v 1.2.0

high sierra compatibility
 improved nstask execution
 alleviated need for 'sudo'
 refactored code to find camera/mic process
 pushed various XPC intensive stuff into background

Installer.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 		7D24C85D1D2CDEA7009932EE /* Project object */ = {
 			isa = PBXProject;
 			attributes = {
-				LastUpgradeCheck = 0800;
+				LastUpgradeCheck = 0900;
 				ORGANIZATIONNAME = "Objective-See";
 				TargetAttributes = {
 					7D24C8641D2CDEA7009932EE = {
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "#for normal builds\n# ->just copy in app\n#cp -R -f $BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR/OverSight.app $BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR/$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/Resources/\n\n#for achieving\n# ->first build OverSight in release mode (don't archive it)\n#   then archive (this) installer app\ncp -R -f ~/objective-see/OverSight/DerivedData/OverSight/Build/Products/Release/OverSight.app ~/objective-see/OverSight/DerivedData/OverSight/Build/Intermediates/ArchiveIntermediates/Installer/BuildProductsPath/Release/OverSight_Installer.app/Contents/Resources/\n";
+			shellScript = "#for normal builds\n# ->just copy in app\n#cp -R -f $BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR/OverSight.app $BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR/$CONTENTS_FOLDER_PATH/Resources/\n\n#for achieving\n# ->first build OverSight in release mode (don't archive it)\n#   then archive (this) installer app\n#cp -R -f ~/objective-see/OverSight/DerivedData/OverSight/Build/Products/Release/OverSight.app ~/objective-see/OverSight/DerivedData/OverSight/Build/Intermediates/ArchiveIntermediates/Installer/BuildProductsPath/Release/OverSight_Installer.app/Contents/Resources/\n";
 		};
 /* End PBXShellScriptBuildPhase section */
 
@@ -273,14 +273,20 @@
 				CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY = "libc++";
 				CLANG_ENABLE_MODULES = YES;
 				CLANG_ENABLE_OBJC_ARC = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_BLOCK_CAPTURE_AUTORELEASING = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_BOOL_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_COMMA = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_CONSTANT_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_DIRECT_OBJC_ISA_USAGE = YES_ERROR;
 				CLANG_WARN_EMPTY_BODY = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_ENUM_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_INFINITE_RECURSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_INT_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_NON_LITERAL_NULL_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_OBJC_LITERAL_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_OBJC_ROOT_CLASS = YES_ERROR;
+				CLANG_WARN_RANGE_LOOP_ANALYSIS = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_STRICT_PROTOTYPES = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_SUSPICIOUS_MOVE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_UNREACHABLE_CODE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN__DUPLICATE_METHOD_MATCH = YES;
@@ -319,14 +325,20 @@
 				CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY = "libc++";
 				CLANG_ENABLE_MODULES = YES;
 				CLANG_ENABLE_OBJC_ARC = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_BLOCK_CAPTURE_AUTORELEASING = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_BOOL_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_COMMA = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_CONSTANT_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_DIRECT_OBJC_ISA_USAGE = YES_ERROR;
 				CLANG_WARN_EMPTY_BODY = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_ENUM_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_INFINITE_RECURSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_INT_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_NON_LITERAL_NULL_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_OBJC_LITERAL_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_OBJC_ROOT_CLASS = YES_ERROR;
+				CLANG_WARN_RANGE_LOOP_ANALYSIS = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_STRICT_PROTOTYPES = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_SUSPICIOUS_MOVE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_UNREACHABLE_CODE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN__DUPLICATE_METHOD_MATCH = YES;

Installer/AppDelegate.m

@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ bail:
     //alloc/init
     configureWindowController = [[ConfigureWindowController alloc] initWithWindowNibName:@"ConfigureWindowController"];
     
+    //indicated title bar is tranparent (too)
+    self.configureWindowController.window.titlebarAppearsTransparent = YES;
+    
     //display it
     // ->call this first to so that outlets are connected
     [self.configureWindowController display];

Installer/Configure.m

@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@
     //no errors
     wasConfigured = YES;
     
-//bail
 bail:
     
     return wasConfigured;
@@ -154,8 +153,8 @@ bail:
     //path to login item
     NSString* loginItem = nil;
     
-    //logged in user
+    //logged in user info
-    NSString* user = nil;
+    NSMutableDictionary* userInfo = nil;
     
     //white list
     NSString* whiteList = nil;
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ bail:
     
     //remove xattrs
     // ->otherwise app translocation causes issues
-    execTask(XATTR, @[@"-cr", appPathDest], YES);
+    execTask(XATTR, @[@"-cr", appPathDest], NO);
     
     //dbg msg
     #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -194,9 +193,9 @@ bail:
     //init path to login item
     loginItem = [appPathDest stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Contents/Library/LoginItems/OverSight Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/OverSight Helper"];
     
-    //get user
+    //get user info
-    user = loggedinUser();
+    userInfo = loggedinUser();
-    if(nil == user)
+    if(nil == userInfo[@"user"])
     {
         //err msg
         logMsg(LOG_ERR, @"failed to determine logged-in user");
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ bail:
     }
     
     //create app support directory
-    if(YES != [self createAppSupport:user])
+    if(YES != [self createAppSupport:userInfo[@"user"]])
     {
         //err msg
         logMsg(LOG_ERR, @"failed to create app support directory for current user");
@@ -221,7 +220,7 @@ bail:
     #endif
     
     //init path to whitelist
-    whiteList = [[NSString pathWithComponents:@[@"/Users/", user, APP_SUPPORT_DIRECTORY]] stringByAppendingPathComponent:FILE_WHITELIST];
+    whiteList = [[NSString pathWithComponents:@[@"/Users/", userInfo[@"user"], APP_SUPPORT_DIRECTORY]] stringByAppendingPathComponent:FILE_WHITELIST];
     
     //if whitelist exists
     // ->make sure it's owned by root
@@ -232,8 +231,7 @@ bail:
     }
 
     //call into login item to install itself
-    // ->runs as logged in user, so can access user's login items, etc
+    execTask(loginItem, @[[NSString stringWithUTF8String:CMD_INSTALL]], NO);
-    execTask(SUDO, @[@"-u", user, loginItem, [NSString stringWithUTF8String:CMD_INSTALL]], YES);
     
     //dbg msg
     #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -266,7 +264,6 @@ bail:
     //no error
     wasInstalled = YES;
     
-//bail
 bail:
     
     return wasInstalled;
@@ -279,34 +276,19 @@ bail:
     //flag
     BOOL bStarted = NO;
 
-    //logged in user
-    NSString* user = nil;
-    
     //path to login item
     NSString* loginItem = nil;
     
-    //get user
-    user = loggedinUser();
-    if(nil == user)
-    {
-        //err msg
-        logMsg(LOG_ERR, @"failed to determine logged-in user");
-        
-        //bail
-        goto bail;
-    }
-    
     //init path
     loginItem = [[APPS_FOLDER stringByAppendingPathComponent:APP_NAME] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Contents/Library/LoginItems/OverSight Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/OverSight Helper"];
     
     //start it!
     // ->don't wait, as it won't exit
-    execTask(SUDO, @[@"-u", user, loginItem], NO);
+    execTask(loginItem, nil, NO);
     
     //happy
     bStarted = YES;
     
-//bail
 bail:
     
     return bStarted;
@@ -350,8 +332,8 @@ bail:
     //error
     NSError* error = nil;
     
-    //logged in user
+    //logged in user info
-    NSString* user = nil;
+    NSMutableDictionary* userInfo = nil;
     
     //uninstall command
     // ->changed between v1.0 and 1.1+
@@ -385,8 +367,8 @@ bail:
     #endif
     
     //get user
-    user = loggedinUser();
+    userInfo = loggedinUser();
-    if(nil == user)
+    if(nil == userInfo[@"user"])
     {
         //err msg
         logMsg(LOG_ERR, @"failed to determine logged-in user");
@@ -401,8 +383,7 @@ bail:
     #endif
         
     //call into login item to uninstall itself
-    // ->runs as logged in user, so can access user's login items, etc
+    execTask(loginItem, @[uninstallCmd], YES);
-    execTask(SUDO, @[@"-u", user, loginItem, uninstallCmd], YES);
     
