Applescript for TV app no longer working in MacOS 26

I use the simpler code

tell application "TV"

repeat with vid in selection

copy id of vid to end of vidIDs

end repeat

end tell

which also fails to work after upgrading to Tahoe. The replies log shows it's getting a count of 0 regardless of number of movies selected.

Photos scripts still work correctly. So yes, it seems to be a bug.

Apple reserves the right to alter the Scripting Dictionary support for its applications at any time. Confirm that you are adhering to that current macOS Tahoe support and reserved resource naming syntax in Script Editor > Open Dictionary… > TV.

I think you have done that. However, there is AppleScript support in the TV Internet suite for opening an iTunes Store, or stream URL, but there does not appear to be any support beyond that feature to obtain anything from that URL.

No one here can help without seeing the code that is breaking, and even then, it may assume actions in the TV application that others are not doing, or cannot do because of no subscription.

deadward wrote:

Hi all,

I have a suite of applescripts I use to control TV in Mac OS. Since upgrading to Tahoe, these are no longer functional. I created an extremely simple script to test this:

tell application "TV" to set selectedTracks to selection of browser window 1

Executing this in Script Editor returns "TV got an error: Can't get selection of browser window 1". I don't see anything in the applescript dictionary for TV that suggests anything has changed that would cause this. Playing with my test case, I can reference browser window 1 but attempting to retrieve any of its properties seems to give an error.

A Tahoe bug or am I missing something?

Ted

Verify your software is up to date

The current stable release of Tahoe including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 26.0.1

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If scripts are not working as expected

you can file a bug report / submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple

ref: Run a script in Script Editor on Mac - Apple Support