1. Terminal Permissions

Security and Privacy -> Privacy

If you don't see terminal in the list of apps, you can add it by clicking the "+" button under the list and select terminal from applications -> utilities (refer to image below)

If there's no "+" button, you might have to skip this for now. You might revisit this after you run the macro, as Terminal might show up.

Note that automation doesn't have the "+" button, if you don't see Terminal in this category, add it after you run the macro.

Enable Terminal for these categories:

  • Full disk access (lets macro access other macro files)

  • Accessibility (lets macro send keypresses)

  • Screen recording (lets macro read the screen)

  • Input Monitoring (lets macro detect keypresses)

If Terminal does not show up there, it should appear after running the macro.

NOTE: On older macOS versions, some of these categories may not show up, which is normal.

Sample for older macOS versions

Sample for newer macOS versions:

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