i got error "System Settings got an error: AppleEvent handler failed." number -10000 on Apple Script

how can i resolve this code? since i got ghost touch on my touch bar, i want to make automation to uncheck the "Show Control Strip" and change "Touch Bar Shows" to Quick Actions

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.1

Posted on Feb 9, 2023 1:44 AM

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VikingOSX

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Feb 9, 2023 2:53 AM in response to JGP1810

Apple completely redesigned years of System Preferences layout in macOS Ventura so any of these GUI scripts that expect Monterey or earlier preferences organization and naming are going to break big time.

Feb 9, 2023 9:40 AM in response to JGP1810

JGP1810 wrote:

Could you mind to crack the code for the ventura version?

Probably somewhat more stable, albeit somewhat more obscure, using shell scripting:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60344874/change-touch-bar-settings-programmatically-via-terminal-in-macos-high-sierra

And yes, GUI scripting is unstable and fragile and prone to breakage, at best.

VikingOSX

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Feb 9, 2023 8:36 AM in response to JGP1810

Nope. I don't have the time available to do that. Even if you somehow got this working again after a large expanse of time, the release of macOS 13.3 or later could break it again should Apple change something else.

GUI scripting is like misplacing the pin on a handgrenade.

JGP1810 Author

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Feb 9, 2023 3:21 AM in response to VikingOSX

Could you mind to crack the code for the ventura version?

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i got error "System Settings got an error: AppleEvent handler failed." number -10000 on Apple Script