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Disable Microphone from Messages

fishingfromakay

fishingfromakay

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Hello All, I looked around and am not able to find a way to Disable the microphone in the messages app so that it does not work. Does anyone know how to do this ? I would like it to be so that you can not use the microphone. I dont mind adding an app to be able to accomplish this. Thank you for your help/time and wisdom :).
 
Darn was hoping someone would know how to do this :(. To the 224 views that took a look at it thank you for looking. I am trying to get rid of the thing the green arrow is pointing to, than you for looking and any help. Have a great weekend.
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If you have SIP disabled, you can disable the microphone for Messages from Terminal:

Code: 
sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "INSERT INTO access VALUES('kTCCServiceMicrophone','com.apple.MobileSMS',0,0,2,1,'UNUSED',NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',NULL,0,1735954814,NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',0);"

I don't use Messages, so I can only confirm that the command is correct and Messages appears in System Settings - Privacy & Security - Microphone.
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@bogdanw Thank you for the help, I am not sure about "SIP disabled" will have to look in to that, before trying your solution. Thank you for the time and help.
 
OP, you do realize that the microphone is not continuously listening, right? It's just one more way to enter text (with voice)... like the keyboard is not always on screen but summoned when you want to enter some text in the box. You click to use the microphone. If you don't click, you don't activate a short-term "listen."
 
@HobeSoundDarryl , Yes I understand about the microphone not always listening, my concern is that I dont want to ( LOL already did it ) accidentally send a voice memo. Thank you for your time/help.

@bogdanw Thank you for the link/help/education, going to go read it now :).
 
Ok, note too that if you accidentally hit it, it only creates a voice memo, not auto-sends it. So you can just delete the accident instead of sending it. Same with the drawing option, images, camera, or even something you type with the virtual keyboard. Each creates something to be POTENTIALLY sent but then it takes a second action to actually send it. Any mistake with any of it can either be corrected or deleted and not sent.

You also have up to a few minutes to unsend something if you make two mistakes: creation that is then sent. I believe that works with voice memos too.

I share this just in case you do not find what will prob have to be some hack to hide or disable the option if anything can be done. Last resort might be to download and use one of the other texting apps in the store. There are many.
 
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Yeah this is annoying. To turn off, go to setting, messages, raise to listen. Turn that off. It’s so when you raise your phone to your ear, I’ll play a voice message. But also has the side effect of turning on recording of a voice memo for you when raised. Problem is, if you don’t close out messages and put the phone to sleep and put your phone in your pocket, grabbing the phone by the top is treated as raising to listen as it thinks your hand is your head.
 
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As it turns out, you don’t have to disable SIP to write into the user’s TCC database. You only have to give Full Disk Access to Terminal. Access can be eliminated after the command is executed. I tested on Sequoia 15.3 RC.
 
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