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Hello all,
I have an application which retrieves URL from browser using accessibility.
From time to time I am having this crash and I don't know the reason for it.
Could you please help me?
This is the stacktrace:
It is happening on MacOS 13.5 and it happens on an application built for x86_64 and arm64
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Hello all,
I have an application and I am considering it to publish it on App Store.
I would like to have the possibility of releasing updates for some IDs only (each user would belong to an organization with unique ID). Is that possible on App Store?
Thanks!
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Hello all,
I am working on an application which will work as daemon for the user.
With the update to Ventura I have seen that notification when daemons are installed is displayed.
is there any way to add code to prevent that notification to show up?
Thanks!
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Hello all,
I am trying to use the new SMAppService added in MacOS Ventura to add my app to login items.
This is the code I am using:
if (@available(macOS 13.0, *)) {
SMAppService* service = [SMAppService mainAppService];
NSError* error = nil;
BOOL output = false;
if (setEnabled)
output = [service registerAndReturnError:&error];
else
output = [service unregisterAndReturnError:&error];
}
However when I run the app I see this error:
Domain=SMAppServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "Operation not permitted" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=Operation not permitted}
2022-12-25 11:14:16.628 TimeDoctor2[16823:159849] Error adding or removing item Error Domain=SMAppServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "Operation not permitted" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=Operation not permitted}
I have tried to check the error detail using this command on another terminal tab:
sudo log stream --debug --info --predicate "process in { '<my process>', 'smd', 'backgroundtaskmanagementd'} and sender in {'ServiceManagement', 'BackgroundTaskManagement', 'smd', 'backgroundtaskmanagementd'}"
I don´t really understand the output:
Filtering the log data using "process IN {"<my process>", "smd", "backgroundtaskmanagementd"} AND sender IN {"ServiceManagement", "BackgroundTaskManagement", "smd", "backgroundtaskmanagementd"}"
Timestamp Thread Type Activity PID TTL
2022-12-25 11:01:57.444537+0100 0x25272 Activity 0x514e0 306 0 smd: (BackgroundTaskManagement) BTMManager.getEffectiveDisposition
2022-12-25 11:01:57.445383+0100 0x25271 Default 0x514e0 491 0 backgroundtaskmanagementd: [com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagement:main] effectiveItemDisposition: appURL=<private>, type=app, url=(null), config=(null)
2022-12-25 11:01:57.452448+0100 0x25272 Error 0x514e0 306 0 smd: (BackgroundTaskManagement) [com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagement:main] getEffectiveDisposition: error: Error Domain=BTMErrorDomain Code=-98 "(null)"
2022-12-25 11:01:57.452479+0100 0x25272 Error 0x0 306 0 smd: [com.apple.xpc.smd:SMAppService] Unable to get disposition of item: <private> error: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=3
2022-12-25 11:01:57.452378+0100 0x25271 Error 0x514e0 491 0 backgroundtaskmanagementd: [com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagement:main] effectiveItemDisposition: failed to construct identifier with parameters: appURL=/Applications/Time Doctor 2.app, url=(null), type=app, config=(null)
2022-12-25 11:01:57.452495+0100 0x25272 Default 0x0 306 0 smd: [com.apple.xpc.smd:all] Found status: 3 for <private>
2022-12-25 11:01:57.842135+0100 0x25534 Activity 0x514e1 306 0 smd: (BackgroundTaskManagement) BTMManager.getEffectiveDisposition
2022-12-25 11:01:57.842254+0100 0x25271 Default 0x514e1 491 0 backgroundtaskmanagementd: [com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagement:main] effectiveItemDisposition: appURL=<private>, type=app, url=(null), config=(null)
2022-12-25 11:01:57.849707+0100 0x25271 Error 0x514e1 491 0 backgroundtaskmanagementd: [com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagement:main] effectiveItemDisposition: failed to construct identifier with parameters: appURL=/Applications/Time Doctor 2.app, url=(null), type=app, config=(null)
2022-12-25 11:01:57.849804+0100 0x25534 Error 0x514e1 306 0 smd: (BackgroundTaskManagement) [com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagement:main] getEffectiveDisposition: error: Error Domain=BTMErrorDomain Code=-98 "(null)"
2022-12-25 11:01:57.849828+0100 0x25534 Error 0x0 306 0 smd: [com.apple.xpc.smd:SMAppService] Unable to get disposition of item: <private> error: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=3
2022-12-25 11:01:57.849839+0100 0x25534 Default 0x0 306 0 smd: [com.apple.xpc.smd:all] Found status: 3 for <private>
2022-12-25 11:01:58.020633+0100 0x25534 Activity 0x514e2 306 0 smd: (BackgroundTaskManagement) BTMManager.getEffectiveDisposition
2022-12-25 11:01:58.020762+0100 0x25271 Default 0x514e2 491 0 backgroundtaskmanagementd: [com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagement:main] effectiveItemDisposition: appURL=<private>, type=app, url=(null), config=(null)
2022-12-25 11:01:58.025436+0100 0x25534 Error 0x514e2 306 0 smd: (BackgroundTaskManagement) [com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagement:main] getEffectiveDisposition: error: Error Domain=BTMErrorDomain Code=-98 "(null)"
2022-12-25 11:01:58.025334+0100 0x25271 Error 0x514e2 491 0 backgroundtaskmanagementd: [com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagement:main] effectiveItemDisposition: failed to construct identifier with parameters: appURL=/Applications/Time Doctor 2.app, url=(null), type=app, config=(null)
2022-12-25 11:01:58.304370+0100 0x25271 Error 0x514e4 491 0 backgroundtaskmanagementd: [com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagement:main] effectiveItemDisposition: failed to construct identifier with parameters: appURL=/Applications/Time Doctor 2.app, url=(null), type=app, config=(null)
Could someone help me please?
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Hello all,
I have an application which explores accessibility structure. It is something similar to what Accessibility Inspector does.
I have developed it using the old API.
Using functions like AXUIElementCreateApplication or AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue and having to deal with pointers manually.
Would it be possible to rewrite that code using NSAccessibility?
I have read some doc about it but it seems it is designed to set accessibility in your OWN application, not for retrieving accessibility from external application.
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Hello all:I have MacOS application built using Qt. There I have created NSDistributedNotificationCenter to be notified when accessibility settings change (observing "com.apple.accessibility.api" ). Also I have CFRunLoopAddSource to monitor key pressed events.However when I run the program and I change accessibility application hangs and I cannot run it normally.Could someone help to see why that is happening?This is the code:Here I am creating observer: Creation/deletion is controlled by button click- (void)createObserver
{
[[NSDistributedNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:@selector(didToggleAccessStatus:)
name:@"com.apple.accessibility.api"
object:nil
suspensionBehavior:NSNotificationSuspensionBehaviorDeliverImmediately];
}And this is how I add key event logger:// Create an event tap to retrieve keypresses.
CGEventMask eventMask = (CGEventMaskBit(kCGEventKeyDown) |
CGEventMaskBit(kCGEventFlagsChanged) |
CGEventMaskBit(kCGEventLeftMouseDown) |
CGEventMaskBit(kCGEventRightMouseDown) |
CGEventMaskBit(kCGEventMouseMoved) |
CGEventMaskBit(kCGEventScrollWheel));
//| CGEventMaskBit(kCGEventLeftMouseDragged)
//| CGEventMaskBit(kCGEventRightMouseDragged)
//| CGEventMaskBit(kCGEventOtherMouseDragged););
CFMachPortRef m_eventTap = nullptr;
CFRunLoopSourceRef m_runLoopSource = nullptr;
m_eventTap = CGEventTapCreate(
kCGSessionEventTap, kCGHeadInsertEventTap, kCGEventTapOptionDefault,
eventMask, myCGEventCallback, nullptr);
if (m_eventTap != Q_NULLPTR) {
NSLog(@"CGEventTap created");
// Create a run loop source and add enable the event tap.
