Fix Terminal.app scanning on macOS 15 Sequoia#3
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On macOS 15, Terminal.app's AppleScript bridge breaks when iterating windows with `repeat with w in windows` — accessing `id of w` or `name of w` throws error -1700. This causes the app to show "No terminals open" despite Terminal.app running with open windows. Fix by using bulk property fetch (`name of every window`) combined with index-based access (`window i`, `tab j of window i`), which works correctly on both macOS 14 and 15. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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repeat with w in windowsand accessingid of wthrows error -1700 ("Can't make id of window into type text")name of every window) + index-based access (tab j of window i) which works on both macOS 14 and 15Details
The root cause is a macOS 15 regression in Terminal.app's AppleEvent handling. Window iterators (
repeat with w in windows) produce references that lose access to properties likeidandname. However:name of every windowstill workwindow istill workstab j of window istill worksTest plan
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