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Completely reset TCC services database in macOS
#!/usr/bin/python
"""
Completely reset TCC services database in macOS
Note: Both the system and individual users have TCC databases; run the script as both
a user and as root to completely reset TCC decisions at all levels.
2018-08-15: Resetting the 'Location' service fails; unknown cause
2018-08-16: Confirmed the 'All' service does not really reset _all_
services, so individual calls to each service is necessary.
2019-06-04: Still working in 10.15 beta :)
2019-08-16: Added new Catalina services (thanks @frogor)
2020-11-27: Corrected line `SystemPolicyDownloadsFolder` (thanks @tie)
"""
import subprocess
SERVICES = [
"Accessibility",
"AddressBook",
"All",
"AppleEvents",
"Calendar",
"Camera",
"ContactsFull",
"ContactsLimited",
"Facebook",
"FileProviderDomain",
"FileProviderPresence",
"LinkedIn",
"Liverpool",
"Location",
"MediaLibrary",
"Microphone",
"Motion",
"Photos",
"PhotosAdd",
"PostEvent",
"Reminders",
"ScreenCapture",
"ShareKit",
"SinaWeibo",
"Siri",
"SpeechRecognition",
"SystemPolicyAllFiles",
"SystemPolicyDesktopFolder",
"SystemPolicyDeveloperFiles",
"SystemPolicyDocumentsFolder",
"SystemPolicyNetworkVolumes",
"SystemPolicyRemovableVolumes",
"SystemPolicySysAdminFiles",
"SystemPolicyDownloadsFolder",
"TencentWeibo",
"Twitter",
"Ubiquity",
"Willow",
]
if __name__ == "__main__":
for service in SERVICES:
cmd = ["/usr/bin/tccutil", "reset", service]
try:
subprocess.check_call(
cmd, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
)
print "Reset", service
except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
print "Unable to reset", service
@pradorocchi
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The cause that reseting 'location' fails is because Location Service itens are not managed via TCC database.

All those location items listed under Privacy -> Location Services are managed by the locationd daemon.

They are all configured inside a plist file located at: /var/db/locationd/clients.plist

@tie
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tie commented Mar 26, 2020

Line 51, SysyemPolicyDownloadsFolder should be SystemPolicyDownloadsFolder.

@bizzare
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bizzare commented Apr 4, 2022

The print commands needs to be updated

        print ("Reset"), service
        print ("Unable to reset"), service

or they error

"Syntax errors detected :

Line 67:
print "Reset", service
^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'"

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