Permissions Cupola asks for, and what they're for

Cupola only asks for a permission when it needs it for something you're about to use. Here's the full list, and what each one unlocks.

Calendars

Lets Cupola show and edit your Apple Calendar events, so you can manage your schedule from the notch and the main window. Without it, the Calendar tab can't show anything.

Reminders

Lets Cupola show and edit your Apple Reminders alongside your calendar. Without it, the Reminders tab is empty.

Full Disk Access (for Notes)

Notes doesn't have an official permission API the way Calendars and Reminders do, so Cupola asks for Full Disk Access instead, to read Notes' own database directly. Without it, Notes still works but in a slower Limited mode. This one can only be turned on in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Full Disk Access, Cupola can't trigger that prompt itself. Full details: Why Cupola asks for Full Disk Access.

Notes (Automation)

The first time Cupola actually changes a note, creating, editing, moving or deleting one, macOS asks a separate Automation prompt so Cupola can control the Notes app to make that change. This is different from Full Disk Access, which is only for reading.

Contacts

Lets Cupola list the people in your Contacts on its Contacts page. Your contacts stay on your Mac.

Microphone and Speech Recognition

Used only while you're giving a voice command, audio is processed on your Mac and never saved, and the transcription happens on-device too.

Automation for Music/Spotify and your browser

In Focus mode, Cupola can show and control what's currently playing in Music or Spotify, and can check your browser's open tabs for the Spotify or YouTube Music web player you've chosen, so it can bring that tab forward. This uses the same Automation permission as Notes.

If a permission doesn't seem to apply

Open Settings › Permissions in Cupola to see live status for everything above, with a Grant or Open Settings button next to each one. Calendars, Reminders and Full Disk Access changes you make in System Settings only take effect after Cupola restarts; if you've just granted or refused one of those, Settings › Permissions shows a Restart row so you can apply it without hunting for the Dock icon.

Revoking a permission

Each granted permission in Settings › Permissions has its own revoke option with a confirmation, which is the simplest way to turn one off. You can also go directly to System Settings › Privacy & Security and switch Cupola off under the relevant permission.

To reset everything Cupola has been granted at once, handy before a clean reinstall, uninstalling Cupola does this automatically as part of removing the app.