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AppleScript Application is not allowed to send keystrokes

I made an app with AppleScript called FRIDAY. When I tell it to 'open chrome', it opens google chrome, this is working on Script Editor and out side of script editor. I can also tell it to 'open a new tab' and it opens a new tab using keystrokes:

-- this boolean is the reason this script keeps runing
set condition to false
say "Welcome sir"
set commands to {"what is todays date", "what time is it", "what is the time", "what day is it", "what month is it", "which month is it", "friday you up", "friday", "friday you tere", "you there", "empty the trash", "take out the trash", "clean up", "new tab", "next tab", "back", "take a nap", "go to sleep", "take a rest", "wake up", "copy the link", "paste the link", "give me list of running apps", "open a folder", "open chrome", "open youtube", "open atom", "quit atom", "goodbye FRIDAY_AI", "okay thanks", "okay thank you", "thanks", "thank you", "good night", "good morning", "morning", "night", "hey friday"}
repeat until condition is true
    try
        tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer"
            set FRIDAY_AI to listen continuously for commands with identifier "mine" with section title "FRIDAY's Commands"
        end tell

    -- full date
    set todays_date to date string of (current date)
    -- day
    set todays_day to weekday of (current date) as string
    -- time
    set t to time string of (current date)
    -- month
    set m to month of (current date) as string


    -- time and day
    if FRIDAY_AI = "what is todays date" then
        say todays_date
    end if
    if FRIDAY_AI = "what time is it" then
        say t
    end if
    if FRIDAY_AI = "what is the time" then
        say t
    end if
    if FRIDAY_AI = "what day is it" then
        say todays_day
    end if
    if FRIDAY_AI = "what month is it" then
        say m
    end if
    if FRIDAY_AI = "which month is it" then
        say m
    end if
    -- end of time and day


    -- Clear trash --
    if FRIDAY_AI = "empty the trash" then
        tell application "Finder"
            empty the trash
        end tell
    end if

    -- FRIDAY --
    if FRIDAY_AI = "friday" then
        say "yes"
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "friday you up" then
        say "for you sir, alllways"
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "friday you there" then
        say "yes"
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "you there" then
        say "yes"
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "hey friday" then
        say "hey sir, waht can I do for you"
    end if
    -- END OF FRIDAY --


    if FRIDAY_AI = "take out the trash" then
        tell application "Finder"
            empty the trash
        end tell
    end if
    -- end of clear trash --

    -- QUITS EVERY APPLICATION --
    if FRIDAY_AI = "clean up" then
        say "cleaning up"
        delay 2
        say "goodbye sir"
        tell application "System Events" to set the visible of every process to true

        set white_list to {"Finder"}

        try
            tell application "Finder"
                set process_list to the name of every process whose visible is true
            end tell
            repeat with i from 1 to (number of items in process_list)
                set this_process to item i of the process_list
                if this_process is not in white_list then
                    tell application this_process
                        quit
                    end tell
                end if
            end repeat
        on error
            tell the current application to display dialog "An error has occurred!" & return & "This script will now quit" buttons {"Quit"} default button 1 with icon 0
        end try
    end if
    -------------------------------------


    -- SWITCH BETWEEN TABS TABS --
    if FRIDAY_AI = "new tab" then
        tell application "System Events"
            key code 17 using {command down}
        end tell
    end if
    --next tab --
    if FRIDAY_AI = "next tab" then
        tell application "System Events"
            key code 48 using {control down}
        end tell
    end if
    -- priveus tab --
    if FRIDAY_AI = "back" then
        tell application "System Events"
            key code 48 using {shift down, control down}
        end tell
    end if
    -- END OF SWITCH BETWEEN TABS --




