager.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Permissions and privacy
> Choose whether Voyager can see and control your Mac's screen, and decide whether to share usage statistics and let the agent report problems.
When you finish, Voyager has only the access you chose to give it. This is step 4 of 5, **Permissions**. Everything on it is optional.
**Before you start**
* **Nothing here is required** to make videos. You can change every choice later in Settings.
* **Screen access** appears only on a Mac. On Windows and Linux this step shows just the two privacy switches.
* Voyager never asks macOS for access on this step unless you click **Open Settings**.
## Screen access (Mac only)
Two macOS permissions let the agent work in your other apps during **computer control**, when it clicks, types and looks at your screen the way you would:
| Permission | What it lets Voyager do |
| - | - |
| **Accessibility** | Lets Voyager click and type in your apps during computer control. |
| **Screen & System Audio Recording** | Lets Voyager see your screen during computer control. |
Skip these if you don't plan to use computer control. Voyager asks again when a feature needs them, and making a screen recording asks for its own access when you start one.
Next to **Accessibility**, click **Open Settings**. macOS opens **System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility**, and a small Voyager panel appears that says **↑ Drag Voyager into the list above**.
If Voyager is already in the list, turn it on. If it isn't, drag the Voyager icon from the panel into the list, then turn it on. macOS may ask for your password.
Back in Voyager, next to **Screen & System Audio Recording**, click **Open Settings** and do the same: turn Voyager on, or drag it in from the helper panel.
macOS only applies Screen Recording after Voyager restarts. When macOS offers **Quit & Reopen**, choose it, or quit Voyager yourself and open it again. Your setup is already saved, so nothing is lost.
When you come back to Voyager, each row you granted shows **Allowed** with a green check. Voyager checks every couple of seconds, so you don't need to refresh.
You can grant or remove these at any time in **Settings → Permissions**, which also covers the camera, microphone, automation and file access Voyager may ask for later.
## Privacy switches (every computer)
The **Troubleshooting** section has two switches. Both start **on**, and each choice saves as soon as you flip it.
### Share usage statistics
> Feature usage, performance, error codes and crash reports, to help improve Voyager.
Click **See what's collected** for the details: app version and operating system, which kinds of provider and integration you use, how long operations take and whether they succeed, and error codes with personal details removed. Your conversations, files, recordings, prompts and API keys aren't included.
### Let the agent report problems to the Voyager team
> If Voyager keeps failing, the agent may send the team a short note with the thread ID, model, app version and recent errors. Each note shows in the conversation.
So you'll always see when a note was sent, and what it said. Turn this off if you'd rather report problems yourself with **Get help…** (see [Get help](/help/get-help)).
Change either choice later in **Settings → Privacy**, where they appear as checkboxes: **Share usage statistics** and, under **Feedback**, **Let the agent report problems with Voyager**. [Privacy](/help/privacy) explains what Voyager keeps on your computer and what it sends.
## Finish the step
Click **Continue** to move on to **Brand**.
## Check it worked
* The setup bar shows a check next to **Permissions**.
* On a Mac, any permission you granted shows **Allowed** here and in **Settings → Permissions**.
* **Settings → Privacy** shows both checkboxes as you left them.
## If something went wrong
Open **System Settings**, go to **Privacy & Security**, then **Accessibility** or **Screen & System Audio Recording**, and turn on Voyager there.
Quit Voyager completely (choose **Quit Voyager** from the Voyager menu, or hold ⌘ Q) and open it again. macOS only applies this permission after a restart.
Click the **+** button under the list, choose **Voyager** in your Applications folder, and turn it on. Make sure it's the copy of Voyager in Applications, not one still on the installer disk image.
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