Grant Automation for Safari, Arc, or Dia

Bouncer needs Automation permission to open a link in a specific Safari or Dia profile or Arc space. macOS asks you once, and only while the browser is running.

Accessibility must be on first. In Settings > Browsers, the Enable Automation step is dimmed until it is. See Grant Accessibility.

This page uses Safari as the example. Arc and Dia show the same text with their own name.

Open Settings > Browsers.
Select Safari, Arc, or Dia in the sidebar.
Make sure that browser is running. Open it if it is not.
Under Enable Automation, click Grant Automation Access.
Click Allow in the macOS prompt.

Bouncer then scans for profiles and shows the list. You can also do this in onboarding. On the permissions step, click Set up Safari, Set up Arc, or Set up Dia.

Safari and Dia also need System Events

Bouncer uses System Events to click menus in Safari and Dia. So Safari and Dia also need Automation permission for System Events. macOS asks for that in its own prompt. Click Allow when it does. Arc needs only its own permission.

If the browser is not running

The view reads “Safari needs to be running for detection to work.” and “Open Safari and try again.” Click Open Safari, then click Try Again.

Not running is not the same as denied. macOS cannot answer while the browser is closed. Bouncer keeps the last real answer, so a grant stays in place while the browser is closed.

If the list is already shown

When Bouncer already has the profile list, a banner appears at the top instead of the setup view. It reads “Automation access is disabled for Safari. Profile routing won’t work until enabled.” Its button is Enable when macOS has not asked yet, or Open Settings when you denied the request.

Without this permission, a rule that picks a Safari profile opens the link in Safari’s current profile instead.