Universal access mac keeps asking

[BigBoomer]

I got Steam for Mac on OSX 10.9.4, however, once I turned on Accessibility, Steam would keep asking me to enable it. Please help

Thanks.

[Renos]

someone neeeds to forward this to valve

[Maxine]

Originally posted by lightninrod4:

someone neeeds to forward this to valve

For sure!

[Spam Musubi]

Same problem, been like this since before ESWC....

[ROBERT B. WOODWARD]

Me too, and it's terrible because the overlay doesn't work in game! But worst of all I think it's the cause of my TF2 not working. :O

[Auxsoul]

My friend and I are experiencing the same problem. It is very irritating.

[Interpreter715]

Also experiencing this. Every time I launch a game I'm told to turn on universal access, even though it's already on.

[carcinogens]

this problem pops up everytime they release any substantialy sized update for steam

[ForgottenRabbit]

happens to me to

[thefunkygibbon]

happens to me, guessing it happens to everyone. guessing valve can't be bothered to fix.

[psychoorc99]

What I've found is that if you open system preferences and disable steam in accessibility, and then reenable it when prompted, the overlay works fine.

[linus]

I'm having this issue too and I can't even launch TF2 now. I can't use the steam overlay without pressing esc first (my mouse won't appear on screen automatically when I open it), and it's obnoxious.
Update: I was just able to launch TF2, however, it still asked me for universal access and to enable assistive devices (I never disabled them).

[The RogueWolf]

Every time i quit and enter steam... It asks to control the computer (you know the message since the steam update) then when i quit and enter steam... it comes up again

[Skarp Hulduson]

This issue has been raised in many threads here. Long story short: re-enable access for Steam every time you launch Steam.

OS X changed Universal Access in 10.9.6 (?). Trying to fix the problem seems to have served mostly to break other versions too. Lots of "fixes" have been posted, and some of them might even work for some OS X versions. Or not, hard to say.

Be patient, they'll fix it.

[Geko™ [ESP]]

Same thing here, it keeps asking when I launch a game.

[touché]

Wew, I also get this problem from long time ago. Here is my fix:

1. Make sure Steam is not running.
   
2. Go to System Preferences and uncheck Steam from the Accessibility preference pane.
   
3. Quit System Preferences.
   
4. Open Terminal and copy-paste the following exactly as you see it, including all quotes:
   

   sudo sqlite3 /Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/Tcc.db 'delete from access where client like "%Steam%"'

5. Re-open the Accessibility preference pane on System Preferences and make sure that Steam is not listed there.
   
6. Close System Preferences, launch Steam and try to play a game. The warning dialog box about the Steam overlay will pop-up again. Use it to go back into System Preferences and Steam should have re-appeared. Check the box if it's not already, close System Preferences, and you should be good to go.