macOS Settings for the Polarity Community Edition Client

Due to security features on macOS, a few settings will need to be configured in System Preferences in order for the Polarity Community Edition Client (PolarityCE) to function as intended.

Enabling Shortcut Keys on macOS

Polarity uses system wide shortcut keys that allow users to run an On-Demand search.  In order to use PolarityCE shortcut keys, you will need to grant PolarityCE permission from within the macOS Accessibility settings.

To enable the Accessibility setting for Polarity:

1. Navigate to System Preferences on your macOS

2. Click on Security & Privacy

3. Navigate to the Privacy tab

4. Go to Accessibility and find PolarityCE (Figure 1)

5. Click on the checkbox next to the Polarity Icon

You will need to restart the Client to use shortcut keys in Polarity.

macOS Sonoma (v. 14.x) Shortcut Keys

The macOS Sonoma release (v. 14.x) requires the Input Monitoring permission to enable PolarityCE to use shortcut keys.  The Input Monitoring permission is found in the Privacy & Security menu.

To enable Input Monitoring on macOS Sonoma:

1. Navigate to the Privacy & Security tab in the macOS System Preferences (Figure 2)

2. Navigate to Input Monitoring (Figure 2)

3. In Input Monitoring, click the + button and select the PolarityCE application (Figure 3)

You will need to restart the Client to use shortcut keys in Polarity.