1826719 - SeaMonkey is unable to access the macOS contacts starting with macOS 11

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: OS Integration, defect)

Description

[Frank-Rainer Grahl (:frg)]

User in alt.comp.software.seamonkey complained that he is unable to access the macOS contacts in 2.53.16. Turns out the bug has nothing to do with the version but with apple changing requirements again. NSContactsUsageDescription needs to be added to the Plist file.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/nscontactsusagedescription

Still works fine in 10.15 but confirmend broken in 13.3.

For a detailed explanation see Bug 1720257

Comment 1

[Frank-Rainer Grahl (:frg)]

Attachment: 1826719-plistcontacts-25317.patch

[Approval Request Comment]
Regression caused by (bug #): --
User impact if declined: Unable to access macOS contacts
Testing completed (on m-c, etc.): 2.53.17b1 pre
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky): trivial
String changes made by this patch: --

Did a bit more tabbyfying in the preceding lines. Everything else already fixed.

Comment 2

[Ian Neal]

Comment on attachment 9327323 [details] [diff] [review]
1826719-plistcontacts-25317.patch

[Triage Comment]
LGTM and tested against Intel macOS 10.15.x r/a=me

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/ed1d9c535501
Fix macOS Contacts permission request. r=IanN

Comment 4

[Frank-Rainer Grahl (:frg)]

https://gitlab.com/seamonkey-project/seamonkey-2.53-comm/-/commit/27a6020c663467de58f8c3af694afe0b49370c76
Fix macOS Contacts permission request. r=IanN a=IanN