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NSAppleScript memory leak

I have the code with OS X 10.6 SDK. There is one thing I can't understand. [1] int main(int argc, const char*argv[]) { NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; NSString *strScript = @"set theURL to \"\" \n" "tell…
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When launching an application using applescript, I am not getting the splash screen

When launching an application using applescript, I am not getting the splash screen I am trying to launch an application and open a file using applescript. I am using this script in my c++ project. The application launcher code goes some what like…
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NSApplescript escaping path with spaces in "do shell script.."

I'm having trouble escaping a path containing spaces using NSApplescript: // mybashscript is in the bundle app (NSlog grant that is ok!) NSDictionary*errorDict = nil; NSAppleScript*mycommand; NSString *mycommand = [mybashscript…
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Make Menu Item Do Something AppleScript

I'm writing a program in AppleScript that creates a menu in the menu bar on MacOS. This is my code: use AppleScript version "2.4" use scripting additions use framework "Foundation" use framework "AppKit" property StatusItem : missing value property…
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How to ask for administrative privilege only once in OSX?

So I have an app that runs shell command twice, once to disable sleep and then a few moments later to enable sleep. The code looks as follows: NSAppleScript(source: "do shell script \"sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1\" with administrator " + …
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Privacy tab using AppleScript

I am trying to access the Privacy -> Accessibility tab using Applescript. Can anyone help me? I need to display a list of all the programs in the section: Accessibility Camera Microphone Photos etc... The request itself and the output in the…
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Not authorised to send Apple Events to Finder from helper bundle

I'm having issues with executing AppleScript from the application helper bundle, which is contained in my main application bundle. I have a simple helper application bundle which only loads my script located in helpers' bundle Resources using…
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Creating AppleScript for global keyboard shortcuts

I'm creating an AppleScript for my Mac that will tell Spotify to skip or go back a track based on keyboard shortcuts. I believe I have the code correct but cannot get the script to work properly and think it may be due to the if-then statements'…
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How to close terminal window launched using Apple Script in Mac app

I have a Mac application. This app is executing following apple script using executeAndReturnError method of NSAppleScript class: set tempDir to path to temporary items as string set tempFilename to tempDir & "Test_Log.txt" set tempFilePath to…
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NSAppleScript sandbox entitlement for Numbers

I'm needing to read from a Numbers spreadsheet in an App Store Sandboxed Mac app. I have it working fine until I enable the Sandbox. Apples docs say to use the com.apple.security.scripting-targets entitlement however I cannot find any entitlements…
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NSAppleScript to highlight text in any Mac app with given NSRange

I am trying to highlight text in any Mac app through may custom Mac app, by making use of NSAppleScript. I have tried below code but it doesn't work. NSAppleScript* scriptObject = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithSource:[NSString…
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Start/Assign macOS app with root privileges

I have written a macOS Cocoa app using XCode 9.2. The purpose of the app is as a wrapper to a set of shell commands so that users can run commands easily as required. The shell script allow the users to control a particular device driver for which…
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Saving variables in applescript using plist's within application xcode

How do I make my script write to a Property List file without having to create a ".plist" file on the user's computer, but rather directly in the current application?
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Sending AppleEvent fails with sandbox

I try to show an element in the Calendar.app so the calendar is activated and the appropriate event is highlighted. I know how to do that but once Sandbox is on, I just get Calendar got an error: A privilege violation occurred. My code simply is…
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Objective C: Unable to run zip command from NSAppleScript

Here is the terminal command example that I want to run from NSAppleScript pushd "/Users/myUser/Library/Application Support" && zip -r "/Users/myUser/Desktop/myDataFolder.zip" "myDataFolder" && popd My Code: -(BOOL)runScriptAsAdmin:(NSString*)…
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