     //dbg msg
     #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -436,13 +417,13 @@ bail:
         #endif
         
         //delete app's app support folder
-        if(YES == [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:[self appSupportPath:user]])
+        if(YES == [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:[self appSupportPath:userInfo[@"user"]]])
         {
             //delete
-            if(YES != [self removeAppSupport:user])
+            if(YES != [self removeAppSupport:userInfo[@"user"]])
             {
                 //err msg
-                logMsg(LOG_ERR, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"failed to delete app support directory %@", [self appSupportPath:user]]);
+                logMsg(LOG_ERR, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"failed to delete app support directory %@", [self appSupportPath:userInfo[@"user"]]]);
                 
                 //set flag
                 bAnyErrors = YES;
@@ -455,7 +436,7 @@ bail:
             else
             {
                 //dbg msg
-                logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"removed app support directory %@", [self appSupportPath:user]]);
+                logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"removed app support directory %@", [self appSupportPath:userInfo[@"user"]]]);
             }
             #endif
 
@@ -469,7 +450,6 @@ bail:
         wasUninstalled = YES;
     }
     
-//bail
 bail:
 
     return wasUninstalled;
@@ -531,7 +511,6 @@ bail:
     //happy
     createdDirectory = YES;
     
-//bail
 bail:
     
     return createdDirectory;
@@ -580,12 +559,9 @@ bail:
     //happy
     removedDirectory = YES;
     
-//bail
 bail:
     
     return removedDirectory;
 }
 
-
 @end
-

Installer/ConfigureWindowController.m

@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 // ->center, make front, set bg to white, etc
 -(void)display
 {
+    //indicated title bar is tranparent (too)
+    self.window.titlebarAppearsTransparent = YES;
+    
     //center window
     [[self window] center];
     

Installer/Info.plist

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>1.1.2</string>
+	<string>1.2.0</string>
 	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
 	<string>????</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>1.1.2</string>
+	<string>1.2.0</string>
 	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
 	<string>$(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)</string>
 	<key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>

Installer/main.h

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 BOOL spawnAsRoot(const char* path2Self);
 
 //install
-BOOL cmdlineInstall();
+BOOL cmdlineInstall(void);
 
 //uninstall
-BOOL cmdlineUninstall();
+BOOL cmdlineUninstall(void);
 
 #endif /* main_h */

Installer/main.m

@@ -17,101 +17,102 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
     //return var
     int retVar = -1;
     
-    @autoreleasepool
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool {
+        
+    //handle '-install' / '-uninstall'
+    // ->this performs non-UI logic for easier automated deployment
+    if( (argc >= 2) &&
+        ( (0 == strcmp(argv[1], CMD_INSTALL)) || (0 == strcmp(argv[1], CMD_UNINSTALL)) ) )
     {
-        //handle '-install' / '-uninstall'
+        //first check rooot
-        // ->this performs non-UI logic for easier automated deployment
+        if(0 != geteuid())
-        if( (argc >= 2) &&
-            ( (0 == strcmp(argv[1], CMD_INSTALL)) || (0 == strcmp(argv[1], CMD_UNINSTALL)) ) )
         {
-            //first check rooot
+            //err msg
-            if(0 != geteuid())
+            printf("\nERROR: '%s' option, requires root\n\n", argv[1]);
-            {
-                //err msg
-                printf("\nERROR: '%s' option, requires root\n\n", argv[1]);
-                
-                //bail
-                goto bail;
-            }
-            
-            //handle install
-            if(0 == strcmp(argv[1], CMD_INSTALL))
-            {
-                //install
-                if(YES != cmdlineInstall())
-                {
-                    //err msg
-                    printf("\nERROR: install failed\n\n");
-                    
-                    //bail
-                    goto bail;
-                }
-                
-                //dbg msg
-                printf("OVERSIGHT: install ok!\n");
-                
-                //happy
-                retVar = 0;
-            }
-            
-            //handle uninstall
-            else if(0 == strcmp(argv[1], CMD_UNINSTALL))
-            {
-                //uninstall
-                if(YES != cmdlineUninstall())
-                {
-                    //err msg
-                    printf("\nERROR: install failed\n\n");
-                }
-                
-                //dbg msg
-                printf("OVERSIGHT: uninstall ok!\n");
-                
-                //happy
-                retVar = 0;
-            }
             
             //bail
             goto bail;
+        }
         
-        }//args
+        //handle install
-        
+        if(0 == strcmp(argv[1], CMD_INSTALL))
-        //check for r00t
-        // ->then spawn self via auth exec
-        if(0 != geteuid())
         {
-            //dbg msg
+            //install
-            #ifdef DEBUG
+            if(YES != cmdlineInstall())
-            logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"non-root installer instance");
-            #endif
-            
-            //spawn as root
-            if(YES != spawnAsRoot(argv[0]))
             {
                 //err msg
-                logMsg(LOG_ERR, @"failed to spawn self as r00t");
+                printf("\nERROR: install failed\n\n");
                 
                 //bail
                 goto bail;
             }
             
+            //dbg msg
+            printf("OVERSIGHT: install ok!\n");
+            
             //happy
             retVar = 0;
         }
         
-        //otherwise
+        //handle uninstall
-        // ->just kick off app, as we're root now
+        else if(0 == strcmp(argv[1], CMD_UNINSTALL))
-        else
         {
-            //dbg msg
+            //uninstall
-            #ifdef DEBUG
+            if(YES != cmdlineUninstall())
-            logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"root installer instance");
+            {
-            #endif
+                //err msg
+                printf("\nERROR: install failed\n\n");
+            }
             
-            //app away
+            //dbg msg
-            retVar = NSApplicationMain(argc, (const char **)argv);
+            printf("OVERSIGHT: uninstall ok!\n");
+            
+            //happy
+            retVar = 0;
         }
     
+        //bail
+        goto bail;
+        
+    }//args
+    
+    //check for r00t
+    // ->then spawn self via auth exec
+    if(0 != geteuid())
+    {
+        //dbg msg
+        #ifdef DEBUG
+        logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"non-root installer instance");
+        #endif
+        
+        //spawn as root
+        if(YES != spawnAsRoot(argv[0]))
+        {
+            //err msg
+            logMsg(LOG_ERR, @"failed to spawn self as r00t");
+            
+            //bail
+            goto bail;
+        }
+        
+        //happy
+        retVar = 0;
+    }
+    
+    //otherwise
+    // ->just kick off app, as we're root now
+    else
+    {
+        //dbg msg
+        #ifdef DEBUG
+        logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"root installer instance");
+        #endif
+        
+        //app away
+        retVar = NSApplicationMain(argc, (const char **)argv);
+    }
+        
     }//pool
 
 //bail

LoginItem/AVMonitor.m

@@ -415,8 +415,6 @@ bail:
         //close connection
         [xpcConnection invalidate];
 
-        //nil out
-        xpcConnection = nil;
     }
     
     return bRet;
@@ -474,7 +472,7 @@ bail:
 }
 
 //helper function
-// ->determines if video went active/inactive then invokes notification generator method
+// determines if video went active/inactive then invokes notification generator method
 -(void)handleVideoNotification:(CMIOObjectID)deviceID addresses:(const CMIOObjectPropertyAddress[]) addresses
 {
     //event dictionary
@@ -517,9 +515,14 @@ bail:
         [devices addObject:@{EVENT_DEVICE:self.mic, EVENT_DEVICE_STATUS:@(self.audioActive)}];
     }
 
-    //send msg to status menu
+    //update status menu
-    // ->update menu to show (all) devices & their status
+    // run on main thread, since its a UI update
-    [((AppDelegate*)[[NSApplication sharedApplication] delegate]).statusBarMenuController updateStatusItemMenu:devices];
+    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+        
+        //update status menu
+        [((AppDelegate*)[[NSApplication sharedApplication] delegate]).statusBarMenuController updateStatusItemMenu:devices];
+        
+    });
 
     //add timestamp
     event[EVENT_TIMESTAMP] = [NSDate date];
@@ -579,9 +582,6 @@ bail:
              //close connection
              [xpcConnection invalidate];
              
-             //nil out
-             xpcConnection = nil;
-             
              //dbg msg
              #ifdef DEBUG
              logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"video procs from XPC: %@", videoProcesses]);
@@ -594,7 +594,14 @@ bail:
                  event[EVENT_PROCESS_ID] = processID;
                  
                  //generate notification
-                 [self generateNotification:event];
+                 // do on main thread since its a UI event
+                 dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+                     
+                     //generate notification
+                     [self generateNotification:event];
+                     
+                 });
+
              }
              
              //if no consumer process was found
@@ -605,7 +612,13 @@ bail:
                  event[EVENT_PROCESS_ID] = @0;
                  
                  //generate notification
-                 [self generateNotification:event];
+                 // do on main thread since its a UI event
+                 dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+                     
+                     //generate notification
+                     [self generateNotification:event];
+                     
+                 });
              }
              
              //signal sema
@@ -625,11 +638,15 @@ bail:
         //close connection
         [xpcConnection invalidate];
         
-        //nil out
-        xpcConnection = nil;
-        
         //generate notification
-        [self generateNotification:event];
+        // do on main thread since its a UI event
+        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+            
+            //generate notification
+            [self generateNotification:event];
+            
+        });
+        
     }
     
     //poll for new video procs
@@ -694,8 +711,27 @@ bail:
     // ->invoked when video changes & just calls helper function
     CMIOObjectPropertyListenerBlock listenerBlock = ^(UInt32 inNumberAddresses, const CMIOObjectPropertyAddress addresses[])
     {
-        //invoke helper function
+        //on main thread?
-        [self handleVideoNotification:deviceID addresses:addresses];
+        // handle on background thread
+        if(YES == [NSThread isMainThread])
+        {
+            //invoke in background
+            // XPC stuff might be slow!
+            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0),
+            ^{
+               
+                //handle notification
+                [self handleVideoNotification:deviceID addresses:addresses];
+               
+            });
+        }
+        //on background thread
+        // just can invoke as it
+        else
+        {
+            //handle notification
+            [self handleVideoNotification:deviceID addresses:addresses];
+        }
     };
     
     //register (add) property block listener
@@ -764,6 +800,9 @@ bail:
     //event dictionary
     NSMutableDictionary* event = nil;
     
+    //devices
+    NSMutableArray* devices = nil;
+    
     //xpc connection
     __block NSXPCConnection* xpcConnection = nil;
     
@@ -773,6 +812,9 @@ bail:
     //init dictionary
     event = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
 
+    //init array for devices
+    devices = [NSMutableArray array];
+    
     //sync
     @synchronized (self)
     {
@@ -781,9 +823,28 @@ bail:
     // ->updates 'audioActive' iVar
     [self setAudioDevStatus:deviceID];
         
-    //send msg to status menu
+    //add camera
-    // ->update menu to show (all) devices & their status
+    if(nil != self.camera)
-    [((AppDelegate*)[[NSApplication sharedApplication] delegate]).statusBarMenuController updateStatusItemMenu:@[@{EVENT_DEVICE:self.mic, EVENT_DEVICE_STATUS:@(self.audioActive)},@{EVENT_DEVICE:self.camera, EVENT_DEVICE_STATUS:@(self.videoActive)}]];
+    {
+        //add
+        [devices addObject:@{EVENT_DEVICE:self.camera, EVENT_DEVICE_STATUS:@(self.videoActive)}];
+    }
+    
+    //add mic
+    if(nil != self.mic)
+    {
+        //add
+        [devices addObject:@{EVENT_DEVICE:self.mic, EVENT_DEVICE_STATUS:@(self.audioActive)}];
+    }
+    
+    //update status menu
+    // run on main thread, since its a UI update
+    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+        
+        //update status menu
+        [((AppDelegate*)[[NSApplication sharedApplication] delegate]).statusBarMenuController updateStatusItemMenu:devices];
+        
+    });
         
     //add timestamp
     event[EVENT_TIMESTAMP] = [NSDate date];
@@ -824,8 +885,8 @@ bail:
     // ->XPC reply block will signal semaphore
     dispatch_semaphore_wait(waitSema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
         
-    //if video just started
+    //if audio just started
-    // ->ask for video procs from XPC
+    // ->ask for audio procs from XPC
     if(YES == self.audioActive)
     {
         //dbg msg
@@ -843,9 +904,6 @@ bail:
              //close connection
              [xpcConnection invalidate];
              
-             //nil out
-             xpcConnection = nil;
-             
              //dbg msg
              #ifdef DEBUG
              logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"audio procs from XPC: %@", audioProcesses]);
@@ -858,7 +916,13 @@ bail:
                  event[EVENT_PROCESS_ID] = processID;
                  
                  //generate notification
-                 [self generateNotification:event];
+                 // do on main thread since its a UI event
+                 dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+                 
+                     //generate notification
+                     [self generateNotification:event];
+                     
+                 });
              }
              
              //if no consumer process was found
@@ -869,7 +933,13 @@ bail:
                  event[EVENT_PROCESS_ID] = @0;
                  
                  //generate notification
-                 [self generateNotification:event];
+                 // do on main thread since its a UI event
+                 dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+                     
+                     //generate notification
+                     [self generateNotification:event];
+                     
+                 });
              }
              
              //signal sema
@@ -889,11 +959,14 @@ bail:
         //close connection
         [xpcConnection invalidate];
         
-        //nil out
-        xpcConnection = nil;
-        
         //generate notification
-        [self generateNotification:event];
+        // do on main thread since its a UI event
+        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+            
+            //generate notification
+            [self generateNotification:event];
+            
+        });
     }
 
     }//sync
@@ -930,7 +1003,27 @@ bail:
     // ->invoked when audio changes & just calls helper function
     AudioObjectPropertyListenerBlock listenerBlock = ^(UInt32 inNumberAddresses, const AudioObjectPropertyAddress *inAddresses)
     {
-        [self handleAudioNotification:deviceID];
+        //on main thread?
+        // handle on background thread
+        if(YES == [NSThread isMainThread])
+        {
+            //invoke in background
+            // XPC stuff might be slow!
+            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0),
+            ^{
+               
+               //handle notification
+               [self handleAudioNotification:deviceID];
+               
+            });
+        }
+        //on background thread
+        // just can invoke as it
+        else
+        {
+            //handle notification
+            [self handleAudioNotification:deviceID];
+        }
     };
     
     //add property listener for audio changes
@@ -957,6 +1050,9 @@ bail:
 // ->handles extra logic like ignore whitelisted apps, disable alerts (if user has turned that off), etc
 -(void)generateNotification:(NSMutableDictionary*)event
 {
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool {
+        
     //notification
     NSUserNotification* notification = nil;
     
@@ -1291,6 +1387,8 @@ bail:
         }
     }
     
+    }//pool
+        
 //bail
 bail:
     
@@ -1307,6 +1405,9 @@ bail:
 // ->handle rule creation, blocking/killing proc, etc
 -(void)userNotificationCenter:(NSUserNotificationCenter *)center didActivateNotification:(NSUserNotification *)notification
 {
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool {
+        
     //xpc connection
     __block NSXPCConnection* xpcConnection = nil;
     
@@ -1524,12 +1625,12 @@ bail:
              //close connection
              [xpcConnection invalidate];
              
-             //nil out
-             xpcConnection = nil;
          }];
 
     }//user clicked 'block'
         
+    }//pool
+    
 //bail
 bail:
          
@@ -1607,9 +1708,13 @@ bail:
 }
 
 //monitor for new procs (video only at the moment)
-// ->runs until video is no longer in use (set elsewhere)
+// runs until video is no longer in use (set elsewhere)
 -(void)monitor4Procs
 {
+
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool {
+        
     //xpc connection
     NSXPCConnection* xpcConnection = nil;
     
@@ -1621,22 +1726,12 @@ bail:
     logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"[MONITOR THREAD] video is active, so polling for new procs");
     #endif
     
