I upgraded my work MacBook Pro to Big Sur. Now at startup I get the message The application “ScriptMonitor.app” is not open anymore. I have a couple scripts that I created with Automator that run at startup so that probably explains why this message come up then. But what I don't understand is, why am I getting the message? What does it mean and what do I need to do about it? I've searched for information about it but can't find much.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15
ScriptMonitor.app. is how Automator-based scripts are run in the background. It's like a lightweight wrapper around the script and provides additional security elements to the app.
The issue is most likely that the app was written before these security measures were implemented and that the script is now getting blocked.
The solution should be to simply reopen the workflow in Automator and save it as a new script application. This should add the relevant wrapper hooks and re-enable the script.
ScriptMonitor.app. is how Automator-based scripts are run in the background. It's like a lightweight wrapper around the script and provides additional security elements to the app.
The issue is most likely that the app was written before these security measures were implemented and that the script is now getting blocked.
The solution should be to simply reopen the workflow in Automator and save it as a new script application. This should add the relevant wrapper hooks and re-enable the script.
Not sure. Based on what I read, it is a background application that helps you when you author scripts. I am going to forward this thread to the AppleScript forum.
Awesome. Thanks.
It's located in /System/Library/CoreServices
From the little I found it was introduced in OS X Yosemite.
Yes that did it.
In hindsight, I should've thought of that.
Thanks Camelot.
ScriptMonitor.app