    -- launches screen saver  
    if FRIDAY_AI = "take a nap" then
        try
            tell application id "com.apple.ScreenSaver.Engine" to launch
        end try
    end if
    if FRIDAY_AI = "go to sleep" then
        try
            tell application id "com.apple.ScreenSaver.Engine" to launch
        end try
    end if
    if FRIDAY_AI = "take a rest" then
        try
            tell application id "com.apple.ScreenSaver.Engine" to launch
        end try
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "wake up" then
        tell application "System Events"
            key code 49
        end tell
    end if
    -- END OF SCREEN SAVER --





    if FRIDAY_AI = "give me list of running apps" then
        tell application "System Events"
            key code 53 using {command down, option down}
        end tell
    end if



    -- copy url --
    if FRIDAY_AI = "copy the link" then
        tell application "System Events"
            key code 37 using {command down}
            delay 0.5
            key code 8 using {command down}
        end tell
    end if

    -- paste url --
    if FRIDAY_AI = "paste the link" then
        tell application "System Events"
            key code 37 using {command down}
            delay 0.5
            key code 9 using {command down}
            keystroke return
        end tell
    end if




    if FRIDAY_AI = "open a folder" then
        log FRIDAY_AI
        tell application "Finder"
            activate
            make new Finder window
            set target of front window to home
        end tell
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "open chrome" then
        tell application "Google Chrome"
            log FRIDAY_AI
            say "Opening Google Chrome sir"
            activate
        end tell
    end if

    (* if FRIDAY_AI = "open atom" then
    tell application "Atom"
        log FRIDAY_AI
        say "opening Atom"
        activate
    end tell
end if 

if FRIDAY_AI = "quit atom" then
    log FRIDAY_AI
    tell application "Atom" to quit
end if *)

    if FRIDAY_AI = "goodbye FRIDAY_AI" then
        log FRIDAY_AI
        say "goodbye sir"
        -- quit = exist the program completely--
        -- Stop the script- -
        exit repeat
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "open youtube" then
        log FRIDAY_AI
        tell application "Google Chrome"
            activate
            open location "https://www.youtube.com/"
        end tell
    end if

    -- JUST PERSONAL COMMENTARY --
    if FRIDAY_AI = "thanks" then
        log FRIDAY_AI
        say "I am glad, I could be of help sir"
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "okay thanks" then
        log FRIDAY_AI
        say "I am glad, I could be of help sir"
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "thank you" then
        log FRIDAY_AI
        say "You're welcome sir"
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "okay thank you" then
        log FRIDAY_AI
        say "You're welcome sir"
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "good night" then
        log FRIDAY_AI
        say "Good night sir"
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "night" then
        log FRIDAY_AI
        say "Good night sir"
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "good morning" then
        log FRIDAY_AI
        say "Good morning sir"
    end if

    if FRIDAY_AI = "morning" then
        log FRIDAY_AI
        say "morning sir"
    end if

    -- END OF PERSONAL COMMENTARY --
    -- if an error occurs, it goes back and keep repeating
    on error
        set condition to false
    end try


end repeat

Now, the code above only works when I run FRIDAY on Script Editor but it DOES NOT WORK when I save FRIDAY as an application and run it.

Script Editor and my application(FRIDAY) have accessibility, in fact FRIDAY has full disk accessibility. But still it cannot send keystrokes.

I am keep getting this ERROR:

System Events got an error: FRIDAY is not allowed to send keystrokes.

Accessibility: enter image description here Full Disk Access: enter image description here Automation: enter image description here

If you could help me solve this problem, I would really appreciate it, thank you!

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WeeeHaaa Avatar asked Mar 03 '19 20:03

WeeeHaaa


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3 Answers

I got a similar problem when updated to macOS 10.15 Catalina. I went to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Accessibility and here I deleted my application and then added it again. After this, all work perfectly.

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Tehdrew Avatar answered Oct 17 '22 09:10

Tehdrew


I also found though it is getting asked to allow your script with access to System Events it is not added to Security & Privacy if your script has spaces in it's name. I was struggling with this issue until I replaced space with an underscore. Then it was added here and worked fine since. My script with underscore instead of space:

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Alexander Vasin Avatar answered Oct 17 '22 09:10

Alexander Vasin


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This what worked for me:

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Go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Accessibility and give permissions to iterm2

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mark kats Avatar answered Oct 17 '22 09:10

mark kats