-    //alloc XPC connection
-    xpcConnection = [[NSXPCConnection alloc] initWithServiceName:@"com.objective-see.OverSightXPC"];
-    
-    //set remote object interface
-    xpcConnection.remoteObjectInterface = [NSXPCInterface interfaceWithProtocol:@protocol(XPCProtocol)];
-    
-    //set classes
-    // ->arrays/numbers ok to vend
-    [xpcConnection.remoteObjectInterface setClasses: [NSSet setWithObjects: [NSMutableArray class], [NSNumber class], nil]
-                                        forSelector: @selector(getVideoProcs:reply:) argumentIndex: 0 ofReply: YES];
-    //resume
-    [xpcConnection resume];
-    
     //poll while video is active
     while(YES == self.videoActive)
     {
+        //pool
+        @autoreleasepool {
+
         //init wait semaphore
         waitSema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
         
@@ -1645,6 +1740,20 @@ bail:
         logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"[MONITOR THREAD] (re)Asking XPC for (new) video procs");
         #endif
             
+        //alloc XPC connection
+        xpcConnection = [[NSXPCConnection alloc] initWithServiceName:@"com.objective-see.OverSightXPC"];
+        
+        //set remote object interface
+        xpcConnection.remoteObjectInterface = [NSXPCInterface interfaceWithProtocol:@protocol(XPCProtocol)];
+        
+        //set classes
+        // ->arrays/numbers ok to vend
+        [xpcConnection.remoteObjectInterface setClasses: [NSSet setWithObjects: [NSMutableArray class], [NSNumber class], nil]
+                                            forSelector: @selector(getVideoProcs:reply:) argumentIndex: 0 ofReply: YES];
+        //resume
+        [xpcConnection resume];
+
+        
         //invoke XPC service to get (new) video procs
         // ->will generate user notifications for any new processes
         [[xpcConnection remoteObjectProxy] getVideoProcs:YES reply:^(NSMutableArray* videoProcesses)
@@ -1652,7 +1761,7 @@ bail:
              //dbg msg
              #ifdef DEBUG
              logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"[MONITOR THREAD] found %lu new video procs: %@", (unsigned long)videoProcesses.count, videoProcesses]);
-            #endif
+             #endif
              
              //generate a notification for each process
              // ->double check video is still active though...
@@ -1672,26 +1781,27 @@ bail:
              //signal sema
              dispatch_semaphore_signal(waitSema);
              
+             //invalidate
+             [xpcConnection invalidate];
+             
          }];
     
         //wait until XPC is done
         // ->XPC reply block will signal semaphore
         dispatch_semaphore_wait(waitSema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
         
+        }//pool
+
         //nap
         [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:5.0f];
         
     }//run until video (camera) is off
     
-//bail
+    //pool
+    }
+    
 bail:
 
-    //close connection
-    [xpcConnection invalidate];
-    
-    //nil out
-    xpcConnection = nil;
-    
     //dbg msg
     #ifdef DEBUG
     logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"[MONITOR THREAD] exiting polling/monitor thread since camera is off");

LoginItem/AppDelegate.m

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #import "Logging.h"
 #import "Utilities.h"
 #import "AppDelegate.h"
+#import "XPCProtocol.h"
 
 @interface AppDelegate ()
 
@@ -29,16 +30,30 @@
     //preferences
     NSDictionary* preferences = nil;
     
+    //logged in user info
+    NSMutableDictionary* userInfo = nil;
+    
     //dbg msg
     #ifdef DEBUG
     logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"starting login item app logic");
     #endif
     
+    //get user
+    userInfo = loggedinUser();
+    if(nil == userInfo[@"user"])
+    {
+        //err msg
+        logMsg(LOG_ERR, @"failed to determine logged-in user");
+        
+        //bail
+        goto bail;
+    }
+    
     //drop group privs
-    setgid(getgid());
+    setgid([userInfo[@"gid"] intValue]);
     
     //drop user privs
-    setuid(getuid());
+    setuid([userInfo[@"uid"] intValue]);
 
     //load preferences
     preferences = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:[APP_PREFERENCES stringByExpandingTildeInPath]];
@@ -99,10 +114,12 @@
         
         //dbg msg
         // ->and to file
-        logMsg(LOG_DEBUG|LOG_TO_FILE, @"logging intialized");
+        logMsg(LOG_DEBUG|LOG_TO_FILE, @"logging intialized (login item)");
-        
     }
     
+    //spawn 'heartbeat' thread to XPC to keep it open
+    [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(heartBeat) toTarget:self withObject:nil];
+    
     //create/init av event monitor
     avMonitor = [[AVMonitor alloc] init];
     
@@ -194,6 +211,60 @@ bail:
     return;
 }
 
+//ping XPC service to keep it alive
+-(void)heartBeat
+{
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool {
+    
+    //xpc connection
+    __block NSXPCConnection* xpcConnection = nil;
+    
+    //wait semaphore
+    dispatch_semaphore_t waitSema = nil;
+    
+    //alloc XPC connection
+    xpcConnection = [[NSXPCConnection alloc] initWithServiceName:@"com.objective-see.OverSightXPC"];
+    
+    //set remote object interface
+    xpcConnection.remoteObjectInterface = [NSXPCInterface interfaceWithProtocol:@protocol(XPCProtocol)];
+    
+    //resume
+    [xpcConnection resume];
+
+    //forever
+    while(YES)
+    {
+        //init wait semaphore
+        waitSema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
+        
+        #ifdef DEBUG
+        //dbg msg
+        logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"sending XPC heart beat request");
+        #endif
+        
+        //XPC service to begin baselining mach messages
+        // ->wait, since want this to compelete before doing other things!
+        [[xpcConnection remoteObjectProxy] heartBeat:^(BOOL reply)
+         {
+             //signal sema
+             dispatch_semaphore_signal(waitSema);
+             
+         }];
+        
+        //wait until XPC is done
+        // ->XPC reply block will signal semaphore
+        dispatch_semaphore_wait(waitSema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
+        
+        //nap
+        [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:3.0f];
+    }
+    
+    }//pool
+    
+    return;
+}
+
 //going bye-bye
 // ->close logging
 -(void)applicationWillTerminate:(NSNotification *)notification
@@ -202,7 +273,7 @@ bail:
     logMsg(LOG_DEBUG|LOG_TO_FILE, @"OverSight ending");
     
     //log msg
-    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG|LOG_TO_FILE, @"logging deinitialized");
+    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG|LOG_TO_FILE, @"logging deinitialized (login item)");
     
     //stop logz
     deinitLogging();

LoginItem/Info.plist

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>1.1.2</string>
+	<string>1.2.0</string>
 	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
 	<string>????</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>1.1.2</string>
+	<string>1.2.0</string>
 	<key>LSUIElement</key>
 	<true/>
 	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>

LoginItem/RemeberWindowController.h

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 //version label/string
 @property (weak) IBOutlet NSTextField *windowText;
 
-
 /* METHODS */
 
 //save stuff into iVars

LoginItem/RemeberWindowController.m

@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@
             //close connection
             [xpcConnection invalidate];
 
-            //nil out
-            xpcConnection = nil;
-             
          }];
     }
     

LoginItem/StatusBarMenu.m

@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
 //create/update status item menu
 -(void)updateStatusItemMenu:(NSArray*)devices
 {
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+        
     //menu
     NSMenu* menu = nil;
     
@@ -194,6 +198,8 @@
     //tie menu to status item
     self.statusItem.menu = menu;
     
+    }//pool
+    
     return;
 }
 

LoginItem/main.m

@@ -18,14 +18,44 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
     //return var
     int iReturn = 0;
     
+    //logged in user info
+    NSMutableDictionary* userInfo = nil;
+    
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+    
     //dbg msg
     #ifdef DEBUG
-    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"starting login item (args: %@/user: %@)", [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] arguments], NSUserName()]);
+    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"starting login item (args: %@/user: %@/%@)", [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] arguments], NSUserName(), loggedinUser()]);
     #endif
     
