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

Hello from 2k19 :) The approach below has helped to me

tell app "app_name"
    launch
    delay 2
end tell
tell app "app_name"
    do something usefull
end tell

or

osascript -e "tell app \"app_name\"" -e "launch" -e "delay 2"-e "end tell" -e "tell app \"app_name\"" -e "do someting usefull" - e "end tell"

Answer 2

For me, it was Apple Entitlements in Xcode.

Specifically,

com.apple.security.temporary-exception.apple-events

Set it as an Array

Then add two items to it.

com.apple.finder

com.apple.iTunes

See: My applescript doesn't work any more when I upgrade my OS X to 10.9

Answer 3

@benmarbles code seems to be missing something at the end of line 2 -- it won't even compile.

Anyhow, I've seen the same issue with "Image Events" and I solved it with a simplified version of that script. Here's how I handle it:

tell application "System Events" to set thePID to (unix id of process "Image Events")
set killCMD to ("kill -9 " & thePID) as text
do shell script killCMD with administrator privileges

Replace Image Events with System Events to kill that process instead. The System Events process keeps itself alive, so there's no need to do anything to relaunch it.

Answer 4

Apple Script may not be the issue. Assistive devices could be what is causing this.

Enable access for assistive devices and applications by opening System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility and check the applications you want to allow access.

Answer 5

On my computer, with an uptime of 162 days, killing appleeventsd fixed the problem. I think appleeventsd and long uptimes is a bad combination.