Microphone doesn't work on Mac

[bmpolonsky]

On macOS 15.5, PNGTube-Remix.app doesn’t ask for microphone access, so it never appears under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone, and the mic input doesn’t work.

Cause
The exported bundle is missing the NSMicrophoneUsageDescription key in Info.plist, so macOS silently blocks mic access.

Quick Fix (worked for me):

APP="/Applications/PNGTube-Remix.app"

sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy \
  -c 'Add :NSMicrophoneUsageDescription string "PNGTube-Remix needs mic input to detect my voice"' \
  "$APP/Contents/Info.plist"

codesign --force --deep --sign - "$APP"

After adding the key and re-signing, the normal permission dialog appears and the microphone works as expected.

Hope this helps!

[MicroraptR]

I tried entering this on my mac's terminal, but I just got the response dquote> and the microphone still doesn't work. Would you know why that is?

[bmpolonsky]

Did you enter the whole command all at once, or did you try to run it line by line?

You can run both commands together like this in one line:

sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Add :NSMicrophoneUsageDescription string "PNGTube-Remix needs mic input to detect my voice"' "/Applications/PNGTube-Remix.app/Contents/Info.plist"; codesign --force --deep --sign - "/Applications/PNGTube-Remix.app"

It would be easier :)

Make sure the app is actually located in the /Applications folder, otherwise update the path accordingly.