     //check for uninstall/install flags, and process to remove from whitelist
     if(2 == argc)
     {
+        //drops privs when installing/uninstalling
+        // do here, only for these as they then bail
+        if( (0 == strcmp(argv[1], CMD_INSTALL)) ||
+            (0 == strcmp(argv[1], CMD_UNINSTALL)) )
+        {
+            //get user
+            userInfo = loggedinUser();
+            if(nil == userInfo[@"user"])
+            {
+                //err msg
+                logMsg(LOG_ERR, @"failed to determine logged-in user");
+                
+                //bail
+                goto bail;
+            }
+            
+            //drop group privs
+            setgid([userInfo[@"gid"] intValue]);
+            
+            //drop user privs
+            setuid([userInfo[@"uid"] intValue]);
+        }
+        
         //install
         if(0 == strcmp(argv[1], CMD_INSTALL))
         {
@@ -34,9 +64,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
             logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"running install logic");
             #endif
             
-            //drop user privs
-            setuid(getuid());
-
             //install
             if(YES != toggleLoginItem([NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath]], ACTION_INSTALL_FLAG))
             {
@@ -74,9 +101,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
             logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"running uninstall logic");
             #endif
             
-            //drop user privs
-            setuid(getuid());
-            
             //uninstall
             if(YES != toggleLoginItem([NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath]], ACTION_UNINSTALL_FLAG))
             {
@@ -130,7 +154,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
     //launch app normally
     iReturn = NSApplicationMain(argc, argv);
     
-//bail
+    }//pool
+    
 bail:
     
     return iReturn;
@@ -174,9 +199,6 @@ void unWhiteList(NSString* process, NSNumber* device)
         //close connection
         [xpcConnection invalidate];
          
-        //nil out
-        xpcConnection = nil;
-         
      }];
     
     return;

MainApp/AppDelegate.m

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ bail:
             else
             {
                 //log msg
-                logMsg(LOG_DEBUG|LOG_TO_FILE, @"logging initialized");
+                logMsg(LOG_DEBUG|LOG_TO_FILE, @"logging initialized (main app)");
             }
         }
         //when logging is disabled
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ bail:
         else
         {
             //log msg
-            logMsg(LOG_DEBUG|LOG_TO_FILE, @"logging deinitialized");
+            logMsg(LOG_DEBUG|LOG_TO_FILE, @"logging deinitialized (main app)");
             
             //close
             deinitLogging();
@@ -539,7 +539,6 @@ bail:
         goto bail;
     }
     
-    
 //bail
 bail:
 

MainApp/Info.plist

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>1.1.2</string>
+	<string>1.2.0</string>
 	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
 	<string>????</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>1.1.2</string>
+	<string>1.2.0</string>
 	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
 	<string>$(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)</string>
 	<key>LSUIElement</key>

MainApp/Rules.xib

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             <windowStyleMask key="styleMask" titled="YES" closable="YES" resizable="YES"/>
             <windowPositionMask key="initialPositionMask" leftStrut="YES" rightStrut="YES" topStrut="YES" bottomStrut="YES"/>
             <rect key="contentRect" x="196" y="240" width="611" height="270"/>
-            <rect key="screenRect" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="1440" height="878"/>
+            <rect key="screenRect" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="2560" height="1418"/>
             <value key="minSize" type="size" width="500" height="100"/>
             <value key="maxSize" type="size" width="1500" height="500"/>
             <view key="contentView" wantsLayer="YES" id="se5-gp-TjO">

OverSight.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
 		8B57559319DA3E9500799E6B /* Project object */ = {
 			isa = PBXProject;
 			attributes = {
-				LastUpgradeCheck = 0820;
+				LastUpgradeCheck = 0900;
 				ORGANIZATIONNAME = "Cory Bohon";
 				TargetAttributes = {
 					7DC9C8111D641A350017D143 = {
@@ -620,14 +620,20 @@
 				CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY = "libc++";
 				CLANG_ENABLE_MODULES = YES;
 				CLANG_ENABLE_OBJC_ARC = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_BLOCK_CAPTURE_AUTORELEASING = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_BOOL_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_COMMA = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_CONSTANT_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_DIRECT_OBJC_ISA_USAGE = YES_ERROR;
 				CLANG_WARN_EMPTY_BODY = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_ENUM_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_INFINITE_RECURSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_INT_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_NON_LITERAL_NULL_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_OBJC_LITERAL_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_OBJC_ROOT_CLASS = YES_ERROR;
+				CLANG_WARN_RANGE_LOOP_ANALYSIS = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_STRICT_PROTOTYPES = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_SUSPICIOUS_MOVE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_UNREACHABLE_CODE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN__DUPLICATE_METHOD_MATCH = YES;
@@ -667,14 +673,20 @@
 				CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY = "libc++";
 				CLANG_ENABLE_MODULES = YES;
 				CLANG_ENABLE_OBJC_ARC = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_BLOCK_CAPTURE_AUTORELEASING = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_BOOL_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_COMMA = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_CONSTANT_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_DIRECT_OBJC_ISA_USAGE = YES_ERROR;
 				CLANG_WARN_EMPTY_BODY = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_ENUM_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_INFINITE_RECURSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_INT_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_NON_LITERAL_NULL_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_OBJC_LITERAL_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_OBJC_ROOT_CLASS = YES_ERROR;
+				CLANG_WARN_RANGE_LOOP_ANALYSIS = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_STRICT_PROTOTYPES = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_SUSPICIOUS_MOVE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_UNREACHABLE_CODE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN__DUPLICATE_METHOD_MATCH = YES;

OverSightXPC/Enumerator.h

@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
 
 /* PROPERTIES */
 
+//camera assistant pid
+@property pid_t cameraAssistantProcess;
+
+//core audio pid
+@property pid_t coreAudioProcess;
+
 //flag indicating video is active
 @property BOOL videoActive;
 
@@ -49,8 +55,6 @@
 // ->IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/IOPMrootDomain/RootDomainUserClient
 @property(nonatomic, retain)NSMutableDictionary* userClients;
 
-
-
 /* METHODS */
 
 //singleton interface

OverSightXPC/Enumerator.m

@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ static NSArray* ignoredProcs = nil;
 @synthesize audioActive;
 @synthesize userClients;
 @synthesize videoActive;
+@synthesize coreAudioProcess;
 @synthesize machSendersAudio;
 @synthesize machSendersVideo;
+@synthesize cameraAssistantProcess;
+
 
 //init
 -(instancetype)init
@@ -78,13 +81,28 @@ static NSArray* ignoredProcs = nil;
 // ->logic only exec'd while camera/mic is not in use, so these are all just baselined procs
 -(void)start
 {
-    //camera assistant
+    //flag
-    pid_t cameraAssistant = 0;
+    BOOL nap = NO;
     
     //baseline forever
     // ->though logic will skip if video or mic is active (respectively)
     while(YES)
     {
+        //le sleep?
+        if(nap == YES)
+        {
+            //nap
+            [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:30];
+        }
+        
+        //set flag
+        // from now on, want to wait a bit
+        nap = YES;
+        
+        //pool
+        @autoreleasepool
+        {
+            
         //sync baselining
         @synchronized(self)
         {
@@ -97,31 +115,36 @@ static NSArray* ignoredProcs = nil;
                 #endif
                 
                 //find camera assistant
-                // ->first look for 'VDCAssistant'
+                // only do this once, or again, if it died
-                cameraAssistant = findProcess(VDC_ASSISTANT);
+                if( (0 == self.cameraAssistantProcess) ||
-                if(0 == cameraAssistant)
+                    (YES != isProcessAlive(self.cameraAssistantProcess)) )
                 {
-                    //look for 'AppleCameraAssistant'
+                    //find camera assistant
-                    cameraAssistant = findProcess(APPLE_CAMERA_ASSISTANT);
+                    // ->first look for 'VDCAssistant'
+                    self.cameraAssistantProcess = findProcess(VDC_ASSISTANT);
+                    if(0 == self.cameraAssistantProcess)
+                    {
+                        //look for 'AppleCameraAssistant'
+                        self.cameraAssistantProcess = findProcess(APPLE_CAMERA_ASSISTANT);
+                    }
                 }
                 
-                //sanity check
+                //baseline
-                if(0 == cameraAssistant)
+                if(0 != self.cameraAssistantProcess)
                 {
-                    //nap for a minute
+                    //dbg msg
-                    [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:60];
+                    #ifdef DEBUG
+                    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"camera assistent process: %d", self.coreAudioProcess]);
+                    #endif
                     
