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[Solved] Lazarus - macOS - How to open a specific System Preferences pane from Pascal?
Delphi, Lazarus, Free Pascal
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October 10, 2019 4:46 AM
With the new Catalina, we are being challenged yet again with Apple security crap ...
In this case, to assist the end user, I want a button that opens the "System Preferences" - "Security" panel.
This is how this can be done (uses unit "process"):
RunCommand('/usr/bin/open',['x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security'],s);
Now this wasn't enough for me, I wanted the "Privacy" tab open
RunCommand('/usr/bin/open',['x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy'],s);
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