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“Because at the moment, every browser on iOS, whether it be badged Chrome, Firefox or Edge is actually just a branded skin of Safari, which lags behind because it has no competition on iOS.”Īs the group told The Register, limiting apps to WebKit has become a problem since developers don’t even have access to some of the features that Safari has.įor instance, full-screen capabilities are limited in third-party browsers, and Apple restricts Apple Pay integration to Safari. “The motive of the group is to try to persuade Apple that they need to allow other browser engines on iOS, so the iOS can be a better platform for developing stuff for the modern web,” explained Lawson. In other words, every web browser or web app you see on iOS is basically Safari running underneath another “skin.” That’s because, unlike macOS, iOS apps are required to use WebKit as their browser engine. At the same time, it asks Apple to open up iOS to third-party browser engines.įor those unfamiliar, iOS relies on the WebKit engine, which not only powers Safari but all web content on Apple’s operating system. The group wants developers to have access to the same features available in the iOS version of Safari. This time, a group of developers has launched a project called “ Open Web Advocacy” that challenges Apple to allow other browser engines on iOS. Give it a keyboard shortcut.Īt this point, you should be able to use the keyboard shortcut to run the application, and only that application needs to have permission to control your computer.Apple has been facing multiple accusations of anti-competitive practices in recent years, and it seems that there’s more to come.

In the “Services” list in the “Keyboard:Shortcuts” settings of System Preferences, the Quick Action you created in step 3 should be listed.

(You may have to unlock those settings to allow changes.) It should be checked automatically when you drag it in, but if not you can check it.

Drag the application you created in step 2 into the “Accessibility” list in System Preferences’s “Security & Privacy” settings.

Give it the action “Launch Application” and tell it to launch the application you just created. (If using Automator, you tell Automator that it’s an application when you start creating the script if using Script Editor, you tell Script Editor that it’s an application when you save the script.) You need that step because opening the app will take the focus away from Safari.

Use Automator (or Script Editor) to create an Application with the above steps, adding as the first step tell application "Safari" to activate.

Create an application that can be given permission to control your computer, and then create a Service that will launch the application.

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If that is not what you’ve done, this solution should still work, but you may also want to update your question, in case a better solution is available. I was able to duplicate the problem by doing that: attempting to run the script requires that Safari itself have access to “control your computer”. I’m guessing that what you’ve done is set up a Quick Action and then given that Quick Action a shortcut under “Services” in “Keyboard:Shortcuts” in System Preferences.

Or can this be automated too? Is there a completely different approach than Automator and AppleScript that would allow me to do this in a more user friendly and safe way? Basically, I want to do something similar to what AutoHotKey would be able to do in Windows. How should I approach this? I want the script to be easy to use, and wouldn't want to go into the settings each time to temporary allow Safari.

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I can get it to work, at least temporary, if I allow Safari in Accessibility too, but that seems to be too drastic and a security risk to have Safari to always have full control just to run a script from time to time. In System Prefrences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility I have allowed both Automator and AppleScript Utility, and under the Automation tab, I have allowed System Events for Safari. (WorkflowServiceRunner, my_script_name) is not allowed to send keystrokes" "System Events got an error: Automator Workflow Runner However, when I do this, I run into permission issues: The action "Run AppleSCript" encountered an error: I wish to execute it with a keyboard shortcut when I'm at a specific point in my browser. Tell application "System Events" to keystroke "World" Tell application "System Events" to keystroke tab Tell application "System Events" to keystroke "Hello" I have a functioning script that looks something like this toy example: on run I want to use Automator and AppleScript to fill out a form in Safari.