[Skhd] Could not lock pid-file! abort...

skhd-pid-file.md

How did you get this fixed. Could you elaborate more?

Yes, I solved this permanently and I don't have to use sudo anymore.

Enable root password

1. Open Spotlight with cmd + space
2. Type Directory Utility.app
3. Click the lock icon, then enter your admin account name and password.
4. Click on Edit--> Enable Root User in the menu bar. Then enter the password that to want to use and save it on a note.

Enable user permissions to the /private/tmp directory

1. Open Finder
2. Press shift + cmd + G
3. Type /private/tmp/
4. Right click on the skhd_username.pid file --> Get Info.
5. At the bottom, click on the lock icon and write your admin user and password and enable permission to your own user:
6. Click on the + button if you don't see your user name.

Note: I don't remember if I uninstalled skhd before doing this, so if it doesn't work you could try that first, and then doing this.

Also, I had to enable a root password, because it wouldn't let me change permissions not even using the chmod -R 755 command.

You can see here the /private/ directory with all of its permissions enabled bc I tested this command on the terminal after enabling root password.

And here are the permissions for my /private/tmp/ directory in which I had enabled only write and read user permissions.

I tried that , still not helpful , my macOS is sonoma , some control works and some don't and I keep getting that same error , I checked all permissions , I'm using yabai with skhd

I tried that , still not helpful , my macOS is sonoma , some control works and some don't and I keep getting that same error , I checked all permissions , I'm using yabai with skhd

Yeah i figured it wouldn't work on Sonoma. I used these instructions on MacOS Monterrey on an Intel Mac. I have bought a refurbished M1 mac with sonoma but I haven't tried to install yabai and skhd yet, but I'll do it later, when I finish my thesis. If I find a way on how to fix it, I'll update this thread. Cheers!