Hi Steve, I have another question: I am currently trying to trigger two simple applescripts, in this case the display brightness setting. Unfortunately, nothing happens when I enter the script in the Translator field. Not even with the test button, there is not even an error message. These scripts work perfectly in the script editor. I gave MT the permission to control the computer in the system settings, but that didn’t help either. Nothing happens and I don’t know what the problem is. These really are extremely simple scripts. It seems as if there is no functionality at all, if at least there were error messages :slight_smile: I have the impression that MT does not even try to execute the scripts. I also don’t see any other parameters that could influence the behavior. I have probably overlooked something trivial - but what? I’m on Ventura on a Mac Studio M1. Otherwise everything works perfectly in MT. I’ll attach a screenshot of the Translator settings etc. Do you have any idea what the problem could be? Many thanks and best regards Helfried [Bildschirmfoto 2023-12-08 um 03.24.19.png] [Bildschirmfoto 2023-12-08 um 03.24.28.png]

Terminal commands to fix AppleScript permissions for MIDI Translator Pro. I found them here . They work by editing directly the TCC database, which is used by macOS to store which application has special permissions. Disclaimer: use these commands at your own risk. They directly modify internal MacOS settings. Tested on MacOS 13 Ventura and MacOS 14 Sonoma Step 1: Before editing the TCC database, back it up. Just in case. cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db ~/TCC-Backup.db If you get the error Error: unable to open database "/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db": authorization denied and any other file operations on the TCC.db file all fail, your terminal app itself is missing the full disk access permission required to read the DB file. i.e. I can’t run the command from vscode but it works from iTerm because that’s how my permissions are set up. That’s addressed in rdamazio’s answer . From StackExchange . Step 2: Add System Events Automation permissions for MIDI Translator Pro. If you’re on macOS 13 Ventura: sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "insert into access values ('kTCCServiceAppleEvents', 'com.bome.miditranslator.pro', 0, 2, 3, 1, '??', NULL, 0, 'com.apple.systemevents', '??', NULL,1571402310);" If you’re on macOS 14 Sonoma: sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "insert into access values ('kTCCServiceAppleEvents', 'com.bome.miditranslator.pro', 0, 2, 4, 1, '??', NULL, 0, 'com.apple.systemevents', '??', 0,1732229701,NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',0);" If you get Error: stepping, UNIQUE constraint failed, delete the entry first using the delete command below. Step 3: Restart MIDI Translator Pro. If that does not help, restart the computer. And voila, now it works! I now have the necessary entries under ‘Security → Automation’ and MIDI Translator Pro executes the scripts perfectly! You can repeat the command with com.apple.system replaced with com.apple.finder to add permissions to send AppleScript commands to Finder. Other Commands Read the current status of the automation permissions: sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "select * from access where service='kTCCServiceAppleEvents';" Delete the permissions: sudo sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "delete from access where client like 'com.bome.miditranslator.pro';" Thanks for your help! I am so glad that everything is working now.

MT Pro: problem executing Apple Script

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FlorianBome (Florian Bome) November 29, 2024, 11:08am 13

Now you can find the solution in the Tips&Tricks section here: