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Ve asks macOS for nothing at startup. You grant what a tool needs when it needs it, from Settings. There is a second, shorter list under Settings > Shortcuts covering the three permissions the Fn key needs. The list below is the full one.

Finding the list

Click your profile in the sidebar, then Settings, then Privacy. The list sits at the end of that page under Developer permissions. Use it when something you run from Ve, such as a command line tool or an automation script, needs macOS privacy access. Those tools inherit whatever Ve itself has been granted.

What each permission covers

Reading the status

Each row carries a status pill. It says Checking while Ve resolves it, then settles on one of these.
Check in Settings is not a way of saying no. It means Ve has no trustworthy signal for that permission, so it declines to guess. Ve never shows a grant it has not confirmed.
Where the signal comes from decides how many rows can ever say Granted. Microphone has a macOS check behind it as well, used when the browser cannot answer. An undecided browser permission reads as Check in Settings rather than as a grant.

What the button does

macOS never lets an app grant itself Accessibility. The Request button can only put the prompt in front of you. You flip the switch in System Settings.

Keeping the list current

Flip something in System Settings and come back to Ve, and the statuses re-resolve on their own. Refresh at the top of the section does the same thing on demand.
Last modified on August 7, 2026