I made an application in Script Editor and it works as expected. But the app seems to be getting automatically deleted at random times. For example, I made it a few days ago, tested it successfully, then went back today to look for it and it was gone. Tested this multiple times. I bit more detail about my process: I wrote the app in Script editor, exported it as an Application with run-only checked and no code signing after manipulating a few things (.plist file, .icns file), I then remove extended attributes and code-sign using terminal. I have an Apple developer account that I use to code-sign: xattr -cr <path_to_app> codesign -s <my_developer_account> <path_to_app_bundle> then I copy the app into my Applications folder and test it successfully a day or more later, the app is gone (and I haven't even opened it again) Ventura 13.1, Mac Book Pro 2021

I have implemented a custom AppIntent in a macOS (14+) application and also added AppShortcuts. However whenever I try to launch it from Siri I get "Sorry something went wrong". In the documentation it states that Siri should automagically index and pick up these shortcuts/ intents. What ma I missing ?

I'm trying to study music theory and I need a simple series of tasks to be automated to avoid wasting time on repetitive actions. That's what the Shortcuts app is for, but the actions it comes with are either severely mislabeled, or just don't work. I tried to ask for this in some regular forums and nobody could give me a simple answer, so I figured this is something that developers probably know. I just need four PDFs to open in Preview, their windows moved to one of my monitors, and then be tiled in four equal sizes, with the order determined by me. Sounds easy, doesn't it? But I've been trying to accomplish this for over a year in Shortcuts and even Automator, but at best I can get halfway there. I've also noticed that the Shortcuts I had prepared are running awfully slow. I'm on a Mac Studio M1 Ultra, and these PDFs are less than 10 MB each, three of them are less than 5 MB. These used to open almost instantly, but now the first one opens, then 3-5 seconds later the next one opens and so on. As for the window tiling, at best it's tiling three of the windows correctly, but the other one that should tile on the top left, doesn't resize to the quarter of the screen. But worst of all, they are supposed to move to one of the monitors and do the tiling there, but they all open and tile on the main monitor. So this is one I started today from scratch: Logically speaking, this should work. But either I'm not following the logic with which Shortcuts was designed, or Shortcuts just doesn't work very well. I'm hoping it's just that I don't follow the logic, but the help is not very helpful. It's rather scant, and other than that, I can't find something that will give me more information about how it works. I'm on the current version of Sonoma, but this was the same in the previous macOS. I doubt it changed at all in Sequoia. Sorry if I'm asking this in a developer forum, but I figured it's the place where I can finally get some answers after over a year of trial and error and online searching and getting nowhere.

Hi all, I’m developing a Mac OS application with XCode that interacts with iWork documents (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) using ScriptingBridge (and maybe AppleScript). Right now I started with Pages, assuming if it works for Pages, it will likely be similar for Numbers and Keynote. While I can successfully access and modify the main body text (e.g. the “body text” property in a Pages document), I’m having major difficulties accessing the comments (or annotations) within these documents. There are many aspects, but right now what I’m trying to achieve: For a Pages document, I need to scan the document and extract, for each comment: The content of the comment (i.e. the comment’s text). The text that is being commented on. For Numbers, similarly, I need to retrieve the commented cell’s content and the associated comment. For Keynote, the same as Pages, except I manage to get the Presenter Notes. Once done, I could replace the content accordingly. What I’ve tried: Using AppleScript commands such as: every comment of document "Test" Accessing properties like content or range of a comment. Attempting various syntaxes (including using class specifiers) to force AppleScript to recognize comments. Using ScriptingBridge in my Swift code, but I couldn’t find any mapping for a “comment” object in the Pages dictionary. However, all these attempts result in errors such as “cannot convert …” or “this class is not key value coding-compliant for the key …” which leads me to believe that the iWork scripting dictionaries may not expose comments (or annotations) in a scriptable way. Questions: Is there a supported way to access the comments (and the associated commented text) in an iWork document via AppleScript or ScriptingBridge? If so, what is the proper syntax or property name to use? (For example, should I be looking for a class named “comment”, “annotation”, or perhaps something else?) If direct access via AppleScript/ScriptingBridge is not possible, what alternative approaches would you recommend for programmatically extracting comment data from iWork documents? I apologize if my post isn't clear, it is translated from French. Any insights or examples would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Sometimes, during Recovery, when choosing "Options" I'm presented with the Language chooser before going into the Recovery options. Other times the process moves directly into Recovery options, without any language choice. I'm running in recovery mode, after completing a fresh installation of macOS (including setting a language) and fully shutting down the OS via the menu. This happens seemingly randomly, which affects the ability to automate the process. So far I've only seen it on macOS 15. Is there some logic to why this language chooser pops up, and any way I can make it consistent (in either direction)?

