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October 13, 2019 09:21
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Open "Screen Recording" preferences on macOS Catalina
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static void sOpenScreenRecordingPreferences() | |
{ | |
CFDataRef passThruData = CFBridgingRetain([@"Privacy_ScreenCapture" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]); | |
CFArrayRef itemURLs = CFBridgingRetain(@[ [NSURL fileURLWithPath:@"/System/Library/PreferencePanes/Security.prefPane"] ]); | |
OSStatus err = noErr; | |
AEDesc passThruDesc = {0}; | |
BOOL needsDispose = NO; | |
if ((err == noErr) && passThruData) { | |
err = AECreateDesc('ptru', CFDataGetBytePtr(passThruData), CFDataGetLength(passThruData), &passThruDesc); | |
needsDispose = (err == noErr); | |
} | |
if (err == noErr) { | |
LSLaunchURLSpec launchSpec = { NULL, itemURLs, &passThruDesc, kLSLaunchDontAddToRecents|kLSLaunchAsync , NULL }; | |
LSOpenFromURLSpec(&launchSpec, NULL); | |
} | |
if (needsDispose) AEDisposeDesc(&passThruDesc); | |
if (passThruData) CFRelease(passThruData); | |
if (itemURLs) CFRelease(itemURLs); | |
} |
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Even easier, use a URL of:
x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_ScreenCapture
From Terminal: