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I have two MacBooks. Both run the same MacOS version. I installed the same Automator script in both.
But on the older MacBook I get:
The action “Run AppleScript” encountered an error: “System Events got an error: com.automator.runner.xpc is not allowed to send keystrokes.”
I added Automator to the Security -> Accessibility section in both. It even works on the older one. But then it suddenly stops. It just don't get why…
Automator's Log panel should display more detailed error information. You can show it by clicking the Log item in the View menu (or pressing ⌥⌘L).
You're doing many things wrong:
{}, always reset it to {} when finished with the temporary delimiter.input is a list and as such you should return a list and do it outside of the repeat loop. item 2 within the repeat loop needs to be text item 2, however, anItem within the repeat loop in this use case must also be text, so it needs to be (anItem as text). fileName needs to be a list because you are processing a list and you need to return a list.That said, here's an example Automator workflow with an AppleScript action coded in an example manner of how I'd write the code. Note though, that while it returns a list of the filenames after the $ delimiter, I'm not sure what good it's going to do you as it all depends on additional code not currently present in this example.
AppleScript code for the Run AppleScript action:
on run {input, parameters}
try
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"$"}
set theFileNameList to {}
repeat with thisItem in input
set the end of theFileNameList to text item 2 of (thisItem as text)
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {}
return theFileNameList
on error eStr number eNum
display dialog eStr & " number " & eNum buttons {"OK"} ¬
default button 1 with icon caution
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {}
return
end try
end run
Best Answer
I have solved this issue recently in case anyone is interested in how. It is NOT actually necessary for System Events to have direct Accessibility privileges. What you need to add are a total of 3 apps, Automator, Script Editor, and AppleScript Utility.
The Automator and Script Editor apps are found within the
~/Applicationsand~/Applications/Utilitiesfolders, respectively. What is harder to find is the AppleScript Utility app, seen below:To add AppleScript Utility app, click the
+button on Accessibility, then navigate to (a shortcut isCMD+SHIFT+G)then
openthe application calledAppleScript Utility.Afterwards, run a script in automator again, which updates the privileges and things should run well after. In summary, Automator, Script Editor, and AppleScript Utility need to be added to Accessibility.