I'm developing an AppIntent with a Duration parameter, the definition looks like this: @Parameter(title: "Duration", description: "Time entry duration") var duration: Measurement<UnitDuration> When I run this AppIntent using Siri voice command (by a shortcut) the system asks for the duration value, however when I try to say "1 hour 10 minutes" the "hour" component is ignored, in the AppIntent's perform() method I see only the minutes set (so in this case only 10 minutes). Is there any way to use the Duration type for this type of natural language input? When I try to set only 10 minutues, or 1 hour separately it works, just the combination of these two fails. Thank you

Hi all, Since updating to iOS 18.4, I'm experiencing a regression with AppIntents triggered from Widgets. In my app, I use AppIntents inside a WidgetKit extension to control HomeKit devices. This setup was working perfectly up to iOS 18.3. However, starting with iOS 18.4, when the AppIntent is triggered from the widget and the main app is not running, the action fails with this error: Error Domain=HMErrorDomain Code=80 "Missing entitlement for API." UserInfo={ NSLocalizedFailureReason=Handler does not support background access, NSLocalizedDescription=Missing entitlement for API. } Interestingly, the exact same AppIntent works fine if the app is still alive in the background — it seems like the failure only occurs when the intent is handled by the widget process. This looks like a behavior change or new restriction introduced in iOS 18.4. Has anyone experienced the same? Is there a new entitlement needed, or a recommended workaround? Thanks in advance!

I've been using /usr/bin/shortcuts for various tasks (eg. Quicksilver uses it to list and run shortcuts), and after updating from 14.7.4 to 14.7.5 the tool gets killed on startup. Eg. here is what it looks like in my shell: ❯ shortcuts list zsh: killed shortcuts list (And this is regardless of whether I have "full disk access" or "developer tools" toggled on or off for iTerm.) Looking at system logs it seems like the binary is missing an entitlement, which causes MACF / Gatekeeper to throw a fit: 2025-04-12 18:38:48.847576 kernel: mac_vnode_check_signature: /usr/bin/shortcuts: code signature validation failed fatally: When validating /usr/bin/shortcuts: in-kernel: com.apple.shortcuts.ShortcutsCommandLine disallowed without com.apple.private.security.restricted-application-groups 2025-04-12 18:38:48.847582 kernel: validation of code signature failed through MACF policy: 1 2025-04-12 18:38:48.847583 kernel: check_signature[pid: 2475]: error = 1 2025-04-12 18:38:48.847587 kernel: proc 95761: load code signature error 4 for file "shortcuts" 2025-04-12 18:38:48.847613 kernel: exec_mach_imgact: not running binary "shortcuts" built against preview arm64e ABI 2025-04-12 18:38:48.855481 syspolicyd: (Security) SecTrustEvaluateIfNecessary 2025-04-12 18:38:48.857970 syspolicyd: [com.apple.syspolicy.exec:default] GK evaluateScanResult: 2, PST: (path: /usr/bin/shortcuts), (team: (null)), (id: (null)), (bundle_id: (null)), 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0evaluateScanResult: 2, PST: (path: /usr/bin/shortcuts), (team: (null)), (id: (null)), (bundle_id: (null)), 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0 I used Time Machine to compare the binary's entitlements between 14.7.4 and 14.7.5, and looks like in 14.7.5 /usr/bin/shortcuts indeed is missing the com.apple.private.security.restricted-application-groups entitlement that 14.7.4 had. The old binary had these two entitlements that the new one doesn't: [Key] com.apple.private.security.restricted-application-groups [Value] [Array] [String] group.com.apple.shortcuts [String] group.is.workflow.my.app [String] group.is.workflow.shortcuts [Key] com.apple.security.application-groups [Value] [Array] [String] group.com.apple.shortcuts [String] group.is.workflow.my.app [String] group.is.workflow.shortcuts Is there a sensible workaround for this (and by "sensible" I mean something that'd allow me to keep using the tool)? (I already asked this on the support forums but I figured I might as well ask here too)

