Sandbox errAEPrivilegeError/-10004 filling console ?

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Sandbox errAEPrivilegeError/-10004 filling console ?

An error keeps occuring on my Mac, filling my Console. The error is :

2013-11-08 14:26:26,017 System Events[281]: AppleEvents/sandbox: Returning errAEPrivilegeError/-10004 and denying dispatch of event syso/ntoc from process 'osascript'/0x0-0x27027, pid=421, because it is not entitled to send an AppleEvent to this process.

I understand that this means that a now illegal request has been made and the sandboxing system blocks it, but is there a way to know where's the culprit ?

This error happens even after a full restart. There is obvioulsy a timer involved, because the error keeps recurring over time even if I don't use my computer at all.

I have stoped all non-Apple apps, I believe, using the Activity Monitor listing as a guide.

Is it possible to identify what launches osascript or where that osascript resides ? It merily flashes in Activity Monitor, so I cannot select it.

I'm trying to optimize my aging computer and this recurring error uselessly takes some processing time...

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9), 15" late 2008

Posted on Nov 8, 2013 11:56 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 12, 2013 4:44 PM in response to Pascal Lessard

This means that the developer (not you?) has to add an entry to the entitlements file bundled into the app, that allows his Apple Event with "System Events".

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Answer 2

Nov 14, 2013 4:27 PM in response to Bernardo Hohl

Thanks for your reply. But is there a way to identify which app is the source of these messages ?

No, I'm not a developer !

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Answer 3

Nov 14, 2013 5:11 PM in response to Pascal Lessard

The message says pid = 421. (process id 421)

if you type in terminal, exactly at the same time you see the error, something like:

ps aux | grep 421

You will have the bad guy's name.

The message says:

1) The process id is 421

2) it is trying to talk to System Events

3) It is using shell script version of applescript: osascript

To understand what it means, type on terminal:

osascript -e "say \"do something\""

This is what the process is trying to do tell System Events to do something.

Unfortunatelly this has to be fixed by the software developer

I hope it helps.

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