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how to get windows of NSRunningApplication

I want to get the window list for a running application. I can get the running application list from [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] runningApplications], but the window list is only available on NSApplication. Is there some way to convert from…
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Getting NSRunningApplication using a ProcessSerialNumber

I have an AppleEventDescriptor where I need to get the sending application's bundle identifier. The Apple Event contains a typeProcessSerialNumber that can be coerced into a ProcessSerialNumber. The problem is that GetProcessPID() was deprecated in…
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How to get the PID from a ProcessSerialNum in OSX 10.9?

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…
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unable to detect application running with another user (via switch user)

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…
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How to use KVO to detect when an application gets active?

I have the following code in a Cocoa application: - (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification { NSArray* arrayAppList = [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] runningApplications]; } My intention is to use KVO to detect an…
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How to detect another instance of a Swift app is already running

I am trying to detect in my Swift app if an instance is already running, and if so, refrain the user from launching another instance. I am using NSRunningApplication class to detect such behavior but am having trouble getting it to work properly. I…
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How to add listener for all running applications

I want to display a list of all running application names. Issue: It doesn't add an app that is running after the function is called. Therefore, it doesn't add the app name to the list simultaneously. Goal: I want to add a listener, so if a new app…
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NSRunningApplication, return list of recently used applications?

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 -…
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Filter [NSWorkspace runningApplications] to contain only user applications (no daemons/UIAgents)

Is there a way to filter the list of applications given by [NSWorkspace runningApplications] to hide all daemons, etc short of manually checking each application's plist for the UIAgent key? If an application doesn't show in the dock, I'm not…
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get the bundle identifier of an application running from another user

The scenario is like this: "I run an app (say myproc) from one user and then fast user switch to second user" Now, when I try to determine all processes running with a particular bundle Identifier (say com.ak.myproc); I am not able to determine this…
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Console closes immediately after I run Python code on Windows 10

Though I use input() at the end of my code, the console stil immediately closes after entering the name in the window in Windows 10 (outside of IDLE), and I cannot see the result. What can I do to stop the console from closing? #! python 3 name =…
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How to make a running application on macos to float above other apps?

I am making an application that can set a running application window to float above other apps so that if you click outside of the app's window, its window will still remain on the screen. I have tried to use app.activate(options:…
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NSRunningApplication terminate() returning false

Building a macOS app that gets the currently active NSRunningApplication. public func findActiveApp() -> NSRunningApplication? { for app in NSWorkspace.shared.runningApplications { if app.isActive { return app } …
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Why does [NSRunningApplication activateWithOptions:] return NO

I am having a problem where [NSRunningApplication activateWithOptions:] returns NO when there is no obvious reason that it should fail to activate an application. This is not a duplicate of -[NSRunningApplication activateWithOptions:] not…
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NSRunningApplication does not have specific app window

I want my application to know which all apps are currently running and show in a table. In table it will show all running apps names with a button beside each app. On Click of button we have to open the window of the specific app even if it is…
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