This all worked fine in the previous MacOSs, but with every upgrade, my script breaks.
Now with Sonoma, all the system setting have moved (or been removed or replaced) I get and error "Apple script is not allowed to send keystrokes."
Anyone know where I can grant Apple Script access to keystrokes?
iMac (2017 – 2020)
I have similar issue. I use automation for login to VDE over vmware horizon client.
I use simple app for pasting name and password to login window.
After upgrade to Sonoma I am getting same error message. I tried to remove and add app to accessibility but without success :(
any help?
I have similar issue. I use automation for login to VDE over vmware horizon client.
I use simple app for pasting name and password to login window.
After upgrade to Sonoma I am getting same error message. I tried to remove and add app to accessibility but without success :(
any help?
Running from Shortcuts, I get File can't be imported.
But If I click on the shortcut and select "Edit" and run it from there, it opens but it isn't correct. I set the page orientation to landscape, but it wants to print in portrait.
If I run it directly from Apple Script, I get the error that it is not allowed to send keystrokes.
The errors don't seem to be consistent.
Here is the script - It worked flawlessly before Sonoma.
-- Script Editor User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
tell application "Numbers"
open ("/Users/silvasp/Downloads/Export.csv") as POSIX file
activate
end tell
tell application "Numbers"
tell document 1
delete (row 1 of table 1 of active sheet)
delete (row 1 of table 1 of active sheet)
delete (row 1 of table 1 of active sheet)
end tell
end tell
tell application "Numbers"
tell document 1
delete (column 1 of table 1 of active sheet)
delete (column 2 of table 1 of active sheet)
delete (columns 7 through 7 of table 1 of active sheet)
end tell
end tell
tell application "Numbers"
tell document 1
set format of (column 3 of table 1 of active sheet) to currency
set format of (column 4 of table 1 of active sheet) to currency
set format of (column 5 of table 1 of active sheet) to currency
end tell
end tell
tell application "Numbers"
tell document 1
set alignment of row 1 of table 1 of active sheet to center
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "b" using {command down}
set background color of row 1 of table 1 of active sheet to {35767, 35767, 35767}
set the width of (column 3 of table 1 of active sheet) to 65
set the width of (column 4 of table 1 of active sheet) to 65
set the width of (column 5 of table 1 of active sheet) to 65
end tell
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "p" using {command down}
delay 1
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "p" using {command down}
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Numbers"
set frontmost to true
tell menu bar 1 to tell menu bar item "File" to tell menu 1 to tell menu item 23
click
end tell
tell window "Export"
tell scroll area 2 to tell button 2
-- page orientation: button 1 to portrait; button 2 to landscape
click
end tell
tell button 5
click
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
What seemed to work for me was going into System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility > toggling permissions OFF for Automator, Script Editor, Shortcuts. I then quit the System Settings, then opened it again and re-enabled all three. That allowed the Apple Script to run again.
Which of these matches your use of your AppleScript where keystrokes fail?
When you get the dialogs about not allowed to send keystrokes are these Cancel OK button pairs and do you click OK. If you do, it should set that flag in System Settings : Privacy & Security : Accessibility for Automator, Script Editor, and Shortcuts. If it doesn't, you can add [+] these applications there.
You also want to check that Privacy & Security panel under Automation and ensure that if you have given your workflow a name, that its entry has System Events enabled for it. Here is mine for Automator:
As far as your AppleScript goes, you really only need the following, and not multiple Numbers tell blocks:
tell application "Numbers"
activate
tell document 1
... all Numbers related AppleScript code
end tell
end tell
Review the Numbers AppleScript dictionary to see if you really need that GUI scripting with System Events and process Numbers. Any future update to Numbers could break your GUI scripting as Apple has this penchance for rearranging internal application layout organization.
It actually does not have anything common with automator or vmeare. Even if I you that app to paste stored text to any field I get same error message. I don't know how to allow send keystroke to the app call force paste from here: https://github.com/EugeneDae/Force-Paste
This almost works for me. I couldn't simply toggle them off, quit, reopen SysSettings, toggle on. Instead of the toggle, I had to delete them from the list, and drag them back in to re-add them.
Now it's fine. But I always forget which of the multiple places that the scripts will show up that needs to be fixed.
I'm using macOS Sonoma. The new system controls have changed the organization and usage of the term "Accessibility." It now serves as a root directory for traditional accessibility features (e.g., hard of hearing, vision) and as a subfolder within "Privacy & Security." This dual usage was unexpected, as Accessibility was previously only a root category encompassing both groups of features.
To clarify, Accessibility now appears both as a root folder and as a subfolder within Privacy & Security. The confusion arises because other subfolders in Privacy & Security only report the current access state without allowing modifications. If I had known to look for the Accessibility subfolder, I would have found how to update AppleScript permissions.
Finally, I expect that in the next OS version, Accessibility as a subfolder will be removed, and the ability to control access will be integrated into specialized subfolders for each permission type (e.g., Automation). Not a major beef, but I wish Apple would document these design changes and their roadmap more clearly... the time wasted on silly mistakes on my part, could be more easily avoided.
Thanks. I'll work on it some more.
No help. Automator is a finicky beast and there may be other System Settings that come into play besides Accessibility. I don't use VMware.
Apple script is not allowed to send keystrokes (Sonoma)
