Pop-up message, "You don't have permission to use the application 'PowerChime,'" is killing me.

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Pop-up message, "You don't have permission to use the application 'PowerChime,'" is killing me.

I set up Parental Controls for my son's account.

The first time he logged in, there were many, many pop-ups that said "You don't have permission to use" some application or another. I would click Always Allow... and enter my administrator password to make those pop-ups go away.

However, there is one that just won't go away:

Even though I click Always allow..., this pop-up returns several times per day. What part of "Always Allow" doesn't it understand? How frustrating!

Maybe there is a way to fix this? Seems more likely it is just a bug in macOS High Sierra.

MacBook Pro 17″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 13, 2020 11:48 AM

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BDAqua

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Dec 19, 2020 3:39 PM in response to David Criswell

Ah, pardon me please, see this...

https://appletoolbox.com/fixing-a-malfunctioning-power-chime-on-mac-and-macbook-devices/

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Answer 2

BDAqua

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Dec 13, 2020 12:01 PM in response to David Criswell

Try installing it in his account.

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Answer 3

Jan 17, 2021 8:35 AM in response to BDAqua

I tried one piece of advice from that article... I went into my son's account and used this Unix command:

  defaults write com.apple.PowerChime ChimeOnNoHardware -bool true && killall PowerChime

So now the system should not be attempting to use PowerChime, correct? Nope, he is still getting the pop-up that says "You don't have permission to use the application PowerChime."

I suppose I could turn off System Integrity Protection, which would allow me to delete this infernal little app named /System/Library/CoreServices/PowerChime.app. Maybe it will come to that.

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Answer 4

Dec 19, 2020 1:35 PM in response to BDAqua

Install PowerChime in his account? How exactly would I do that? PowerChime is part of macOS. (See https://macmost.com/turning-on-or-off-the-macbook-power-chime.html).

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Pop-up message, "You don't have permission to use the application 'PowerChime,'" is killing me.

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