Applescript fails with error (-600) when launched over ssh on Mavericks

Question

I\'ve tried searching for this, and have seen others with similar problems but don\'t seem to have found an answer anywhere....

I have an AppleScript that I am tryin

Answer 1

System Events is a really finicky asshat component of OS X. Here is my method for getting around that dreaded "Application isn't running -600" error:

set app_name to "System Events"
set the_pid to (do shell script "ps ax | grep " & (quoted form of app_name) & "$
if the_pid is not "" then do shell script ("kill -9 " & the_pid)

tell application "System Events"
-- activate  
end tell

I kill "System Events" with a kill -9 and then relaunch it.