Universal Access is on but Steam won't recognize it: Mac

[Hellz Lips]

This is the second time this has happened in the past week. Steam says I need to turn on universal access under system preferences. I go to system preferences > accessibility, and it is checked, as in it's on. But I close and reload Steam, and it still says I need to turn on universal access. I have checked and unchecked it, and restarted Steam. No dice, still doesn't work.

I am on a Macbook Pro (no flaming please), and the first time this happened it lasted a few days, then randomly started working again. It's getting annoying. Any ideas?

[ASticky Tiddy]

I have a Mac book pro and the same thing happned to and nothing I do is helping me. I think either Apple is stupid or something with Stean :/

[Villa Tenant]

Same thing is happening to me. Please let there be a fix.

[noyze]

same. GET YOU ♥♥♥♥ TOGETHER VALVE.

[Oopsydaisy]

has anyone tried reinstalling steam?

[lashbridge57]

Yeah, I agree Steam needs a huge bug fix, especially for mac users, my Steam won't even open.

[J. Rock Oppenheimer]

This has been happening to me and I have uninstalled and reinstalled. This hasn't fixed the problem.

[lashbridge57]

Hopefully they will bring a new update out for Mac os X users.

[Janichsan]

Originally posted by Lips:

This is the second time this has happened in the past week. Steam says I need to turn on universal access under system preferences. I go to system preferences > accessibility, and it is checked, as in it's on. But I close and reload Steam, and it still says I need to turn on universal access. I have checked and unchecked it, and restarted Steam. No dice, still doesn't work.

Is the overlay actually not working or is Steam simply nagging about it? I had Steam complaining a few times about Universal Access, although the overlay actually just worked fine.

[J. Rock Oppenheimer]

For me the overlay isn't working at all.

[henryg]

Please try disabling universal access for Steam, restarting your computer, and then re-enabling it. There seems to be a problem with 10.9.x where the checkbox gets out of sync with the actual OS behavior. Once it is working again (after a reboot), it should stay working.

[grantoldman]

If unchecking the box doesn't work, try this:

1) Make sure Steam is not running and uncheck it from the accessibility preference pane.
2) Close system preferences.
3) 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%"'

4) Re-open the accessibility preference pane and make sure that Steam is not listed.
5) 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.

[一天世界]

nice

[Bice]

Worked thanks

[see you in the soup]

I have a similar problem but, when I go into system preferences, Steam isn't actually there. I tried to drag the application into it, but it didn't work. HELP.

[Seanikan]

Here's a fix for that glitch:

1) Make sure Steam is not running and uncheck it from the accessibility preference pane.
2) Close system preferences.
3) Open Terminal and copy/paste the following exactly as you see it, including all quotes:

Code:

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

4) Re-open the accessibility preference pane and make sure that Steam is not listed.
5) 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.