Consider the following in an AppIntent: struct TestIntent: AppIntent { static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "Test Intent" static var parameterSummary: some ParameterSummary { Summary("Test") { \.$options } } enum Option: Int, CaseIterable, AppEnum { case one case two case three case four case five case six static let typeDisplayRepresentation: TypeDisplayRepresentation = TypeDisplayRepresentation( name: "Options" ) static let caseDisplayRepresentations: [Option: DisplayRepresentation] = [ .one: DisplayRepresentation(title: "One"), .two: DisplayRepresentation(title: "Two"), .three: DisplayRepresentation(title: "Three"), .four: DisplayRepresentation(title: "Four"), .five: DisplayRepresentation(title: "Five"), .six: DisplayRepresentation(title: "Six"), ] } @Parameter(title: "Options", default: []) var options: [Option] @MainActor func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult { print(options) return .result() } } In Shortcuts, this will turn into a dropdown where you can check multiple Option values. However, when perform() is called, options will be an empty array regardless of what the user selects. This is observed on both iOS 18.5 and macOS 15.5. However, on iOS 26.0 beta and macOS 26.0 beta, the issue seems to be resolved and options contains all the checked options. However, we do back deploy to current/previous iOS/macOS versions. How can we provide a multiple choice selection of fixed values on these older versions?

In my app, when invoking a Shortcut via Siri, the application(_:continueUserActivity:restorationHandler:) method in AppDelegate is called twice. When I debug, both NSUserActivity objects are identical. However, when I run the same Shortcut by tapping it manually, the method is only called once as expected. Has anyone experienced this issue? How can I prevent Siri Shortcuts from delivering the same NSUserActivity twice?

I’ve developed an automation and shortcut using the iPhone Shortcuts app in IOS 18, something that hasn’t been done before. With support from Apple’s customer service, I was encouraged to bring this idea to life. The automation’s purpose is to open a specified iOS app, move it to the background, and use a txt database in Folders to ensure uninterrupted data flow and continuous connectivity—especially useful for health apps where wearable devices need consistent, uninterrupted operation and monitoring (e.g., doctor tracking or wearable device connectivity). I would like to share the Automation and the Shortcut with the community.

Context I'm working on a Mail.app plugin. I would like to disseminate plugin via AppStore. I'm interested in exposing a functionality to user enabling user to choose if plugin should apply to all or selected email account. My intention is to use AppleScript to get a list of available email accounts and expose the list to the end-user via SwiftUI Sourcing account information Apple Script I'm using the following AppleScript tell application "Mail" set accountDict to {} repeat with acc in accounts set accName to name of acc set accEmails to email addresses of acc set accountDict's end to {accName:accEmails} end repeat return accountDict end tell The above generates expected results when executed using Script Editor. Swift Implementation This is still incomplete but shows the overall plan. // // EmailAccounts.swift import Foundation enum EmailScriptError: Error { case scriptExecutionError(String) } struct EmailAccounts { func getAccountNames() -&gt; [String]? { let appleScriptSource = """ tell application "Mail" set accountDict to {} repeat with acc in accounts set accName to name of acc set accEmails to email addresses of acc set accountDict's end to {accName:accEmails} end repeat return accountDict end tell """ var error: NSDictionary? var accountNames: [String] = [] // Create script object, exit if fails guard let scriptObject = NSAppleScript(source: appleScriptSource) else { return nil } // Execute script and store results, nil on error let scriptResult = scriptObject.executeAndReturnError(&amp;error) if error != nil { return nil } // Iterate over results for index in 0...scriptResult.numberOfItems { if let resultEntry = scriptResult.atIndex(index) { if let resultString = resultEntry.stringValue { // Process result handling // accountNames.append(resultString) } } } return accountNames } } Questions Most important one, can I deploy the App on the App Store and use NSAppleScript as shown above? If yes can I use the script in the manner shown above or will I need to store the script in User &gt; Library &gt; Application Scripts location and source it from there. This is outlined in the Scripting from a Sandbox article by Craig Hockenberry, which I cannot link due to being hosted within a not-permitted domain. If yes what entitlements I need to give to the target. I understand that I wouldn't be able to use ScriptingBridge, which feels more robust but wouldn't permit me to deploy the app on the AppStore. My key objective is to programatically identify mail accounts available to Mail.app, if there is a wiser / easier way of doing that I would be more than receptive.

