@DTS Engineer I tried this with Xcode 16 beta 3.

Thank you, @DTS Engineer. The correct syntax seems to be: <dict> <key>$or-array</key> <array> <array> <string>$or</string> <dict> <key>launch-type</key> <dict> <key>$lt</key> <integer>3</integer> </dict> </dict> </array> <array> <string>$or</string> <dict> <key>launch-type</key> <dict> <key>$gt</key> <integer>3</integer> </dict> </dict> </array> </array> </dict> Regards, Marc

@DTS Engineer Tried this, but then the app doesn't launch anymore: <dict> <key>launch-type</key> <dict> <key>$or</key> <dict> <key>$lt</key> <integer>3</integer> <key>$gt</key> <integer>3</integer> </dict> </dict> </dict> Probably it's the wrong syntax because I get the following error if I launch the app: AMFI: Launch Constraint Violation (enforcing), error info: c[4]p[1]m[2]e[6], ($or operator disallowed for active fact) Unfortunately especially the operators are poorly documented. Any idea? Thanks, Marc

@DTS Engineer I played around with responsible process constraints but it seems that this was completely wrong. Thanks for your support. BTW: Could you please explain how to set launch-type to not being 3 ? Seems that there's no not operator. Regards, Marc

Hi @DTS Engineer! Thanks for your reply. I tried this and it works perfectly. But unfortunately it does not work in a sandboxed environment. Even if our app is not sandboxed at the moment, we plan to sandbox it later this year. So I would be interested in a solution that also works for a sandboxed app. The only solution I found so far is using attributesOfItemAtPath: to get NSFileOwnerAccountName, NSFileGroupOwnerAccountName, and NSFilePosixPermissions and then check these values for the current user. Is there another way to do this from within a sandbox? Thanks.

Hi @DTS Engineer! If found this in the transcript of this video: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10266 "When your app requests a connection to your XPC service, launchd spawns the XPC service and is the parent of that XPC service but your app is "responsible" for that XPC service. If I am not mistaken, XPC service (with a lower "s") refers to an agent or daemon. Or is it just a spelling mistake and refers to a XPC Service? Thanks again! Marc