If you are experiencing issues with PersonalAnalytics on macOS and want to reinstall the app, please follow the steps below:
- Quit PA and check that it is not running with:
ps aux | grep -i personal
- Remove permissions for PA in System Settings:
open "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security”
Check for entries in “Accessibility” and “Screen & System Audio Recording”, and delete these entries using the “-“ symbol at the bottom of the list.
Note: Checking for these permissions needs to be done BEFORE deleting the PA app, as permissions for deleted apps are kept, but not shown in this list if the app is deleted.
- Delete PA and its settings
- Copy the database if you want to keep it
open ~/Library/Application\ Support/personal-analytics
- Delete PA
rm -rf /Applications/PersonalAnalytics.app
- Delete Settings
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/personal-analytics
- Make sure PA and settings are deleted
ls -lah /Applications | grep -i personal
ls -lah ~/Library/Application\ Support | grep -i personal
- Done - you can freshly install PersonalAnalytics now!