In the Swift function at the end of this post, I use Scripting Bridge to have Finder delete a path. The variable result is a SBObject returned by the delete() function. I know that result somehow contains the new path of the deleted item in the trash folder, but I don't know how to nicely extract it as a single String. If I print(String(describing: result)), I get output like: <SBObject @0x0123456789ab: <class 'appf'> "AppName.app" of <class 'cfol'> ".Trash" of <class 'cfol'> "user" of <class 'cfol'> "Users" of startupDisk of application "Finder" (822)> Is there any way to obtain the String "/Users/user/.Trash/AppName.app" from result without having to perform string parsing on the above output? The Finder* types in the code below are from https://github.com/tingraldi/SwiftScripting/blob/master/Frameworks/FinderScripting/FinderScripting/Finder.swift func trash(path: String) throws { guard let finder: FinderApplication = SBApplication(bundleIdentifier: "com.apple.finder") else { throw runtimeError("Failed to obtain Finder access: com.apple.finder does not exist") } guard let items = finder.items else { throw runtimeError("Failed to obtain Finder access: finder.items does not exist") } let object = items().object(atLocation: URL(fileURLWithPath: path)) guard let item = object as? FinderItem else { throw runtimeError( """ Failed to obtain Finder access: finder.items().object(atLocation: URL(fileURLWithPath: \ \"\(path)\") is a '\(type(of: object))' that does not conform to 'FinderItem' """ ) } guard let delete = item.delete else { throw runtimeError("Failed to obtain Finder access: FinderItem.delete does not exist") } let result = delete() }

Hello, We are working on automating some processes for our mac virtual machines pool, and one of the things we are looking for is where we can download various different versions of macOS. When going to the download section of the apple dev portal, it only gives a download link of the latest macOS. Is there no way to obtain download URLs for previous macOS versions as well? For instance, we are trying to validate our automation scripts against Sonoma macOS so we are looking for the download URL , to put in our scripts , or to manually download the file ourselves. Thanks!

Hi all I work in music production, the way the tools are set up is we use many tools (plugins) inside one larger app (a DAW), as such the process of setting up a machine to do work involves running 50-100+ different installers to get all tools installed. I'd like to write a small app that will automate the install process. I have a working approach for this where all steps work when run individually in terminal or via AppleScript, but as I create one unifying app I am running into an issue where any app I create in Xcode is not allowed to mount DMGs or give commands to terminal (even if I make a build app package and move it out of the Xcode directory, and even if I give explicit permission via settings) and if I try to have the app try to do the works via terminal it also can't seem to access terminal. I think there are some limitations I'm missing here. Any tips?

