{"id":34579,"date":"2022-10-09T15:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/?p=9287"},"modified":"2022-10-03T17:37:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T21:37:22","slug":"whats-that-little-orange-dot-by-control-center-in-macos-12-monterey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/whats-that-little-orange-dot-by-control-center-in-macos-12-monterey\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s That Little Orange Dot by Control Center in macOS 12 Monterey?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed a little orange dot next to the icon for Control Center on the menu bar in macOS 12 Monterey? (And if not, you can\u2019t miss it now.) Apple added that dot to alert you that something is using the Mac\u2019s microphone to listen to the room. Click the Control Center icon to see which apps are using the mic. In nearly all situations, it will be entirely innocuous: Siri needs to listen for the \u201cHey, Siri\u201d trigger, as in the screenshot below, and the Zoom app needs microphone access to provide audio in a video call. But if you don\u2019t recognize the app that\u2019s listening, you\u2019ll want to look into it to make sure there\u2019s nothing creepy going on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9288 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/whats-that-little-orange-dot-by-control-center-in-macos-12-monterey.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"515\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 361px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 361\/515;\"><\/p>\n<p>(Featured image by iStock.com\/Mihajlo Maricic)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed a little orange dot next to the icon for Control Center on the menu bar in macOS 12 Monterey? (And if not, you can\u2019t miss it now.) Apple added that dot to alert you that something is using the Mac\u2019s microphone to listen to the room. Click the Control Center icon to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[154,39,5,354,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audio","category-blog","category-mac","category-privacy","category-tip"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/whats-that-little-orange-dot-by-control-center-in-macos-12-monterey.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YLEm-8ZJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26162,"url":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/stop-unwanted-notifications-with-do-not-disturb\/","url_meta":{"origin":34579,"position":0},"title":"Stop Unwanted Notifications with Do Not Disturb","author":"computeradv","date":"December 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Don\u2019t be embarrassed by a phone call in the theater, constant text messages while at the doctor, or email notifications during a presentation\u2014in both iOS and macOS, you can use Do Not Disturb to drop a cone of silence manually or on a schedule. 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