-                    //next
+                    //enumerate procs that have send mach messages
-                    continue;
+                    self.machSendersVideo = [self enumMachSenders:self.cameraAssistantProcess];
+                    
+                    //dbg msg
+                    #ifdef DEBUG
+                    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"found %lu baselined mach senders: %@", (unsigned long)self.machSendersVideo.count, self.machSendersVideo]);
+                    #endif
                 }
-                
-                //enumerate procs that have send mach messages
-                self.machSendersVideo = [self enumMachSenders:cameraAssistant];
-                
-                //dbg msg
-                #ifdef DEBUG
-                logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"found %lu baselined mach senders: %@", (unsigned long)self.machSendersVideo.count, self.machSendersVideo]);
-                #endif
             }
             
             //only baseline if audio isn't active
@@ -132,29 +155,47 @@ static NSArray* ignoredProcs = nil;
                 logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"baselining mach senders for audio...");
                 #endif
                 
-                //enumerate procs that have send mach messages
+                //find core audio
-                self.machSendersAudio = [self enumMachSenders:findProcess(CORE_AUDIO)];
+                // only do this once, or again, if it died
+                if( (0 == self.coreAudioProcess) ||
+                    (YES != isProcessAlive(self.coreAudioProcess)) )
+                {
+                    //find core audio
+                    self.coreAudioProcess = findProcess(CORE_AUDIO);
+                }
                 
-                //dbg msg
+                //baseline
-                #ifdef DEBUG
+                if(0 != self.coreAudioProcess)
-                logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"found %lu baselined mach senders: %@", (unsigned long)self.machSendersAudio.count, self.machSendersVideo]);
+                {
+                    //dbg msg
+                    #ifdef DEBUG
+                    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"camera core audio process: %d", self.coreAudioProcess]);
+                    #endif
                     
-                //dbg msg
+                    //enumerate procs that have send mach messages
-                logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"baselining i/o registry entries for audio...");
+                    self.machSendersAudio = [self enumMachSenders:self.coreAudioProcess];
-                #endif
                     
-                //enumerate procs that have i/o registry entries
+                    //dbg msg
-                self.userClients = [self enumDomainUserClients];
+                    #ifdef DEBUG
+                    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"found %lu baselined mach senders: %@", (unsigned long)self.machSendersAudio.count, self.machSendersVideo]);
                     
-                //dbg msg
+                    //dbg msg
-                #ifdef DEBUG
+                    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"baselining i/o registry entries for audio...");
-                logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"found %lu baselined i/or registry senders: %@", (unsigned long)self.userClients.count, self.userClients]);
+                    #endif
-                #endif
+                    
+                    //enumerate procs that have i/o registry entries
+                    self.userClients = [self enumDomainUserClients];
+                    
+                    //dbg msg
+                    #ifdef DEBUG
+                    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"found %lu baselined i/or registry senders: %@", (unsigned long)self.userClients.count, self.userClients]);
+                    #endif
+                }
             }
-        }
             
-        //nap for a minute
+        }//sync
-        [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:60];
+        
+        }//pool
     }
     
     return;
@@ -166,6 +207,10 @@ static NSArray* ignoredProcs = nil;
     //current procs
     NSMutableArray* videoProcs = nil;
     
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+    
     //mach senders
     NSMutableDictionary* currentSenders = nil;
     
@@ -173,11 +218,8 @@ static NSArray* ignoredProcs = nil;
     // ->those that have new mach message
     NSMutableArray* candidateVideoProcs = nil;
 
-    //pid of camera assistant process
+    //foreground app
-    pid_t cameraAssistant = 0;
+    pid_t activeApp = 0;
-    
-    //'frontmost' application
-    pid_t activeApp = -1;
     
     //alloc
     candidateVideoProcs = [NSMutableArray array];
@@ -187,16 +229,23 @@ static NSArray* ignoredProcs = nil;
     @synchronized(self)
     {
         
-    //first look for 'VDCAssistant'
+    //find camera assistant
-    cameraAssistant = findProcess(VDC_ASSISTANT);
+    // only do this once, or again, if it died
-    if(0 == cameraAssistant)
+    if( (0 == self.cameraAssistantProcess) ||
+        (YES != isProcessAlive(self.cameraAssistantProcess)) )
     {
-        //look for 'AppleCameraAssistant'
+        //find camera assistant
-        cameraAssistant = findProcess(APPLE_CAMERA_ASSISTANT);
+        // ->first look for 'VDCAssistant'
+        self.cameraAssistantProcess = findProcess(VDC_ASSISTANT);
+        if(0 == self.cameraAssistantProcess)
+        {
+            //look for 'AppleCameraAssistant'
+            self.cameraAssistantProcess = findProcess(APPLE_CAMERA_ASSISTANT);
+        }
     }
     
     //sanity check
-    if(0 == cameraAssistant)
+    if(0 == self.cameraAssistantProcess)
     {
         //err msg
         logMsg(LOG_ERR, @"failed to find VDCAssistant/AppleCameraAssistant process");
@@ -207,7 +256,7 @@ static NSArray* ignoredProcs = nil;
         
     //get procs that currrently have sent Mach msg to *Assistant
     // ->returns dictionary of process id, and number of mach messages
-    currentSenders = [self enumMachSenders:cameraAssistant];
+    currentSenders = [self enumMachSenders:self.cameraAssistantProcess];
         
     //dbg msg
     #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -219,7 +268,7 @@ static NSArray* ignoredProcs = nil;
     {
         //add any candidate procs
         // ->those that have new mach message
-        if( [currentSenders[processID] intValue] > [self.machSendersVideo[processID] intValue])
+        if([currentSenders[processID] intValue] > [self.machSendersVideo[processID] intValue])
         {
             //ignore client/requestor
             if(clientPID == processID.intValue)
@@ -271,7 +320,8 @@ static NSArray* ignoredProcs = nil;
     
     }//sync
         
-//bail
+    }//pool
+    
 bail:
     
     return videoProcs;
@@ -283,6 +333,10 @@ bail:
     //current procs
     NSMutableArray* audioProcs = nil;
     
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+    
     //current mach senders
     NSMutableDictionary* currentSenders = nil;
     
@@ -302,9 +356,6 @@ bail:
     //itersection set
     NSMutableSet* intersection = nil;
     
-    //pid of coreaudio process
-    pid_t coreAudio = 0;
-    
     //'frontmost' application
     pid_t activeApp = -1;
     
@@ -314,16 +365,22 @@ bail:
     //alloc array
     newUserClients = [NSMutableArray array];
     
-    //alloc array
-    candidateAudioProcs = [NSMutableArray array];
-    
     //sync this logic
     // ->prevent baselining thread from doing anything
     @synchronized(self)
     {
         //find coreaudio
-        coreAudio = findProcess(CORE_AUDIO);
+        //find core audio
-        if(0 == coreAudio)
+        // only do this once, or again, if it died
+        if( (0 == self.coreAudioProcess) ||
+            (YES != isProcessAlive(self.coreAudioProcess)) )
+        {
+            //find core audio
+            self.coreAudioProcess = findProcess(CORE_AUDIO);
+        }
+        
+        //sanity check
+        if(0 == self.coreAudioProcess)
         {
             //err msg
             logMsg(LOG_ERR, @"failed to find coreaudio process");
@@ -334,7 +391,7 @@ bail:
         
         //get procs that currrently have sent Mach msg to core audio
         // ->returns dictionary of process id, and number of mach messages
-        currentSenders = [self enumMachSenders:coreAudio];
+        currentSenders = [self enumMachSenders:self.coreAudioProcess];
         
         //dbg msg
         #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -510,7 +567,8 @@ bail:
         
     }//sync
         
-//bail
+    }//pool
+    
 bail:
     
     return audioProcs;
@@ -523,6 +581,10 @@ bail:
     //senders
     NSMutableDictionary* senders = nil;
     
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+    
     //results from 'lsmp' cmd
     NSString* results = nil;
     
@@ -611,7 +673,8 @@ bail:
         senders[processID] = @([senders[processID] unsignedIntegerValue] + 1);
     }
         
