Disabling macOS Indicator Dots

Has this every happened to you?

  

 

Do you want to prevent this from happening again?

1. Start up from macOS Recovery.
   1. Intel: CMD + R after boot
   2. Apple Silicon: Press and hold power for 10 seconds
2. From the Utilities menu in the menu bar in macOS Recovery, choose Terminal.
3. Enter this command: system-override suppress-sw-camera-indication-on-external-displays=on
4. Quit Terminal.
5. From the Apple menu, choose Restart, then log in to your user account.
6. From the Apple menu, choose System Settings, then click Privacy & Security in the sidebar.
7. Click Microphone. Or click Camera.
8. Turn off Privacy Indicators.

Originally from this Discord message: https://discord.com/channels/494428283094564864/697864548652154930/1494235397927075840

https://support.apple.com/en-us/118449