command line does not work on mac os

[h9j6k]

Hello,

Thanks for your great work!

On a mac machine, command line usage produces an error as below

/path/to/translateLocally.app/Contents/MacOS/translateLocally -i text.de.srt -m de-en
Hint: Files might not be accessible by translateLocally because it is running inside Apple's sandbox. Try piping the file into translateLocally:

  translateLocally -m de-en < "text.de.srt"

"Couldn't open input file:text.de.srt"

How to bypass the sandbox write/read restriction?

Thanks.

[XapaJIaMnu]

@jelmervdl is this something we can do anything about?

[jelmervdl]

Nope, that's why the error message is there.

@h9j6k does the piping option mentioned there work for you? I.e. translateLocally -m de-en < "text.de.srt".

It should work pretty much the same, but it's technically the terminal reading the file, not translateLocally.

[h9j6k]

Thank you guys!

I am now having to apply a workaround in my bash script to change read/write paths in whatever translocally args need to

BERGAMOT_CONTAINER=~/Library/Containers/com.translatelocally.translateLocally/Data/Documents/

First copy all input files from working directory to the above, then copy all output files back.

This directory is where TransLocally.app currently as is without restriction removal can read and write.

Maybe further read/write privilege can be enabled by devs in the future?

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/configuring-the-macos-app-sandbox#Enable-managed-file-access