osx12.1 pybricksdev - crashed because access privacy-sensitive data without a usage description

[SpudGunMan]

please forgive my newness to osx but this seems to be a permissions issue that either I cant find the settings to allow unrestricted from (python) to bluetooth

error when flashing from pybricksdev (I assume as soon as pybricksdev calls bluetooth from python the exception for security is thrown)

I wasn't sure if this is my lack of knowledge for osx permissions and python, or a problem that can be solved with the description-key

This app has crashed because it attempted to access privacy-sensitive data without a usage description. The app's Info.plist must contain an NSBluetoothAlwaysUsageDescription key with a string value explaining to the user how the app uses this data.

[SpudGunMan]

found this - https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corebluetooth

Your app will crash if its Info.plist doesn’t include usage description keys for the types of data it needs to access. To access Core Bluetooth APIs on apps linked on or after iOS 13, include the NSBluetoothAlwaysUsageDescription key. In iOS 12 and earlier, include NSBluetoothPeripheralUsageDescription to access Bluetooth peripheral data.

[dlech]

@lobodpav recently was successful doing all of this on mac and updated the various docs with his findings, so things are unlikely to change without further feedback of where you are getting stuck.

[SpudGunMan]

the part I was missing was the FS mode is from the lego factory code - makes sense now and clears up that issue works dandy here as well :)

[injeniero]

FYI, we just released a new version of pybricksdev that should fix the no devices discovered problem.

@dlech
I just tested and it worked. But I would suggest to update the version definition on https://github.com/pybricks/pybricks-micropython/blob/master/pyproject.toml#L20 to allow for updates like the one on the previous line.

[dlech]

Thanks for the suggestion. We didn't do this since pybricksdev is under heavy development and frequently has breaking changes. But I have updated the version to included the latest fixes for macOS now.

[bimsonz]

life saver this... add iTerm or Warp or whatever your terminal is to the list!