Permissions for running applescripts

[ivan-unfolds]

@martakostova I was wondering if you can help!

I am trying to add the following applescript so that my computer locks itself at the end of pomodoro period. This is so I can make sure that I take my pomodoro break as I often miss the alarm and next thing I know 3 hours have gone by without a break.

activate application "SystemUIServer"
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "SystemUIServer" to keystroke "q" using {command down, control down}
end tell

However I am getting an error when trying to do this. After doing some research I think the script is failing because the app does not have the right permissions. I am not sure but I think the problem is that it is not in the Automation tab of the Security and Privacy settings.

Do you know if there's anything that can be done?

[martakostova]

Yes, this is because of Sandboxing (which is requirement for the App Store). Here you can find instructions how to disable it #19

[ivan-unfolds]

Thanks for speedy response @martakostova 🙂

#19 didn't work unfortunately, when I changed com.apple.security.app-sandbox boolean, the app wouldn't open. However I found your other suggestions of building the app locally. This didn't work initially, however I added NSAppleEventsUsageDescription to the Pomodoro-info.plist and it worked. Hopefully that is of help for anyone with same issue!

[martakostova]

@ivanmauricio this was very useful. Thanks! Will add it in the next version.
Cheers!

[ivan-unfolds]

No worries, glad I could be of help 😊

As an aside I have been using that script for the last few days and it's worked really well at helping me stick to my breaks. I know you take feature requests, so I think an option to lock your computer at break ends is a good one. Not sure how hard that would be to implement though!

[JosepFrancesc]

Hi @martakostova ,
I have the same problem with Catalina. Can you help me please?