Autostart instructions for MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1 m3 #7
Description
Here is a guide on how to make this script autostart in MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1 m3
1....
Put both files “runtouchguard” and “touchguard” in the “Users/admin/” folder.
(NOTE! /admin/ is my username on the macOS account, yours could be /peter/ or something else.)
(NOTE!!!! The "runtouchguard" file should contain this code below and have no extension).
#!/bin/sh
PATH_TO_THIS_DIR="$(dirname $(realpath $0))"
sudo "$PATH_TO_THIS_DIR/touchguard" -time 0.5
2....
Open terminal when you are in the same folder as both files.
i.e. "User/admin/"
Make both files executable by typing this in the terminal separately.
The icons of the files in the folder change to Unix executables.
chmod +x runtouchguard
chmod +x touchguard
3……
Open terminal and run “sudo visudo”
Navigate down with the arrow keys until you find these 3 lines:
# root and users in group wheel can run anything on any machine as any user
root ALL = (ALL) ALL
%admin ALL = (ALL) ALL
stand on the empty line below the line starting with '%admin' and
press the letter "i" (which is an insert function in terminal).
Then add this line:
admin ALL = NOPASSWD: /Users/admin/touchguard
Should look like this:
# root and users in group wheel can run anything on any machine as any user
root ALL = (ALL) ALL
%admin ALL = (ALL) ALL
admin ALL = NOPASSWD: /Users/admin/touchguard
Then save by pressing ESC,W,ESC,Q. Get it confirmed with "written".
4……
Now go to the folder "Users/admin/" and run the file runtouchguard with You will probably have to allow to bypass the script with the MacOS system settings "privacy and security". Now it should work!
5……
To add "runtouchguard" to start automatically with macOS:
Open System Preferences -> General -> Startup Items.
Press the plus sign "+" and select the file "runtouchguard"
Restart and test that everything works with autostart and touchguard!
Extra:
You can experiment with how many milliseconds the touch should be off after pressing the keyboard.
For that, change "-time 0.5" to e.g. "-time 0.3" in the file "runtouchguard".
#!/bin/sh
PATH_TO_THIS_DIR="$(dirname $(realpath $0))"
sudo "$PATH_TO_THIS_DIR/touchguard" -time 0.3