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"To cast, give Chrome access in system settings." -- which system settings?

I recently upgraded my MacBook Air's MacOS and Chrome browser, and now I can't cast to my Chromecast device. When I try, I get the following message: "To cast, give Chrome access in system settings" - along with a helpful link to the Security and Privacy settings. For the life of me, I can't figure out which settings need to be set to allow casting. Search engine searches turn up one page, which helpfully describes this as "not an issue" with Chrome.


Details:

MacBook Air M1, 2020, 16GB RAM, OS Sequoia 15.0.1

Chrome is Version 129.0.6668.101 (Official Build) (arm64)

Chromecast adapter is third gen, firmware 1.56.291998


I have a work-around with my phone, but this is driving me nuts.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Oct 14, 2024 9:16 PM

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Posted on Oct 20, 2024 2:09 AM

Same for me - I have deleted and reinstalled Chrome (after upgrading to Sequoia) but still can't use Chromecast. I have followed all the advice on this page, but it still doesn't work. Advice please!

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Oct 29, 2024 12:39 PM in response to Mike in Oregon

I have an iMac and MacBookPro, both were running OS 15.0.1. Previously, Chromecast worked great on both. The settings were the same. I could use Chromecast with no problem on the MacBook, but it wouldn't work on the iMac.


I removed giving Chrome access, restarted, gave access again, and restarted, without resolution. I deleted Chrome, downloaded, and reinstalled it with no change. I downloaded and installed OS 15.1 on the iMac this morning, and still cannot use Chromecast. I also still get that message, "To cast, give Chrome access in System Settings". Total frustration!

Oct 21, 2024 2:32 PM in response to anaverageappleuser

Canary works for me, too. but Chrome Canary is newer than the stable version. And that is good news, and appears to be a problem with Chrome, not Apple. I am hoping that stable gets updated soon. Here is the difference between versions today:


Google Chrome stable

Updating Chrome

Version 129.0.6668.103 (Official Build) (arm64)


Canary

Chrome is up to date

Version 132.0.6790.0 (Official Build) canary (arm64)


Oct 15, 2024 8:52 AM in response to Mike in Oregon

same issue, tried everything - nothing works. happy for chrome canary that's not updated to the latest version, can still cast with that although the local network access permission screen appears every time the browser is restarted (plus 6 items from canary under local network permissions in system settings). frustrating.


sidenote: looks like similar issue has occurred in the past!

https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/669963

Oct 30, 2024 6:06 AM in response to Mike in Oregon

This is how it looks like after uninstall chrome and clear the bin, apparently the system still think there is or are google chrome installed, so it DOES NOT WORK after reinstall

age checking question of those pxxn website, who is going to answer under 18 ???????

but in this case, if you accidentally say no, you can never cast again

and there is no other way to reset the privacy setting, I have tried the command line in terminal, it literally reset everything except the local network, I am done trying, really frustrating



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Oct 30, 2024 8:49 AM in response to StephenKlNG

yup, that's exactly the result i get too no matter what i try. even deep cleaned all of chrome via terminal, full new install from scratch, result still the same (and a gazillion chromes in local network toggled for access). extremely frustrating.


canary still works great, updated to newest version and still works. however, also canary now has several items in local network.


ugh, so dumb.

Oct 30, 2024 1:15 PM in response to StephenKlNG

Yeah, those are the same symptoms I have. Lately for some unexplained reason Chrome asked for access to network and I granted permission. After that, casting worked. That was still with Sequoia 15.01. Since then I have updated to Sequoia 15.1 and the problem is back. That is the same symptom I had when I logged in as admin. After I granted permission to Chrome, casting worked until I rebooted. Canary still works. Puzzling.

"To cast, give Chrome access in system settings." -- which system settings?

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