m_runLoopSource = CFMachPortCreateRunLoopSource(kCFAllocatorDefault, m_eventTap, 0);
CFRunLoopAddSource(CFRunLoopGetCurrent()/*CFRunLoopGetMain()*/, m_runLoopSource, kCFRunLoopCommonModes);
CGEventTapEnable(m_eventTap, true);
//CFRunLoopRun();
}
else {
m_runLoopSource = Q_NULLPTR;
NSLog(@"Error creating CGEventTap");
}Any ideas about what is going on there? And how can I solve thatThanks in advance and regards
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Hello all,
I am debugging core saved in minidump format. After running minidumpstackwalk command in the output I see these messages:
2020-09-06 11:00:14: stackwalker.cc:103: INFO: Couldn't load symbols for:
libsystemkernel.dylib|2B6311E662403EF78C87475B66F7452C0
2020-09-06 11:00:14: simplesymbolsupplier.cc:196: INFO: No symbol file at
sym/CoreFoundation/C0D70026EDBE3CBDB317367CF4F1C92F0/CoreFoundation.sym
2020-09-06 11:00:14: stackwalker.cc:103: INFO: Couldn't load symbols for:
CoreFoundation|C0D70026EDBE3CBDB317367CF4F1C92F0
2020-09-06 11:00:14: simplesymbolsupplier.cc:196: INFO: No symbol file at
sym/HIToolbox/DE6F9A208AF7396382E14756C4A7A54C0/HIToolbox.sym
2020-09-06 11:00:14: stackwalker.cc:103: INFO: Couldn't load symbols for:
HIToolbox|DE6F9A208AF7396382E14756C4A7A54C0
2020-09-06 11:00:14: simplesymbolsupplier.cc:196: INFO: No symbol file at
sym/AppKit/C420864219F73EAAAACD3B836FFDEFCF0/AppKit.sym
2020-09-06 11:00:14: stackwalker.cc:103: INFO: Couldn't load symbols for:
AppKit|C420864219F73EAAAACD3B836FFDEFCF0
I would need to have DSYM files for those frameworks in order to get symbols.
However I have checked here:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks
and I only see the release version of those frameworks. Where could I get debug versions? Or should I generate them?
Thanks and regards
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Hello all
I am testing accessibility permissions using AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions
When app starts value is correctly returned. However if I change the setting in System Preferences -> Security & Privacy while app is running call to API is still returning the previous value.
Is that bug?
Here is example code:
bool checkIfAccessibilityEnabledAndDisplayPopup()
{
// Method to check if accessibility is enabled
// Passing YES to kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt forces showing popup
NSDictionary *options = @{(__bridge id)kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt: @YES};
Boolean accessibilityEnabled = AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions((CFDictionaryRef)options);
return (!!accessibilityEnabled);
}
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
@autoreleasepool {
NSLog(@"Starting");
for (int i=0;i<100;++i) {
checkIfAccessibilityEnabledAndDisplayPopup();
[NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:20.0f];
NSDictionary *options = @{(__bridge id)kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt: @NO};
Boolean b = AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions((CFDictionaryRef)options);
Boolean b1 = AXIsProcessTrusted();
NSLog(@"accessibility AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions--> %d AXIsProcessTrusted ---> %d", b, b1);
}
}
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Hello,I am getting an error when running my app on macos 10.15.4The error is:dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/Frameworks/libQt5Solutions_SingleApplication-head.1.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/raulsanchez/Documents/workspace/Myapp.app/Contents/MacOS/Myapp
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/Users/raulsanchez/Documents/workspace/Myapp.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/libQt5Solutions_SingleApplication-head.1.dylib: code signing blocked mmap() of '/Users/raulsanchez/Documents/workspace/Myapp.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/libQt5Solutions_SingleApplication-head.1.dylib'
/Users/raulsanchez/Documents/workspace/Myapp.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/libQt5Solutions_SingleApplication-head.1.dylib: stat() failed with errno=1
zsh: abort I have deleted and reinstalled my certificate but still same error. I don't see any error while signing the applicationThe command I am using for signing is:codesign -v --force --verify --deep --sign <certificate> --timestamp --options runtime <app>Any ideas please?Thanks in advance
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I have Cocoa application where I need to ask for recording and accessibility permission. I am seeing that only first feature asking for permissions shows its popup.E.g If I put first code to ask for recording screen permission I dont see accessibility and in the Security and Privacy my app appears as I had rejected permissionSame happens on the other way around.This is the code to request screen recording:CGDisplayStreamRef stream =