-//bail
+    }//pool
+    
 bail:
     
     return senders;
@@ -621,6 +684,13 @@ bail:
 // ->returns dictionary of process id, and number of user client entries
 -(NSMutableDictionary*)enumDomainUserClients
 {
+    //array of RootDomainUserClients
+    NSMutableDictionary* clients = nil;
+    
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+    
     //matching service
     io_service_t matchingService = 0;
     
@@ -630,9 +700,6 @@ bail:
     //kids
     io_registry_entry_t child = 0;
     
-    //array of RootDomainUserClients
-    NSMutableDictionary* clients = nil;
-    
     //client creator
     CFTypeRef creator = 0;
     
@@ -670,6 +737,9 @@ bail:
         //always release child
         IOObjectRelease(child);
         
+        //unset
+        child = 0;
+        
         //if couldn't get a creator
         // ->might just not be of RootDomainUserClient, so skip
         if(0 == creator)
@@ -696,9 +766,11 @@ bail:
         
         //release
         CFRelease(creator);
+        
+        //unset
+        creator = 0;
     }
     
-//bail
 bail:
     
     //release iterator
@@ -706,6 +778,9 @@ bail:
     {
         //release
         IOObjectRelease(iterator);
+        
+        //unset
+        iterator = 0;
     }
     
     //release obj
@@ -713,10 +788,14 @@ bail:
     {
         //release
         IOObjectRelease(matchingService);
+        
+        //unset
+        matchingService = 0;
     }
         
-    return clients;
+    }//pool
     
+    return clients;
 }
 
 //invoke 'sample' to confirm candidates are using CMIO/video/av inputs
@@ -726,6 +805,10 @@ bail:
     //av procs
     NSMutableArray* avProcs = nil;
     
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+    
     //results from 'sample' cmd
     NSString* results = nil;
     
@@ -807,6 +890,8 @@ bail:
         [avProcs addObject:processID];
     }
     
+    }//pool
+    
     return avProcs;
 }
 
@@ -814,6 +899,10 @@ bail:
 // ->this looks for that file and deletes it
 -(void)deleteSampleFile:(NSString*)processPath
 {
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+    
     //error
     NSError* error = nil;
     
@@ -865,6 +954,8 @@ bail:
     
     }//all files
         
+    }//pool
+    
 //bail
 bail:
     
@@ -876,8 +967,9 @@ bail:
 // ->extra logic is executed to 'refresh' iVars when video is disabled
 -(void)updateVideoStatus:(BOOL)isEnabled
 {
-    //camera assistant
+    //pool
-    pid_t cameraAssistant = 0;
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
         
     //sync
     @synchronized(self)
@@ -889,16 +981,23 @@ bail:
         // ->re-enumerate mach senders
         if(YES != isEnabled)
         {
-            //first, look for 'VDCAssistant'
+            //find camera assistant
-            cameraAssistant = findProcess(VDC_ASSISTANT);
+            // only do this once, or again, if it died
-            if(0 == cameraAssistant)
+            if( (0 == self.cameraAssistantProcess) ||
+               (YES != isProcessAlive(self.cameraAssistantProcess)) )
             {
-                //look for 'AppleCameraAssistant'
+                //find camera assistant
-                cameraAssistant = findProcess(APPLE_CAMERA_ASSISTANT);
+                // ->first look for 'VDCAssistant'
+                self.cameraAssistantProcess = findProcess(VDC_ASSISTANT);
+                if(0 == self.cameraAssistantProcess)
+                {
+                    //look for 'AppleCameraAssistant'
+                    self.cameraAssistantProcess = findProcess(APPLE_CAMERA_ASSISTANT);
+                }
             }
             
             //sanity check
-            if(0 == cameraAssistant)
+            if(0 == self.cameraAssistantProcess)
             {
                 //err msg
                 logMsg(LOG_ERR, @"failed to find VDCAssistant/AppleCameraAssistant process");
@@ -908,11 +1007,13 @@ bail:
             }
             
             //enumerate mach senders
-            self.machSendersVideo = [self enumMachSenders:cameraAssistant];
+            self.machSendersVideo = [self enumMachSenders:self.cameraAssistantProcess];
         }
         
     }//sync
     
+    }//pool
+    
 //bail
 bail:
     
@@ -923,6 +1024,10 @@ bail:
 // ->extra logic is executed to 'refresh' iVars when audio is disabled
 -(void)updateAudioStatus:(BOOL)isEnabled
 {
+    //pool
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+        
     //sync
     @synchronized(self)
     {
@@ -933,14 +1038,30 @@ bail:
         // ->re-enumerate mach senders & i/o registry user clients
         if(YES != isEnabled)
         {
-            //enumerate mach senders
+            //find coreaudio
-            self.machSendersAudio = [self enumMachSenders:findProcess(CORE_AUDIO)];
+            //find core audio
+            // only do this once, or again, if it died
+            if( (0 == self.coreAudioProcess) ||
+                (YES != isProcessAlive(self.coreAudioProcess)) )
+            {
+                //find core audio
+                self.coreAudioProcess = findProcess(CORE_AUDIO);
+            }
             
-            //enumerate i/o registry user clients
+            //enumerate
-            self.userClients = [self enumDomainUserClients];
+            if(0 != self.coreAudioProcess)
+            {
+                //enumerate mach senders
+                self.machSendersAudio = [self enumMachSenders:self.coreAudioProcess];
+                
+                //enumerate i/o registry user clients
+                self.userClients = [self enumDomainUserClients];
+            }
         }
     }
         
+    }//pool
+
     return;
 }
 

OverSightXPC/Info.plist

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>XPC!</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>1.1.2</string>
+	<string>1.2.0</string>
 	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
 	<string>????</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>1.1.2</string>
+	<string>1.2.0</string>
 	<key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
 	<string>Copyright (c) 2017 Objective-See. All rights reserved.</string>
 	<key>XPCService</key>

OverSightXPC/OverSightXPC.m

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #import "Enumerator.h"
 #import "OverSightXPC.h"
 
-
 @implementation OverSightXPC
 
 @synthesize machSenders;
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@
 -(void)initialize:(void (^)(void))reply
 {
     //start enumerating
-    // ->will forever baseline current mach msg procs
+    // will forever baseline current mach msg procs
     [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(start) toTarget:[Enumerator sharedManager] withObject:nil];
     
     //reply
@@ -32,6 +31,23 @@
     return;
 }
 
+//heartbeat
+// need as otherwise kernel might kill XPC
+-(void)heartBeat:(void (^)(BOOL))reply
+{
+    //dbg msg
+    #ifdef DEBUG
+    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"heartbeat request");
+    #endif
+    
+    //nap
+    [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:3.0f];
+    
+    reply(YES);
+    
+    return;
+}
+
 //call into emumerate to get (new) video proc
 -(void)getVideoProcs:(BOOL)polling reply:(void (^)(NSMutableArray *))reply
 {
@@ -118,7 +134,6 @@
     //happy
     wasAdded = YES;
     
-//bail
 bail:
     
     //reply
@@ -192,7 +207,6 @@ bail:
         }
     }
     
-//bail
 bail:
     
     //reply
@@ -220,7 +234,6 @@ bail:
     //happy
     wasKilled = YES;
     
-//bail
 bail:
     
     //reply
@@ -236,7 +249,4 @@ bail:
     exit(0);
 }
 
-
 @end
-
-

OverSightXPC/main.h

@@ -51,6 +51,4 @@ OSStatus SecTaskValidateForRequirement(SecTaskRef task, CFStringRef requirement)
 @end
 
 
-
-
 #endif /* main_h */

OverSightXPC/main.m

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //
 
 #import "main.h"
-
+#import "Logging.h"
 
 /* GLOBALS */
 
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ pid_t clientPID = 0;
 @implementation ServiceDelegate
 
 //automatically invoked
-//->allows NSXPCListener to configure/accept/resume a new incoming NSXPCConnection
+// allows NSXPCListener to configure/accept/resume a new incoming NSXPCConnection
-//  note: we only allow binaries signed by Objective-See to talk to this!
+// note: we only allow binaries signed by Objective-See to connect & talk to this!
 -(BOOL)listener:(NSXPCListener *)listener shouldAcceptNewConnection:(NSXPCConnection *)newConnection
 {
     //flag
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ pid_t clientPID = 0;
     //signing req string
     NSString *requirementString = nil;
     
