upgrade from mojave to catalina problems

#UPGRADE FROM MOJAVE TO CATALINA PROBLEMS UPGRADE#

So you need to use the Screen Capture action to screen capture the desktop to force the system in to asking permission. Unfortunately, it only does it automatically in some cases, and in other cases (like screen capturing a window) it just silently fails. There is no way to add an application to the permission list, the system does it automatically.

This preference is in the System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Privacy, Screen Recording preferences - enable Keyboard Maestro. Catalina Screen Recording:Ĭatalina requires Screen Recording permissions to use things like Found Image and Screen Capture. You probably do not need to restart, and if things are still causing problems you can use the Terminal “tccutil reset Accessibility” command to reset the Accessibility permissions, then Restart, and then try the whole process again. You should be able to remove the Keyboard Maestro Engine entry from the accessibility permissions, then quit and relaunch the Keyboard Maestro Engine (in Keyboard Maestro, File ➤ Quit Engine, File ➤ Launch Engine), and then you should be able to enable it. In this case, you simply cannot turn the checkbox on. This is rather infuriating, as the checkboxes clearly show permission, so anyone would assume that means they have permission, but the system is actually lying, and you have to toggle the checkboxes off and on again to grant permission - who would even think to try that? Catalina Accessibility:Ĭatalina continues the tradition started in Mojave of being difficult with the Accessibility permissions, and I have several reports of people having troubles enabling accessibility for Keyboard Maestro Engine.

#UPGRADE FROM MOJAVE TO CATALINA PROBLEMS UPGRADE#

This especially happens if you already have Keyboard Maestro and upgrade to Mojave or Catalina. If you have any troubles with accessibility (eg typing keystrokes, selecting menus, copy/paste, etc), you need to toggle the accessibility permissions (System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Privacy, Accessibility) for Keyboard Maestro and Keyboard Maestro Engine off and then on again. You will have to ensure you enable Accessibility for both Keyboard Maestro and Keyboard Maestro Engine. However, Mojave and Catalina have two accessibility settings bugs which can cause problems trying to enable accessibility permissions for Keyboard Maestro and Keyboard Maestro Engine (which is required for pretty much everything), and Catalina has screen recording settings bugs as well. So lets make this clear - Keyboard Maestro itself has no known problems with Catalina or Mojave. UPDATED: noted that there are still people having troubles with Catalina and its accessibility issues. Catalina (and Mojave really) Accessibility and Security Permissions

Upgrade from mojave to catalina problems