Reconstructed Screen Recording Video
We are excited to announce Reconstructed Screen Recording, a smarter way to gain visibility into user activity on Mac. Unlike standard recording methods that rely on constant image capture, this feature utilizes our new UI Scanning Engine. It intelligently rebuilds the user’s desktop view in real time using UI metadata, system events, and extracted text. This approach ensures uninterrupted visual monitoring on Mac systems where screen recording permission isn’t available*.
*Note: Standard ‘full-video’ capture remains available for systems where screen recording permission is enabled.
How it Works
The technology captures textual content, control types, and bounding rectangles from all active windows. This data is then used to "reconstruct" a visual representation of the user’s desktop within the Session Player. The feature is available for both Live View and History View modes.
Here’s how a reconstructed video looks compared to the original desktop side by side:
Feature Highlights:
Simplified Permissions: Only the Accessibility permission is required, which can be enabled proactively via MDM software (e.g., JAMF) without requiring direct user consent. This eliminates the need for explicit Screen Recording permission.
Stealth Recording: Bypasses the standard macOS privacy indicator (the "Purple Dot") to maintain a discreet and invisible presence for the Agent.
Intelligent and Manual Fallback: The Session Player automatically defaults to the reconstructed video if screen recording permission is unavailable. When the permission is available, you can seamlessly switch between the reconstructed video and the normal video mode within the Session Player.
Optimized Performance: Features both lower CPU usage and high-speed screen scanning, with most captures completing within a few seconds.
Limitations
Visual Fidelity: The video output is currently limited to black and white.
App Compatibility: Application support is limited to those apps using the Accessibility API. Some Electron-based apps (e.g., Discord, Teams, VSCode) have limited support, while others like Slack are fully supported.
Text: Text in pictures, charts, PDFs, etc. aren’t captured.
Widget Integration: The feature is not yet available for widgets such as Screen Snapshots.
Export Capabilities: Video export is not yet supported.
How to Use the Feature
You can activate this feature by enabling the Viewing in reconstructed mode option (located under the Reconstructed screen video for macOS computers section) within the Screen Recording monitoring settings.
Once the feature is enabled, you can toggle between the Reconstructed Video and Standard Video mode by toggling the Picture 
icon in the Session Player.
