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Managing service accessibility in MacOS Sierra - what is the changed schema definition?

In Mac OS X 10.9-10.11 there were 6 columns in Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db SQLLite3 database, but now there are 7 (bash script errors out now trying to run an INSERT statement) in 10.12 aka MacOS Sierra. Where can I find the schema definition for the new updated database, to add a new service accessibility entry?

Solution

  • The TCC.db is now protected by System Integrity Protection on macOS Sierra.

    You can read it, but you cannot write/modify it (even if your process / script is running with root privileges). Editing the TCC.db directly has never been supported, and because of some recent high-profile apps doing this, Apple has locked it down.

    Users can still alter Accessibility settings via:

    System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility