On first launch Continuo asks for three permissions. Grant them once and it does not ask again. Without them, keystrokes and pointer movement cannot cross between Macs.
Accessibility
Lets Continuo move the pointer and type on this Mac. This is how injected keyboard and mouse events reach the remote Mac as native macOS input, not as a streamed video layer.
If Accessibility is off, you can pair but control will not land on that Mac.
Input Monitoring
Lets Continuo read this Mac’s keyboard and mouse to share them. Continuo needs to capture what you type and where you move the cursor on the Mac you are physically sitting at. Input Monitoring is separate from Accessibility in macOS, and both are required.
After granting Input Monitoring, the status may read Granted, relaunch to activate until the event tap is live. Tap Quit & Reopen on that row, or use Quit & Reopen from the menu bar panel if control still does not cross.
Local Network
Lets Continuo find and connect to your other Macs nearby. Discovery runs over Bonjour on your LAN.
On macOS 14, Local Network may show as Managed automatically on this version of macOS. On macOS 15 and newer you can open the Local Network pane in System Settings directly from Continuo.
Continuo can finish onboarding without Local Network granted, but your other Macs will not appear until it is on.
Opening System Settings
Each permission row in onboarding, Settings → Privacy & Security, and the menu bar banner links straight to the right pane when macOS exposes it: Accessibility, Input Monitoring, and Local Network (macOS 15+).
Tap Grant on Accessibility or Input Monitoring to fire the system prompt. Local Network has no direct prompt: use Open System Settings on that row.
If a banner reads Some permissions are off, tap Open System Settings there.
Password fields
macOS turns on Secure Event Input in password fields. Continuo pauses forwarding while that is active; keys will not leak into a remote Mac while you type a password locally. Settings → Privacy & Security shows Pause in password fields as locked on. This behaviour is enforced and cannot be turned off.