Apps distributed through the Mac App Store must be sandboxed, meaning they are restricted from communicating with other apps or parts of the operating system.
How to I open a local terminal in Prompt for Mac?
To access the local shell you will need to install a helper app that enables this functionality.
The helper app is also is required to change the app icon to the dark version.
Installation
You can download the latest version of the local terminal component here.
After the download finishes, double click the package and follow the steps to complete the installation process.
Uninstalling the local terminal component
To uninstall Prompt’s local terminal support, follow these steps:
- Quit Prompt
- Download the “Uninstall Prompt Local Terminal” script here.
- Unzip the file by double clicking it in Finder
- Right click the script, choose “Open” from the alert that is displayed, then follow the instructions shown.
Note: If you prefer to remove the Local Terminal components manually you can use the following commands:
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.panic.LocalTerminal.plist
rm -f /usr/local/bin/PromptLocalTerminal
Is this functionality available in the iOS version of Prompt 3?
Not at this time. If Apple adds the ability for iOS apps to access system processes we will look at adding this functionality in a future release.