Not authorised to send Apple events to Mail

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I am attempting to import mailboxes from Mail.app into Eagle Filer on a MacOS 12.7.5 system and am getting AppleScript errors.

I am trying two different techniques and get errors with both.

  1. I select two mail boxes
  2. I hit the capture key
  3. I get an error dialog saying “AppleScript Error: EagleFiler encountered an AppleScript error while trying to capture from Mail - Not authorised to send Apple events to mail. (line 0)”
  1. I select two mail boxes
  2. I run “Import from Apple Mail” from the Scripts menu
  3. I get an error dialog saying “Not authorised to send Apple events to Mail (-1743)”

Many thanks for any suggestions.

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Please make sure that you’ve granted EagleFiler Automation access.

3

OK thanks, that seemed really obvious (I was not searching for the correct terms).

However, it still does not work.

  1. In System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Automation, I enable both EagleFiler.app & Import From Apple Mail.app to be able to access Mail.app.
  2. I exit the setting and re-enter to ensure the setting stuck.
  3. I restart the machine, check the setting then relaunch Mail.app & EagleFiler.app
  4. In Mail.app I select mailboxes, then hit the capture key.
  5. EagleFiler.app throws up the same error as before.
  6. I look in System Preferences and see that EagleFiler.app’s permission to automate Mail.app has deselected itself.

I try this again, this time triggering the AppleScript in the Scripts menu. The same failure occurs, the same deselection of the privilege occurs.

4

It sounds like there may be something wrong with your Mac’s privacy database. Please see the Troubleshooting Automation Access section at the bottom of that page.

5

Yes, that approach fixed it, I needed to take the route of disabling SIP, deleting the db etc.
Thanks for persevering.

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