AppleScripts not working on new System Settings on MacOS Ventura

AppleScript
#1

Hello. I update my iMac to MacOS Ventura and sadly I realized that scripts that previously worked on old Systems Preferences on macOS Monterey and earlier, now stopped working on new System Settings on MacOS Ventura. Even If I want do something simple like: “get id of current pane”, Apple Script throwing an error said that “AppleEvent handler failed.” System Settings are on dictionary though so this is a bug or I must something allow on new system?

#2

It is known issue. Apple may fix it in next major OS release. But it will not be fixed in macOS 13.x.
Why? Because it is Apple.

Today, I wrote System Settings control library to display each pane by Pane title.
I’ll deliver it as a additional supplement script to my ebook.

#3

For simply opening a Settings pane, this seems to be possible (though not with AppleScript).

See the most recent comments here:

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#4

You can use the x-apple values from AppleScript like this:

use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit"
use scripting additions

current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace()'s openURL:(current application's NSURL's URLWithString:"x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preferences.password")
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#5

Here you go. You can split the System Settings tell at splitter group 1 and use group 2 to interact with the actual setting for the pane. If you don’t have Family enabled then the indices maybe be off by 1.

use framework "Foundation"

property pane_ids : {|AppleID|:2, |Family|:3, |Wi-Fi|:5, |Bluetooth|:6, |Network|:7, |Notifications|:9, |Sound|:10, |Focus|:11, |Screen Time|:12, |General|:14, |Appearance|:15, |Accessibility|:16, |Control Center|:17, |Siri & Spotlight|:18, |Privacy & Security|:19, |Desktop & Dock|:21, |Displays|:22, |Wallpaper|:23, |Screen Saver|:24, |Battery|:25, |Lock Screen|:27, |Touch ID & Password|:28, |Users & Groups|:29, |Passwords|:31, |Internet Accounts|:32, |Game Center|:33, |Wallet & ApplePay|:34, |Keyboard|:36, |Trackpad|:37, |Printers & Scanners|:38, |Java|:40}

on open_settings_to(settings_pane)
    set pane to current application's NSDictionary's dictionaryWithDictionary:pane_ids
    set pane_index to (pane's valueForKey:settings_pane) as anything
    tell application "System Settings"
        activate
        delay 1
    end tell
    tell application "System Events"
        tell application process "System Settings"
            tell outline 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of splitter group 1 of group 1 of window 1
                select row pane_index
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end open_settings_to
#6

AppleScript is now working on new System Settings, on MacOS Ventura 13.3 :smiley: They already fix it :wink:

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