How can I terminate my app in a helper app with sandboxing enabled?

Question

I\'ve created a helper app, which monitors iTunes and launches/terminates the main app.

The launching works perfectly. The only problem is that I\'m not allowed to t

Answer 1

Got it, I had to add a temporary entitlement exception:

<key>com.apple.security.temporary-exception.apple-events</key>
<array>
    <string>mainAppBundleIdentifier</string>
</array>

Answer 2

If you place your apps in an Application Group you can send a signal to the main app to terminate itself.

Answer 3

The recommended way to IPC in 10.8 is using NSXPCConnection.

See the code at Sandboxing with NSXPCConnection