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Mac OS X High Sierra Plus | Pluckeye

The following applies to macOS High Sierra, Mojave, and Catalina.

Unfortunately, the dialog windows that macOS presents when Pluckeye installs at level 2 are misleading, and many would-be Pluckeye users on macOS are thwarted.

You’ll know level 2 is working if Safari is blocked.

See also: Platforms

How to achieve level 2

  1. First, set Pluckeye level to 2, using either the Pluckeye Settings page in the browser (Pluckeye button, then click Settings), or typing the following in a terminal. 
       pluck + system
  2. Open System Preferences.
  3. Click on Security & Privacy.
  4. Click on the General tab.

    Allow apps downloaded from:

    • [ ] App Store
    • [X] App Store and identified developers

    Open System Preferences and look for a screen similar to the one shown in the link below. If you see such a screen, grant Pluckeye permission to install.

    Note that if you install Pluckeye while the Security Preferences dialog is open, macOS will not update the dialog. In that case, you must close and reopen the System Preferences dialog.

  5. Finally, type the following in a terminal. 
       pluck repair

If pluck repair prints errors

$ pluck repair
0f30:42: 8f5c4244 WARNING 0x23ff7ff3
0f30:42: 8f5c4244 WARNING 0x23ff7ff3
0f30:43: 8f5c4244 WARNING 0x3119100b
0f28:29: 8f5c4244 WARNING 0x3119100b
0c72:11: 8f5c4244 WARNING 0x3119100b
0cf2:28: 8f5c4244 WARNING 0x3119100b
0c5e:35: 8f5c4244 WARNING 0x3119100b
0d16:20: 8f5c4244 WARNING 0x3119100b
10f8:39: 8f5c4244 WARNING 0x3119100b
10f9:38: 8f5c4244 WARNING 0x3119100b
10f7:84: 8f5c4244 WARNING 11
0c63:15: 8f5c4244 WARNING 0x310f7057

The above is a consequence of a macOS bug. But it shouldn’t be hit very often, and if it is, please let me know. You can try working around the problem by doing the following.

  1. Set your delay to 0. 
       pluck delay 0
  2. Remove the system feature (i.e., set the level to 1). 
       pluck - system
  3. Save your configuration. 
       cd ~/Desktop
   pluck export > pluckeye-config.txt
  4. Uninstall. 
       pluck uninstall
  5. Reinstall.
  6. Re-import your configuration. 
       cd ~/Desktop
   cat pluckeye-config.txt | pluck import -
  7. Re-try the system feature. 
       pluck + system
  8. If you still get the same warnings, remove the system feature for a few days. Then try again. Ridiculous, I know. 
       pluck - system
   sleep 86400
   pluck + system

If you don’t get errors, but it still isn’t working

Please let me know. Perhaps there is a conflict with other software on the computer.