Desktop app

Fix desktop recording

Permissions, sleep and wake, disabled displays, and lost sign-in.

If Timeglass isn’t recording, it’s almost always one of these. Work down the list.

Permissions were revoked (macOS)

The most common cause. Re-grant Screen Recording and Accessibility, as covered in Grant macOS permissions.

It stopped after sleep or wake

Timeglass restarts capture automatically after waking. If it didn’t, quit and reopen it from the menu bar.

“All displays disabled”

If you excluded every monitor, nothing is captured. Re-enable one under Recording N of M displays in the menu.

“Needs authentication”

Your session expired. Open Timeglass and click Link to Account to reconnect.