Mavericks Support

[DavidBenko]

The script does not seem to work on OS X Mavericks

[dannvix]

Hi David, Thanks for your feedback.
However it seems to work for me on Mavericks (10.9.4)…

Did you try to install this program as a daemon (instruction could be found in the README) and reboot?

[jamesfolk]

Hello!
Thanks for doing a lot of the foot work to put together a basic keylogger!
I too am having issues having the keylogger run for Mavericks.
I believe i did all the steps correctly.
I have no issues in the build. I changed the output file to a directory where you don't need to log into. I copied the file to /usr/local/bin instead of /usr/local/sbin, because there is no such directory in Mavericks... I also changed the filepath in the launchd plist file and copied it to the directory you specified....
The step that I have questions with is Enabling Access. I believe this has changed since Mavericks. This article describes the change:

http://bit.ly/1I1tRgn

I know this code is for you, but I think it would be great if you could resolve these issues so others can use your code... Thanks!

[dannvix]

Hi @jamesfolk
Thanks for providing such detailed description. The Enabling Access has changed since Mavericks indeed, and I believe it is the problem. However, it worked for me on 10.9.4 as I've mentioned above— I have no idea why.
If my memory serves well, this toy keylogger is required to be packed as an .app to be enlisted in the Accessibility panel… 😞

[jamesfolk]

Hello! I thought the same, so i renamed the binary file from keylogger to keylogger.app… However i’m thinking that is isn’t as simple as that? It will not allow me to add it as an app that can control my computer…
I’m wondering if there is a special technique you need to do in code to pack it into a *.app file..

On Mar 19, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Shao-Chung Chen [email protected] wrote:

Hi @jamesfolk https://github.com/jamesfolk
Thanks for providing such detailed description. The Enabling Access has changed since Mavericks indeed, and I believe it is the problem. However, it worked for me on 10.9.4 as I've mentioned above— I have no idea why.
If my memory serves well, this toy keylogger is required to be packed as an .app to be enlisted in the Accessibility panel…

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Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub #1 (comment).

[Fingfing]

Hi!
I found a dirty workaround for this issue:

1. Open Automator
2. Choose Application as type
3. Search for the action "Run Shell Script" and select it
4. Replace "cat" with the path to the keylogger file (e.g. /usr/local/bin/keylogger)
5. Save this file with the file format "Application"
6. Now you can add this Application in the Accessibility panel

Happy logging! :)
@dannvix: Thanks for your work! 👍