pynput keyboard listener does not detect keys on Mac OS X

Question

I am using pynput to record keystrokes via Listener on OS X Mojave. I am using Pycharm as my IDE for running the code.

I was not able to get it to work using the same ex

Answer 1

Some people have stated that adding IDLE to supported accessibility apps is what allows python itself to run the listener.

while your in a finder window, if you press cmd+shft+'.' (period key) it will show hidden files, which will allow you to navigate to usr/local/bin and look for your python implementation.

On windows this is slightly different, I always run python/pycharm as admin and it never gives me any issues.