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If you’re on a Mac and you have a random red microphone with an x next to it, like that pictured below, don’t panic!
The culprit is the Logitech Options software. If you hit F9 on your keyboard the red microphone icon should auto-magically disappear. Hit F9 again, and it will come back (but I am guessing you don’t want it back, which is why you are here). If F8 doesn’t work, a reader has suggested trying F8.
While you’re here, if the F9 shortcut bothers you you should think about customizing Logitech Options. If you launch Logitech Options and click on your keyboard, you will get something like this (I use the MX Mechanical Mini).
If you use your mouse and click on the F9 key, you can customize the function. I would recommend mapping as many of the keys back to the default macOS combinations, but that’s just me. If you’re after ideas, I did remap F10 on my external keyboard to stage manager/mission control.
Hope this helps someone else!
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