Apple Script does not launch

Evg2000 · May 4, 2025, 6:45pm

Hello everyone!

Just purchased recently the app. Actually everything works cool except Apple Scripts. I created a script, checked it separately - it works OK. Then i try to attach it to the hotkey. And... it attaches, but doesnt run. Not only when i click hotkey, but even when i try to run inside BTT, while i attach it to hotkey. I tried to launch it as external file, as a text - nothing works. Looks, like BTT just ignore it. The hotkey works, because i add HUD message after script laucnh and i see this message on the screen... All permissions BTT asked me to give him, i gave. What shold i check? Thanx!

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Andreas_Hegenberg · May 4, 2025, 6:49pm

can you post an example script that doesn’t work? then i can help

Evg2000 · May 4, 2025, 7:05pm

-- Настройки

set vpnMenuName to "Подключить L2TP Tallinn"

set appName to "ChatGPT"

set checkURL to "https://www.openai.com/"

set timeoutSeconds to 25

-- Проверка: подключён ли VPN

try

set vpnStatus to do shell script "scutil --nc status "L2TP Tallinn" | head -1"

on error

set vpnStatus to "Not Connected"

end try

-- Если уже подключено

if vpnStatus is equal to "Connected" then

do shell script "osascript -e 'display notification "VPN уже подключён" with title "VPN"'"

else

-- Подключение через GUI

do shell script "osascript -e 'display notification "Подключаю VPN..." with title "VPN"'"

tell application "System Events"

tell process "SystemUIServer"

set vpnMenuItem to (menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1 whose description contains "VPN")

click vpnMenuItem

delay 1

try

click menu item vpnMenuName of menu 1 of vpnMenuItem

on error errMsg

display dialog "Ошибка клика по меню VPN: " & errMsg

return

end try

end tell

-- Ожидание подключения (проверка по URL)

set waitTime to 0

repeat

delay 1

set waitTime to waitTime + 1

try

do shell script "curl -m 3 -s -I " & quoted form of checkURL

exit repeat

on error

if waitTime ≥ timeoutSeconds then

do shell script "osascript -e 'display notification "VPN не подключился за " & timeoutSeconds & " сек." with title "Ошибка VPN"'"

return

end if

end try

end repeat

do shell script "osascript -e 'display notification "VPN подключён" with title "VPN"'"

end if

-- Запуск приложения

tell application appName to activate

Evg2000 · May 4, 2025, 7:07pm

It checks. whether VPN Connection "L2TP Tallinn" is established or not. If not - it activates it, then launch ChatGPT app. If it runs already - script launch chatgpt immediately

Andreas_Hegenberg · May 4, 2025, 7:11pm

ah you are calling some external tools, try to use their full path.

For example /usr/bin/osascript or /usr/bin/curl, /usr/bin/scutil

(you can get the path by running "which scutil" in terminal

Evg2000 · May 4, 2025, 7:29pm

Ok. I did. Nothing changed. Script works successfully separately, but BTT has no reaction, when i try to run it. If i press VERIFY - everything is ok, no messages or somth

-- Настройки

set vpnMenuName to "Подключить L2TP Tallinn"

set appName to "ChatGPT"

set timeoutSeconds to 15

set ipList to {"104.18.33.45", "172.64.154.211"}

-- Проверка: подключён ли VPN

try

set vpnStatus to do shell script "/usr/sbin/scutil --nc status "L2TP Tallinn" | /usr/bin/head -1"

on error

set vpnStatus to "Not Connected"

end try

-- Если уже подключено

if vpnStatus is equal to "Connected" then

do shell script "/usr/bin/osascript -e 'display notification "VPN уже подключён" with title "VPN"'"

else

-- Подключение через GUI

do shell script "/usr/bin/osascript -e 'display notification "Подключаю VPN..." with title "VPN"'"

tell application "System Events"

tell process "SystemUIServer"

set vpnMenuItem to (menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1 whose description contains "VPN")

click vpnMenuItem

delay 1

try

click menu item vpnMenuName of menu 1 of vpnMenuItem

on error errMsg

display dialog "Ошибка клика по меню VPN: " & errMsg

return

end try

end tell

-- Ожидание подключения (по ping к IP)

set waitTime to 0

set connected to false

repeat until connected or waitTime ≥ timeoutSeconds

repeat with ipAddr in ipList

try

do shell script "/sbin/ping -c 1 -W 3 " & ipAddr

set connected to true

exit repeat

on error

-- ping не прошёл

end try

end repeat

if not connected then

delay 1

set waitTime to waitTime + 1

end if

end repeat

if connected then

do shell script "/usr/bin/osascript -e 'display notification "VPN подключён" with title "VPN"'"

delay 5 -- Дополнительная задержка, чтобы маршруты перестроились

else

do shell script "/usr/bin/osascript -e 'display notification "VPN не подключился за " & timeoutSeconds & " сек." with title "Ошибка VPN"'"

return

end if

-- Запуск приложения

tell application appName to activate

Evg2000 · May 4, 2025, 7:32pm

Looks like there are no permissions to run System Events or/and SystemUIServer, however all permission which BTT ask me go give it, i gave

Andreas_Hegenberg · May 4, 2025, 7:45pm

mhm maybe it's because you are using osascript inside of your apple script, is there a reason for that?

do shell script "/usr/bin/osascript -e 'display notification "VPN подключён" with title "VPN"'"

You could do

display notification "blabla"

directly in your script.

If possible please post the script in a code block (three backticks at the start and three backticks at the end ```, otherwise the forum software breaks it.

Evg2000 · May 4, 2025, 10:33pm

Yeah. As i removed all lines with osascript display notification, next time i lunch the script under BTT it asks me to give a permisson to System Events. And as soon as i gave this permit, everything becomes good! So, as i guessed before, there was no enough permissions for BTT. But its strange, why the app did not ask me for these permissions before i removed all osascript commands. There were no any error or warning messages. BTT just ingored my script, like it was empty. But now its OK, thank you

Evg2000 · May 4, 2025, 10:38pm

Now this has been appeared in the Automation Settings. "System events" = ON. Before i could not make BTT to allow me to give it this permit. Also i could not add this permission manually before BTT asks me directly to do this. I have no idea, why osascript command prevented to do this before and no error or warning message occur at the same time