nsrunningapplication

GetProcessPID was marked deprecated in OSX 10.9 along with the note: Use the processIdentifier property of the appropriate NSRunningApplication object. The problem is the constructing class methods for NSRunningApplication do not have a way to get a NSRunningApplication by a ProcessSerialNum , only by PID or bundle name. Bundle name is too ambiguous (there could be multiple instances) and I don't have the PID (it's what I want). In OSX 10.9, is there a way to get the PID when you have a PSN? Observe the NSWorkspaceDidLaunchApplicationNotification notification. In the callback, get the process

I'm trying to create a program that will focus a certain application (if it is launched). Here is my code: #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h> #import <stdio.h> int main() { // activate Firefox NSArray *apps = [NSRunningApplication runningApplicationsWithBundleIdentifier: @"org.mozilla.firefox"]; if ([apps count] == 0) { printf("no matching app\n"); return 1; } if (![apps[0] activateWithOptions: NSApplicationActivateAllWindows]) { printf("failed to activate\n"); return 1; } return 0; } When I run this, it prints "failed to activate," and Firefox is not brought into focus. What am I doing wrong? Just use

I'm trying to get a list of the most recently used applications. NSWorkspace returns a list of active applications and I can sort them on a few options using NSRunningApplication . see list below: - launchDate - finishedLaunching - processIdentifier I don't want the launch date but the most recent 'active' date (like the way cmd - tab sorts). Does anyone know the solution for this? 0xced There is no documented way of doing this that I'm aware of, but I wrote exactly what you are asking for using private APIs: http://gist.github.com/163918 Also, see Getting the list of running applications

Use case : I login as " user1 " and launch Safari, then I click " user1 " on top-right corner and switch user to " user2 ". Now, I am trying to detect whether Safari is running for " user1 " but I am unable to do so with standard calls. I am using OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion for both development and running my code. I have used the following but in vain: [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] runningApplications] - Safari not there in the list GetNextProcess() - Safari does not come up GetProcessForPID() - I get an error "no such process" But when I do a ps -aef | grep Safari from the terminal, I can see