For anyone running into this Question and scrolling actually till my answer: The entitlement: com.apple.security.automation.apple-events is actually still allowed, my app just got approved a month ago. A few things that you need to look into: Can it be done differently? If so then it won't be approved so don't even try. Is this feature outdated and can be done by a different app from apple already? If so it also won't be approved If you can make sure that you answer both with no, then think about why into the very detail. Then go over to make a bug report about it - they will probably tell you: Not really our business but sure go along and submit for review. Now in the review basically list everything that you just thought of again, tell them what your code does, show them it isn't able to do harm to the user, tell them what your future plan is, why it can't be done in any other way, show them that it won't break the intended use of any other application. Now that you are a novel writer quit swift - eh wait no sorry wrong step. But seriously write everything, till you nearly hit the limit. Slap the Bug Report Code on the Top of that novel and then you will probably get through the review. Apple is very strict on the entitlements and if it is not absolutely necessary for an application the will not approve it. If their is something unclear they will ask you to specify why something is like it is but you need to give them a basis to ask and the more you give them the easier it is for them to ask further questions.