[Bug]: Quicksilver only starts from terminal, not by double clicking anymore

[Jurek-Raben]

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Bug description

Starting with version 2.5.5 or so, Quicksilver stopped starting by double clicking the icon. Only using terminal, like "/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/MacOS/Quicksilver" will start it. Also with every start, it asks again for access permissions. The accessibility permissions are not detected at all, if though Quicksilver clearly is in the access list.

Steps to reproduce

1. Download 2.5.6 and install on Sequoia 15.7
2. Run it. No idea if you can reproduce it.

Expected behavior

Should start normally with double-clicking and also should not show up access request window with each start/detecta ccessibilty rights correctly.

MacOS Version

macOS 15.7

Quicksilver Version

2.5.5

Relevant Plugins

Only the default

Crash Logs or Spindump

Error log (using log stream):
Quicksilver: (CoreFoundation) [com.apple.CFBundle:loading] Error loading /Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers (106): dlopen(/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers, 0x0109): tried: '/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (open() failed with errno=24), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (no such file), '/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (open() failed with errno=24)
2026-03-03 22:47:28.778390+0100 0x1267c Default 0x0 10180 0 Quicksilver: (QSCore) Failed loading bundle NSBundle </Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin> (not yet loaded) error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3587 "dlopen_preflight(/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers) => false, tried: '/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (open() failed with errno=24), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (no such file), '/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (open() failed with errno=24)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=Das Paket ist beschädigt oder es fehlen die benötigte Ressourcen., NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Versuche, das Paket erneut zu installieren., NSFilePath=/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Ke
2026-03-03 22:47:28.778533+0100 0x1267c Error 0x0 10180 0 Quicksilver: (CoreFoundation) [com.apple.CFBundle:loading] Error loading /Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers (106): dlopen(/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers, 0x0109): tried: '/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (open() failed with errno=24), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (no such file), '/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (open() failed with errno=24)
2026-03-03 22:47:28.778607+0100 0x1267c Default 0x0 10180 0 Quicksilver: (QSCore) Failed loading bundle NSBundle </Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin> (not yet loaded) error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3587 "dlopen_preflight(/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers) => false, tried: '/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (open() failed with errno=24), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (no such file), '/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Triggers' (open() failed with errno=24)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=Das Paket ist beschädigt oder es fehlen die benötigte Ressourcen., NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Versuche, das Paket erneut zu installieren., NSFilePath=/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/PlugIns/Keyboard Triggers.qsplugin/Contents/MacOS/Ke
2026-03-03 22:47:28.782585+0100 0x1267c Error 0x0 10180 0 Quicksilver: (CoreUI) [com.apple.coreui:framework] CoreUI: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "RunTimeThemeRefForBundleIdentifierAndName() couldn't find NSAppearanceNameDarkAqua.car in bundle with identifier: com.blacktree.Quicksilver" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=RunTimeThemeRefForBundleIdentifierAndName() couldn't find NSAppearanceNameDarkAqua.car in bundle with identifier: com.blacktree.Quicksilver}
2026-03-03 22:47:28.782655+0100 0x1267c Fault 0x45e52 10180 14 Quicksilver: (CoreUI) [com.apple.coreui:framework] CoreUI: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "RunTimeThemeRefForBundleIdentifierAndName() couldn't find NSAppearanceNameDarkAqua.car in bundle with identifier: com.blacktree.Quicksilver" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=RunTimeThemeRefForBundleIdentifierAndName() couldn't find NSAppearanceNameDarkAqua.car in bundle with identifier: com.blacktree.Quicksilver}
2026-03-03 22:47:28.783558+0100 0x1267c Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: Quicksilver[10180] Corpse allowed 1 of 5

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[Jurek-Raben]

This seems to fix the problem, limit was set to 256:
sudo launchctl limit maxfiles 64000 unlimited

[pjrobertson]

Thanks @Jurek-Raben for following up. Is this something that you'd manually changed yourself previously?

This shouldn't be needed here in order to run Quicksilver, so I'd be interested to know more about your setup.

[pjrobertson]

This should now be fixed as of v2.5.8. Thank you

[Jurek-Raben]

Ah yes, thank you. The problem disappeared, I guess due to the update.