I am unable to get a result from a simple AppleScript calculator set of commands. The calculator shows the right result, but I cannot capture the result to place in the clipboard and read it. I also ran this in the script editor. Python File

(Public dupe of FB16477656) The Shortcuts app allows you to parameterise the input for an action using variables or allowing "Ask every time". This option DOES NOT show when conforming my AppEntity.defaultQuery Struct to EntityStringQuery: But it DOES shows when confirming to EntityQuery: As discussed on this forum post (or FB13253161) my AppEntity.defaultQuery HAS TO confirm to EntityStringQuery to allow for searching by String from Siri Voice input. To summarise: With EntityQuery: My Intent looks like it supports variables via the Shortcuts app. But will end up in an endless loop because there is no entities(matching string: String) function. This will allow me to choose an item via the Shorcuts.app UI With EntityStringQuery: My Intent does not support variables via the Shortcuts app. I am not allows to choose an item via the Shorcuts.app UI. Even weirder, if i set up the shortcut with using a build with EntityQuery and then do another build with EntityStringQuery it works as expected. Code: /* Works with Siri to find a match, doesn't show "Ask every time" */ public struct WidgetStationQuery: EntityStringQuery { public init() { } public func entities(matching string: String) async throws -> [Station] { let stations = [Station(id: "car", name: "car"), Station(id: "bike", name: "bike")] return stations.filter { $0.id.lowercased() == string.lowercased() } } public func entities(for identifiers: [Station.ID]) async throws -> [Station] { let stations = [Station(id: "car", name: "car"), Station(id: "bike", name: "bike")] return stations.filter { identifiers.contains($0.id.lowercased()) } } public func suggestedEntities() async throws -> [Station] { return [Station(id: "car", name: "car"), Station(id: "bike", name: "bike")] } public func defaultResult() async -> Station? { try? await suggestedEntities().first } } /* DOES NOT work with Siri to find a match, but Shortcuts shows "Ask every time" */ public struct WidgetBrokenStationQuery: EntityQuery { public init() { } public func entities(matching string: String) async throws -> [Station] { let stations = [Station(id: "car", name: "car"), Station(id: "bike", name: "bike")] return stations.filter { $0.id.lowercased() == string.lowercased() } } public func entities(for identifiers: [Station.ID]) async throws -> [Station] { let stations = [Station(id: "car", name: "car"), Station(id: "bike", name: "bike")] return stations.filter { identifiers.contains($0.id.lowercased()) } } public func suggestedEntities() async throws -> [Station] { return [Station(id: "car", name: "car"), Station(id: "bike", name: "bike")] } public func defaultResult() async -> Station? { try? await suggestedEntities().first } }```

Instead of a .sdef file (or older formats) made in advance and stored in an app’s bundle, I wonder if the script dictionary can be set soon after the app opens? I seen related API, with a note that the scripting file reader ultimately calls that API. I grok about 90% of that API, but I’m not sure it’s possible.

I'm currently trying to use the new @UnionValue macro. From what I understood, it allows multiple types for a parameter. I created the following enum: @UnionValue enum IntentDuration { case int(Int) case duration(Measurement<UnitDuration>) } Then, I tried to use it in the following AppIntent: struct MyIntent: AppIntent { static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "intent.title" static let description = IntentDescription("intent.description") static let openAppWhenRun: Bool = true @Parameter var duration: IntentDuration @Dependency private var appManager: AppManager @MainActor func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult { // My action return .result() } } However, I get the following error from Xcode at the @Parameter line: 'init()' is unavailable Did I wrongly understand how this works? Is there another way to accept multiple types for a parameter? I didn't manage to find any docs on this.

I'm unable to fix syntax errors when using folders such as “greg’s folder" error "86:87: syntax error: Expected “"” but found unknown token. (-2741)" number 1 i’ve created an apple script to run python tool to extract “.rpa” files. the script works well except to selecting games that are in a folder with “‘". any ideas to properly to this? thank you. -- Function to escape special characters in POSIX paths for safe shell execution on escapePOSIXPath(originalPath) set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "'" set pathParts to text items of originalPath set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "'\\''" set escapedPath to pathParts as text set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "" -- Reset delimiters -- Wrap in single quotes return "'" & escapedPath & "'" end escapePOSIXPath -- Get the current app's POSIX path set currentAppPath to POSIX path of (path to me) -- Construct the expected path for rpatool.py set scriptPath to currentAppPath & "Contents/Resources/Scripts/rpatool.py" -- Check if rpatool.py exists set scriptExists to do shell script "test -e " & quoted form of scriptPath & " && echo true || echo false" if scriptExists is "false" then -- Ask user to select the rpatool.py file display dialog "rpatool.py was not found. Please select its location." set rpaToolFile to choose file with prompt "Select the rpatool.py script" of type {"public.python-script"} set scriptPath to POSIX path of rpaToolFile end if -- Escape the path for safe execution set scriptPath to escapePOSIXPath(scriptPath) -- Prompt user to select the game application set appFile to choose file with prompt "Select the Game app with RPA files" of type {"com.apple.application"} set appPath to POSIX path of appFile set gameFolderPath to appPath & "/Contents/Resources/autorun/game" -- Check if the 'game' folder exists set gameFolderExists to do shell script "test -d " & quoted form of gameFolderPath & " && echo true || echo false" if gameFolderExists is "false" then display dialog "The 'game' folder was not found in the selected app's directory. Exiting..." return end if -- Find all .rpa files in the game folder set fileList to paragraphs of (do shell script "find " & quoted form of gameFolderPath & " -name '*.rpa' -type f") -- Check if .rpa files exist if fileList is {} then display dialog "No .rpa files found in the 'game' folder. Exiting..." return end if -- Open Terminal and change directory set firstCommand to "cd " & quoted form of gameFolderPath do shell script "osascript -e " & quoted form of ("tell application \"Terminal\" to do script \"" & firstCommand & "\"") -- Process each .rpa file in Terminal display dialog "Extraction will start in Terminal and will process " & (count of fileList) & " .rpa files." repeat with aFile in fileList set aFile to escapePOSIXPath(aFile) set extractionCommand to "python3 " & scriptPath & " -x " & aFile -- Execute in Terminal try do shell script "osascript -e " & quoted form of ("tell application \"Terminal\" to do script \"" & extractionCommand & "\" in front window") delay 0.5 do shell script "osascript -e " & quoted form of "tell application \"Terminal\" to activate" on error errMsg display dialog "Error executing command: " & errMsg end try end repeat Test Run with error: tell current application path to current application --> alias "Macintosh HD:Users:Greg:Downloads:Ren'Py:RPA Extractor Mac 2.9.scpt" do shell script "test -e '/Users/Greg/Downloads/Ren'\\''Py/RPA Extractor Mac 2.9.scptContents/Resources/Scripts/rpatool.py' && echo true || echo false" --> "false" end tell tell application "Script Editor" display dialog "rpatool.py was not found. Please select its location." --> {button returned:"OK"} choose file with prompt "Select the rpatool.py script" of type {"public.python-script"} --> alias "Macintosh HD:Users:Greg:Downloads:Ren'Py:Test Game:rpatool.py" choose file with prompt "Select the Game app with RPA files" of type {"com.apple.application"} --> alias "Macintosh HD:Users:Greg:Downloads:Ren'Py:Test Game:Test Game.app:" end tell tell current application do shell script "test -d '/Users/Greg/Downloads/Ren'\\''Py/Test Game/Test Game.app//Contents/Resources/autorun/game' && echo true || echo false" --> "true" do shell script "find '/Users/Greg/Downloads/Ren'\\''Py/Test Game/Test Game.app//Contents/Resources/autorun/game' -name '*.rpa' -type f" --> "/Users/Greg/Downloads/Ren'Py/Test Game/Test Game.app//Contents/Resources/autorun/game/code.rpa /Users/Greg/Downloads/Ren'Py/Test Game/Test Game.app//Contents/Resources/autorun/game/fonts.rpa /Users/Greg/Downloads/Ren'Py/Test Game/Test Game.app//Contents/Resources/autorun/game/sounds.rpa" do shell script "osascript -e 'tell application \"Terminal\" to do script \"cd '\\''/Users/Greg/Downloads/Ren'\\''\\'\\'''\\''Py/Test Game/Test Game.app//Contents/Resources/autorun/game'\\''\"'" --> error "73:74: syntax error: Expected “\"” but found unknown token. (-2741)" number 1 Result: error "73:74: syntax error: Expected “\"” but found unknown token. (-2741)" number 1