Sikuli

Sikuli only sees the desktop on Mac Big Sur

Asked by Hiram Landeros on 2020-12-06

Hi,

My environment:
- Mac OS Big Sur 11.01
- SikuliX 2.0.4
- Java SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_271-b09)

When trying to take a snapshot of an application, Sikuli only shows the desktop and also when trying to check a matching validation.

I only have one monitor.

On system preferences, security and privacy Java has access to screen recordings and also to accessibility.

Thanks,
Hiram Landeros

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Hiram Landeros
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2020-12-07
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2020-12-07
RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : #2

carefully check again.

There might be more than one java entry in the list at SysPrefs -> S&P -> Screen Recording.

Try to start the IDE from a Terminal
java -jar <path-to>/sikuli....jar

I am using macOS 11.0.1 too and everything works.

Hiram Landeros (gueritol) said : #3

I messed around and i must have now a couple of versions of java active :(
And I got it to work. Sadly, i can't tell which change made that happen (sorry, was a bit fustrated)
Now it's back to working status
thanks!

RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : #4

Sorry for your frustration.
... but the implementation of all those macOS privacy shields seems to be still in some beta state.

If you want to reduce the mess a bit:
- remove all Java entries
- start SikuliX
- activate the now new and only one java entry

it seems, that for all ever used java version (even updated ones) a new entry is produced and not automatically activated.

... but I am not sure - Apple's secret ;-))