First run and permissions

macOS asks before an app may watch the screen or read input. Droppy asks for the minimum it needs to draw its surface, then asks again only when a Droplet you turn on genuinely needs more.

The two that matter on day one

AccessibilityLets Droppy place its overlay and receive the global shortcuts you record.

Screen RecordingLets Droppy read the pixels behind its own surface, which is what makes the notch blend into your wallpaper, and what capture, OCR and meeting features rely on.

Everything else is optional and asked for in context. The full list, with what each one unlocks, is on Permissions.

If a prompt never appeared

macOS shows each privacy prompt once. If you dismissed one, open Settings, Permissions in Droppy and use that row's button: it either asks macOS directly or jumps straight to the right pane in System Settings. Full Disk Access needs Droppy to relaunch after you grant it, and the row says so.