processing / processing/processing4

Fixing the "Cannot access sketchbook" error requires resetting "org.processing.four," but that does not exist.

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Description

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Processing version

4.5.5

Operating system

macOS

Bug description

When I tried to launch Processing, the application failed to open and displayed a "Cannot access sketchbook" message.
The on-screen instructions suggested resolving the issue by running the command tccutil reset All org.processing.four in the Terminal;
however, this resulted in the following error:
"tccutil: No such bundle identifier “org.processing.four”: The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -10814.)"
Upon investigation, I discovered that "org.processing.four" has been changed to "org.processing.app".
As the current wording is misleading, please correct it.

Steps to reproduce this

1.System Settings → Privacy & Security → Files and Folders → Processing

2.Disable Documents

3.Open Processing

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Research direction

Search the Processing 4 codebase for the displayed “Cannot access sketchbook” message and the outdated org.processing.four identifier. Update the user-facing guidance to use the current bundle identifier, then run the macOS launch or error-handling tests available in the repository and confirm the corrected instructions appear.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
64/100

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