macOS Shortcut: Calendar permissions issue via Spotlight

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macOS Shortcut: Calendar permissions issue via Spotlight

Hello community, I only started now using deeply some of macOS functionalities and I have a question related to execute shortcuts created from the Shortcuts app.

I created a shortcut, with Applescript, to create events in my Apple Calendar. When I execute the shortcut directly (inside) from the Shortcuts App it performs as expected with no problem (the permission window appeared and I accepted with no problem). But when I try to execute via Spotlight for example, it stops working and a notification appears saying that the shortcut don't have permission to perform actions in Calendar app.

Since it performs well inside Shortcuts app, what I need to do to execute it via spotlight?

Thank you in advance

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.1

Posted on Nov 13, 2025 1:10 PM

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Kaluga1 Author

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Nov 30, 2025 2:07 PM in response to leroydouglas

It seems that when I execute the shortcut that I created via the Shortcuts app, it create permissions to the Shortcuts app only, and not for the shortcut itself. That's why it runs well only inside the app.

To create Calendar events, it must be via the actions available in the app (in this case"Create New Event"), and not via AppleScript. There is a downside because recurrent events can't be created without the popup window, which is not so great or practical as well.

If there are people with this same issue, I could find another way around the issue. Instead of trying to create a recurrent event, it is possible to create multiple equal events (with repetitions), and manipulating the dates inside a AppleScript, without the need of make actions in popup windows. I believe it is not the cleanest way, but gets the job done and it achieves the goal of creating recurrent events using only the Spotlight.

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Nov 14, 2025 10:39 AM in response to Kaluga1

Kaluga1 wrote:

Hello community, I only started now using deeply some of macOS functionalities and I have a question related to execute shortcuts created from the Shortcuts app.

I created a shortcut, with Applescript, to create events in my Apple Calendar. When I execute the shortcut directly (inside) from the Shortcuts App it performs as expected with no problem (the permission window appeared and I accepted with no problem). But when I try to execute via Spotlight for example, it stops working and a notification appears saying that the shortcut don't have permission to perform actions in Calendar app.

Since it performs well inside Shortcuts app, what I need to do to execute it via spotlight?

Thank you in advance

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.1

I would do what works.

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heang260

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Nov 30, 2025 2:10 PM in response to Kaluga1

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