CGDisplayStreamCreate(CGMainDisplayID(), 1, 1, kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA, nil,
^(CGDisplayStreamFrameStatus status, uint64_t displayTime, IOSurfaceRef frameSurface, CGDisplayStreamUpdateRef updateRef) {
Q_UNUSED(status) Q_UNUSED(displayTime) Q_UNUSED(frameSurface) Q_UNUSED(updateRef) });
if (stream)
CFRelease(stream);And this is the code for accessibilityNSDictionary *options = @{(id)kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt: @YES};
Boolean accessibilityEnabled = AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions((CFDictionaryRef)options);How can I fix this, please?Thanks in advance and regards
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Hello all, I have an application where I take screenshots. However if I have multiple desktops (called spaces in macos world) I am not able to get screenshot of not active ones. Is there any way to loop through asll spaces?Thanks in advance!
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Hello all,I have an application which needs to take screenshots. The application runs with no UI. That application is launched by GUI agent which controls that is running all the time.On Catalina the app is not able to take screenshots anymore, only empty background. If I am right this is due to not having screen recording permission.I have found this code to force the app to show the popup asking for screen recording permissionCGDisplayStreamRef stream = CGDisplayStreamCreate(CGMainDisplayID(), 1, 1, kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA, nil, ^(CGDisplayStreamFrameStatus status, uint64_t displayTime, IOSurfaceRef frameSurface, CGDisplayStreamUpdateRef updateRef) {});but it does not work. I do not see the popup.However if I run the application from command line I see the popup asking Screen Recoding permission for Terminal, not for the app itself, but in this case I can see the screenshots (after rebooting the app though)Could someone tell me or give me some advices how to achieve what I need, please? I would like to keep previous architecture (agent controlling app is running and display Screen Recording permissions popup)Edit:=============In case someone faces same problem I found the solution I was invoking scripts using shell. I changed my shell to zsh and it started working.(My shell was zsh as it is the default shell in Catalina).What I am still seeing which is bit weird is that the application asking for permission is "env" instead of name of my app. Could someone explain why that happens?Thanks in advance
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have MacOS application with no UI which is intended to be running all the time. Right now it is an .app which is controlled by script to start it again in case it gets killed.My question is, should I implement daemon instead?Also the application needs to take screenshots. In MacOS Catalina I need to give special permissions to allow that. Since it does not have UI I don't see any popup asking for permission. How can I display the popup? Should I force the display programatically?Thanks in advance
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Hello all,I am trying to notarizing my app as it has become mandatory for new Catalina version.My problem is that when I submit the application to apple using this command:altool --notarize-appI get the output that application has been correctly uploaded, but then when I check Notarization process I only get this:altool --notarization-infoReturned: 2019-10-10 10:11:00.538 altool[67721:119779] No errors getting notarization info.RequestUUID: xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxDate: 2019-10-10 09:18:28 +0000Status: in progressLogFileURL: (null)It has been lasting for one hour almost and never endsIs there any known error or how can I check what is going wrong?Thanks in advance and Regards
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Hello all,I am implementing bash script to have my app notarized. In order to achieve that I am using altoolSo first I am uploading the app to Apple servers using command:xcrun altool --notarize-appOut put of that command is: Upload completed. Request UUID <Request_ID>Then I am using that Request_Id to check the progress of notarization:xcrun altool --notarization-info <Request_ID>My problem starts now. I have waited for one hour and process is not ending.What canI do? Just wait? Is normal that that process takes more than one hour?How can I check if there is something wrong?I am doing using MacOS Mojave for this operationsThanks and regards
Rulovic.