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I want to check if a certain app is allowed to control my computer from the terminal. I need to check Privacy > accessibility settings to do that. How do I check-- where are accessibility settings stored?

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The database is located at /Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db.

To query the database from the command line, use sqlite3.

  • You can query what access a certain app has.

    sqlite3 /Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db \
  'select service from access where client like "com.apple.Terminal"
    and auth_value = 2;'

    kTCCServiceDeveloperTool
kTCCServiceListenEvent
kTCCServicePostEvent
kTCCServiceScreenCapture
kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles

  • You can query what apps have access to a certain permission like accessibility.

    sqlite3 /Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db \
  'select client from access where service like "kTCCServiceAccessibility"
    and auth_value = 2;'

    com.apple.AEServer
com.apple.MobileSMS
com.apple.dt.Xcode-Helper
…

To perform these queries, Terminal needs full disk access (kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles).

Replace auth_value = 2 with allowed = 1 if on an older macOS like High Sierra (not sure at which point it changed between High Sierra and Big Sur).

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  • With this I'm getting this error: Error: no such column: auth_value – 210312312 Feb 21 at 22:42
  • @210 What version of macOS are you on? This was only tested on the latest Big Sur 11.3b2. – grg♦ Feb 21 at 22:48
  • I'm on High Sierra 10.13.6 – 210312312 Feb 21 at 22:52
  • @210 Figured it out, edited answer! Sorry for the delay – grg♦ Feb 28 at 9:43
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    @210 No, the structure of the database is different – grg♦ Feb 28 at 20:40

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