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GiacomoLaw / Keylogger

A simple keylogger for Windows, Linux and Mac

https://simple-keylogger.github.io/

MIT License

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Closed victorlsn closed 4 years ago

victorlsn commented 4 years ago

I keep getting this error: ERROR: Unable to create event tap.

ChillerDragon commented 4 years ago

Could you maybe provide some information like macOS version or what compiler you used?

From https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coregraphics/1454426-cgeventtapcreate Event taps receive key up and key down events if one of the following conditions is true:

The current process is running as the root user.
Access for assistive devices is enabled. In OS X v10.4, you can enable this feature using System Preferences, Universal Access panel, Keyboard view.

Quotz commented 4 years ago

I am getting the same, not sure why

Quotz commented 4 years ago

Solved it. Go to Settings -> Security & Privacy -> Accessibility and tick Terminal. Now run the command again

GiacomoLaw commented 4 years ago

Thanks for posting a fix!

jjant commented 1 year ago

I still get this error even with accessibility enabled for my terminal (alacritty).

jjant commented 1 year ago

Interestingly, I tried running it from the builtin Terminal app and it worked (both have accessibility enabled).