Weird macOS error dialog

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Fri Oct 25 21:07:48 EDT 2019


Thanks, Jacque.

Looking into this more deeply I believe it's not triggered by LC itself, 
but by a companion app my client has written.

I'll suggest they sign that to make that abstract annoyance go away.

-- 
  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems


Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote:

> Weird macOS error dialog
> J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> Fri Oct 25 20:57:25 EDT 2019
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> It isn't new but apparently it changed a little in Mojave.
> 
> https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/335848/mojave-disable-or-control-the-some-app-name-wants-access-to-control-another
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> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> On October 25, 2019 7:37:35 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode 
> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> After installing LC 9.5 on macOS "Catalina", when I run it I get a
>> system alert I've never seen before:
>>
>>  "LiveCode Indy 9.5.0" wants access to
>>  control "System Events". Allowing control
>>  will provide access to documents and data
>>  in "System Events", and to perform actions
>>  within that app."
>>
>> What fresh hell is this?  Is this something all of our users will be seeing?
>>
>> I'm guessing (because there's not much in that text for actually
>> knowing) that this occurs with some Apple event and/or AppleScript use -
>> is that correct?
>>
>> Anyone know how to never see that weird thing again? (Other than just
>> clicking "OK", which users will do but is never a good idea unless they
>> fully understand the implications, which I don't believe is possible in
>> this case given the vague wording).
>>
>> --
>>  Richard Gaskin
>>  Fourth World Systems





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