ShiftIt commands not working at all with MacOS Monterey update

[spellr]

After updating my macOS from 12.2 to 12.2.1, ShitfIt stopped working.

Debug log shows:

2022-02-20 09:53:58.277 ShiftIt[87466/0x110979600] [lvl=3] -[ShiftItAppDelegate invokeShiftItActionByIdentifier_:] Execution of ShiftIt action: right failed: Unable to get active window
NSError stack trace:
org.shiftitapp.shifit.error:20103 - Unable to get active window
  Caused-by: org.shiftitapp.shifit.error:20101 - Unable to find focused window owner

In "Security & Privacy" preferences, ShitfIt is allowed under "Accessability"

Latest version 1.6.6

[ShunSakurai]

Hi @spellr,
The same thing happened to me as well.
I followed the steps in some past issues but it's unstable. It seems to work again but it doesn't stick 😥

I did:

1. Quit ShiftIt
2. Remove ShiftIt from Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility with the minus sign
3. (Optional: In my case, I needed to) Restart Mac
4. Re-add ShiftIt from Accessibility

• Added ShiftIt with the plus sign
• When I restarted Mac with "Open At Login" enabled, ShiftIt already added itself to the list and prompted me to enable it at login

Thanks to:

• Stopped working with the latest Mac Update - 12.2 #320 (comment)
• Big Sur OS update seems to have broken functionality #315 (comment)
• Incompatible with MacOS Big Sur #314 (comment)

[gasedwards]

Unless ShiftIt gets a new maintainer (#296) the only solution is migrate to an alternative. Even if you get it working on 12.2 there are issues when in a videoconferencing app is active (#319).

I've moved to hammerspoon-shiftit which is a like-for-like replacement for my use-case. I haven't tried modifying the config file or key bindings as I have no need to.

[spellr]

Switched to hammerspoon-shiftit, thanks @gasedwards!

[Scarafone]

I also realized that this for me has only been a problem while in a Zoom call.

2022-02-28 10:15:53.202 ShiftIt[5494/0x11194a600] [lvl=3] -[ShiftItAppDelegate invokeShiftItActionByIdentifier_:] Execution of ShiftIt action: right failed: Unable to get active window NSError stack trace: org.shiftitapp.shifit.error:20103 - Unable to get active window Caused-by: org.shiftitapp.shifit.error:20101 - Unable to find focused window owner 2022-02-28 10:15:53.550 ShiftIt[5494/0x11194a600] [lvl=3] -[ShiftItAppDelegate invokeShiftItActionByIdentifier_:] Execution of ShiftIt action: right failed: Unable to get active window NSError stack trace: org.shiftitapp.shifit.error:20103 - Unable to get active window Caused-by: org.shiftitapp.shifit.error:20101 - Unable to find focused window owner After zoom is closed the app does work again.

Thank you for the recommendation though. Much appreciated.

[tleung999]

+1 to this. I am having the same issue as @Scarafone . Whenever I use any video conferencing call (Zoom, Slack huddle), ShiftIt will not work at all. As soon as Iog off the call, everything works again.

[mikermcneil]

Here's what worked for me: #319 (comment)

[danielavetica]

I just switched from this to "tiles" (https://freemacsoft.net/tiles/) which works, looks and feels exactly the same, but works when having videocalls open. Rectangle may work too, but they had a "pro" version, as where tiles is free :)

[michaelgmcd]

Raycast provides this as well. You can set keyboard shortcuts to provide almost the same functionality.