Unable to run AppleScript from osascript : not authorized to send Apple Events

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Unable to run AppleScript from osascript : not authorized to send Apple Events

I have written a script that interacts with the calendar application. It works fine when run from the Script Editor, but when I try to run it from the command line using osascript, I get this error:

collect_events.scpt: execution error: Not authorized to send Apple events to Calendar. (-1743)

Unfortunately, AFAICT there is no way to fix this problem. There is no way to add Calendar to the set of applications that osascript is allowed to control:

So what should I do?

I see a number of different questions that are similar to this one in the discussions, and I don't see any solution, so does that mean this is impossible?

I thought it might be possible to work this by saving my script as an application. Indeed, this does get me an entry in the options:

but now when I run my application it pops up an access authorization dialog box like this:

...and when I click "OK," it pops up the same window again, and again, and again, and ...

Posted on Sep 12, 2022 4:43 PM

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rpg25 Author

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Sep 14, 2022 1:46 PM in response to etresoft

Thanks. I got the problem fixed by ... turning it off and turning it on again!

Once I rebooted, then `osascript` worked fine with my script.

As an aside, there's a bit of a vocabulary problem here. The error message talks about my script not being able to send "Apple Events," but the Security and Privacy tab talks about "System Events." I think they are the same thing, but it's not at all clear....

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etresoft

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Sep 12, 2022 4:57 PM in response to rpg25

Calendar can always receive events. If there is a permissions problem, it is on the sending side.

Can you provide more details about what your script does (i.e. the script itself) and how you are running it?

I tried a little demo using just:

tell application "Calendar"
	activate
end tell

and running it with:

osascript testing.scpt

It works fine

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