EDIT: The method below no longer works following updates to the software. Sorry!

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The problem is that PNGTuber+ doesn't request mic permissions and in MacOS you can't manually give an app mic permissions through System Preferences as far as I can tell.

The solution's pretty simple, but involves using the terminal. If you're not comfortable with doing basic terminal tasks then back up your data first if you can.

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EDIT: The more-complicated steps below may not work past v1.1.4. Try the following instead:

1. In Finder, find PNGTuberPlus.app, right-click, "Show Package Contents", then inside the .app go into the Contents folder, then the MacOS folder to reach the actual PNGTuberPlus program.
2. Open the MacOS Terminal app and drag the PNGTuberPlus program file into the Terminal window, then hit enter after the program's filepath appears.
3. You should get prompted to give the Terminal mic permissions, which'll indirectly give them to PNGTuber+.

IMPORTANT: This only works if you reopen PNGTuber+ via the terminal every time, since you've given mic permissions to the terminal, not to PNGTuber+ itself. Also, you can just copy the filepath from step 2 and paste it back in later instead of redoing step 1 and the drag-and-drop every time (unless you move PNGTuberPlus.app to a different location, then you'll wanna redo this from the start).

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Step 1: Setup

1. Go to System Preferences → Security & Privacy → Privacy.
2. Click the padlock and enter your main password.
3. Select "Full Disk Access" on the left, then check the box beside "Terminal" on the right.

Step 2: Giving Permission

Open the terminal app, then read through this stack exchange answer from part 1 to part 4 (everything written after part 4's optional or just provides more info). This should work for Big Sur, Monterey, and Ventura; the answer has more info at the bottom for other MacOS verisons.

In part 3, replace "<AppBundleURLname>" with "com.kaiakairos.game". Optionally, replace the 10-digit timestamp at the end of that line with the current Unix timestamp.

If you're using a version of PNGTuber+ other than v1.1.4, look up the app bundle URL name by right-clicking the app file, clicking "Open Package Contents", opening the info.plist file, and copying the data listed inside the <string> element after the "CFBundleIdentifier" <key>.

Step 3: Finish

Go back to step 1 and revoke the "Full Disk Access" permission from the Terminal by unchecking the box.

This worked for me on Monterey 12.6.7 with PNGTuber+ 1.1.4.

legend

Cool! I solve!

Oh dang, ty!! I got the mic to work by launching it via the terminal but this is a much better solution, haha

I'm still having this problem. None of the above solutions worked. Please halp

hey dude i tried doing the step 3 but every time i enter the thing they told me to do on step 3 it says "Error: table access has 12 columns but 13 values were supplied" do u know how i can fix it?