Which action do you use to access Mac OS settings?

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Mac OS Sonoma latest version
Hello, just an example: if I want to access - settings → time machine or more nested items like settings → privacy & security → full disk access
All of these are simple native alfred commands. When I try to access them with KM it takes me all kinds of contortions using found image, UI browser etc and often does not end up working
thank you very much

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Full Disk Access

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Here is the text for Full Disk Access:

x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_AllFiles

It's plenty of them. You can use a search engine and search:

x-apple.systempreferences:com

That should get you started.

KC

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Thanks for that, this is a pretty cool AppleScript I found as a result of your info.

tell application "System Settings"
  set CurrentPane to the id of the current pane
  set the clipboard to CurrentPane
  get the name of every anchor of current pane
end tell
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thank you very much @kcwhat . Fantastic ! exactly what I was looking for !

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thank you very much @skillet for another prompt for user input like approach.

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Here are a few System Preference pages (some may be outdated):

macOS System Preference Pane Links
macOS 10.15 System Preference Panes
Scripting System Preferences Panes
How to open every macOS System Preferences Pane

This should give folks a good start.

Have a terrific day everyone!
KC

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excellent references. Funny that Github would be my favorite but only cover Monterey and Sequoia , but I have Sonoma. I will test them and I imagine they will work fine
Have a great day as well and thanks again !