Cannot export to third-party application

macOS requires user-directed access for Verbum to interact with the operating system (such as when saving a file) and when sending information to third-party applications. It’s easy to unintentionally dismiss the prompt or deny Verbum this access when seeing these prompts for the first time or when not expecting them.

Some examples of actions where Verbum will need access from System Settings are:

• Sending verses from Copy Bible Verses to a supported word processor (Microsoft Word, Pages, etc.)
• Sharing media from the Media tool.
• Sending a book collection to a spreadsheet.
• Exporting a reading plan to Calendar (referred to as iCal in Verbum).

Solution

To resolve the above problems, we need to grant Verbum system access within macOS's Security & Privacy settings. You will find the areas of System Settings where Verbum needs access by following the steps below and checking the three following Privacy & Security sections.

Follow the steps below to open Security and Privacy:

1. Click  in the top left corner.

2. Click System Settings. . . 
3. Click Security & Privacy.

Allow Verbum access in Calendars, Accessibility, and Automation: 

 

Calendar

Initial Prompt

Click Allow Full Access to send your reading plan to the Calendar app.

 

Security & Privacy Setting

After you have given Verbum Full Access to Calendar, you can retroactively grant it “Add Only” access from the Options button (as seen in the above image). 

 

Accessibility

Below is what you might see after clicking Copy and Paste from the Copy Bible Verses tool. Click Allow to allow Verbum to open Word (in this example).

Initial Prompt

Click Allow to allow Verbum open Word (in this example).

 

Click Open System Settings to grant Verbum permission to paste into Word.

Security & Privacy Setting

 

Automation

Initial Prompt

Below is the initial message you will receive when sending media to Keynote (or other options from the Share menu). Click Allow.

 

Provide access to System Events.app to complete sending the image to Keynote.

 

Security & Privacy Setting

 

Reset System Settings access for Verbum.

You may find that, as far as you can tell from System Settings, Verbyn should have the required permissions to send information from it to another application on your Mac. Resetting access will force the initial prompts to appear the next time you try to send information from Verbum to another supported application, such as those mentioned above.

1. Quit Verbyn.
2. Open Terminal.
3. Type sudo tccutil reset All com.logos.desktop.verbum
4. Type the macOS user account password (you will not see the input; trust that it is being entered).
5. Press the Return key.