+    //dbg msg
+    #ifdef DEBUG
+    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, @"new client connection");
+    #endif
+    
     //init signing req string
     requirementString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"anchor trusted and certificate leaf [subject.CN] = \"%@\"", SIGNING_AUTH];
     
@@ -68,11 +73,16 @@ pid_t clientPID = 0;
     //resume
     [newConnection resume];
     
+    //grab client/requestor's pid
+    clientPID = audit_token_to_pid(((ExtendedNSXPCConnection*)newConnection).auditToken);
+    
     //happy
     shouldAccept = YES;
     
-    //grab client/requestor's pid
+    //dbg msg
-    clientPID = audit_token_to_pid(((ExtendedNSXPCConnection*)newConnection).auditToken);
+    #ifdef DEBUG
+    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"accepted new client connection (pid: %d)", clientPID]);
+    #endif
     
 //bail
 bail:
@@ -110,7 +120,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     installExceptionHandlers();
          
     //create the delegate for the service.
-    delegate = [ServiceDelegate new];
+    delegate = [[ServiceDelegate alloc] init];
     
     //set up the one NSXPCListener for this service
     // ->handles incoming connections
@@ -126,7 +136,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     //happy
     status = 0;
     
-//bail
 bail:
     
     return status;

Shared/AboutWindow.xib

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.Cocoa.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="11762" systemVersion="16E195" targetRuntime="MacOSX.Cocoa" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES">
+<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.Cocoa.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="12121" systemVersion="16E195" targetRuntime="MacOSX.Cocoa" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES">
     <dependencies>
-        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin" version="11762"/>
+        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin" version="12121"/>
         <capability name="documents saved in the Xcode 8 format" minToolsVersion="8.0"/>
     </dependencies>
     <objects>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <window allowsToolTipsWhenApplicationIsInactive="NO" autorecalculatesKeyViewLoop="NO" oneShot="NO" releasedWhenClosed="NO" showsToolbarButton="NO" animationBehavior="default" id="F0z-JX-Cv5">
             <windowStyleMask key="styleMask" titled="YES" closable="YES" texturedBackground="YES" unifiedTitleAndToolbar="YES"/>
             <rect key="contentRect" x="196" y="240" width="486" height="301"/>
-            <rect key="screenRect" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="1920" height="1058"/>
+            <rect key="screenRect" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="2560" height="1418"/>
             <view key="contentView" id="se5-gp-TjO">
                 <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="486" height="301"/>
                 <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
                             <color key="backgroundColor" name="controlColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
                         </textFieldCell>
                     </textField>
-                    <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="OSm-xS-Dmd">
+                    <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" allowsCharacterPickerTouchBarItem="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="OSm-xS-Dmd">
                         <rect key="frame" x="158" y="220" width="182" height="19"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="Version:" id="bBK-v0-ypq">

Shared/Consts.h

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #define PRODUCT_URL @"https://objective-see.com/products/oversight.html"
 
 //product version url
-#define PRODUCT_VERSION_URL @"https://objective-see.com/products.json"
+#define PRODUCT_VERSIONS_URL @"https://objective-see.com/products.json"
 
 //patreon url
 #define PATREON_URL @"https://www.patreon.com/objective_see"
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@
 //path to xattr
 #define XATTR @"/usr/bin/xattr"
 
-//path to sudo
-#define SUDO @"/usr/bin/sudo"
-
 //path to facetime
 #define FACE_TIME @"/Applications/FaceTime.app/Contents/MacOS/FaceTime"
 
@@ -187,5 +184,4 @@
 //log to file flag
 #define LOG_TO_FILE 0x10
 
-
 #endif

Shared/Exception.h

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #import <signal.h>
 
 //install exception/signal handlers
-void installExceptionHandlers();
+void installExceptionHandlers(void);
 
 //exception handler for Obj-C exceptions
 void exceptionHandler(NSException *exception);
@@ -19,6 +19,3 @@ void signalHandler(int signal, siginfo_t *info, void *context);
 
 //display error window
 void displayErrorWindow(NSDictionary* errorInfo);
-
-
-

Shared/Logging.h

@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@
 void logMsg(int level, NSString* msg);
 
 //prep/open log file
-BOOL initLogging();
+BOOL initLogging(void);
 
 //get path to log file
-NSString* logFilePath();
+NSString* logFilePath(void);
 
 //de-init logging
-void deinitLogging();
+void deinitLogging(void);
 
 //log to file
 void log2File(NSString* msg);
-
-

Shared/Logging.m

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void logMsg(int level, NSString* msg)
     level &= ~LOG_TO_FILE;
     
     //alloc/init
-    // ->always start w/ 'OVERSIGHT' + pid
+    // ->always start w/ 'LULU' + pid
     logPrefix = [NSMutableString stringWithFormat:@"OVERSIGHT(%d)", getpid()];
     
     //if its error, add error to prefix
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ void logMsg(int level, NSString* msg)
     //debug mode logic
     #ifdef DEBUG
     
-    //in debug mode. promote debug msgs to LOG_NOTICE
+    //in debug mode promote debug msgs to LOG_NOTICE
-    // ->OS X/macOS only shows LOG_NOTICE and above in the system log
+    // OSX/macOS only shows LOG_NOTICE and above
     if(LOG_DEBUG == level)
     {
         //promote
@@ -54,29 +54,23 @@ void logMsg(int level, NSString* msg)
     
     #endif
     
-    //log to syslog
+    //log to syslog if a level was specified
-    syslog(level, "%s: %s", [logPrefix UTF8String], [msg UTF8String]);
+    // as code doesn't use LOG_EMERG (0), this check is ok
+    if(0 != level)
+    {
+        //log to syslog
+        syslog(level, "%s: %s", [logPrefix UTF8String], [msg UTF8String]);
+    }
     
     //when a message is to be logged to file
-    // ->log it to file and syslog, when logging is enabled
+    // ->log it, when logging is enabled
     if(YES == shouldLog)
     {
-        //but only when logging is enabled
+        //but only when logging is enable
         if(nil != logFileHandle)
         {
             //log
             log2File(msg);
-            
-            //promote to notice for syslog
-            if(LOG_DEBUG == level)
-            {
-                //promote
-                level = LOG_NOTICE;
-            }
-            
-            //also syslog
-            // ->should result in 1 log msg, (in release), as all LOG_TO_FILE are at LOG_DEBUG level
-            syslog(level, "%s: %s", [logPrefix UTF8String], [msg UTF8String]);
         }
     }
     

Shared/Utilities.h

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 /* FUNCTIONS */
 
 //get OS version
-NSDictionary* getOSVersion();
+NSDictionary* getOSVersion(void);
 
 //get app's version
 // ->extracted from Info.plist
-NSString* getAppVersion();
+NSString* getAppVersion(void);
 
 //set dir's|file's group/owner
 BOOL setFileOwner(NSString* path, NSNumber* groupID, NSNumber* ownerID, BOOL recursive);
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ NSBundle* findAppBundle(NSString* binaryPath);
 
 //get app's version
 // ->extracted from Info.plist
-NSString* getAppVersion();
+NSString* getAppVersion(void);
 
 //query interwebz to get latest version
-NSString* getLatestVersion();
+NSString* getLatestVersion(void);
 
 //determine if there is a new version
 // -1, YES or NO
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ void makeModal(NSWindowController* windowController);
 BOOL toggleLoginItem(NSURL* loginItem, int toggleFlag);
 
 //get logged in user
-NSString* loggedinUser();
+// name, uid, and gid
+NSMutableDictionary* loggedinUser(void);
 
 //find a process by name
 pid_t findProcess(NSString* processName);
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@ pid_t findProcess(NSString* processName);
 void makeTextViewHyperlink(NSTextField* textField, NSURL* url);
 
 //get active application
-pid_t frontmostApplication();
+pid_t frontmostApplication(void);
+
+//check if process is alive
+BOOL isProcessAlive(pid_t processID);
 
 #endif

Shared/Utilities.m

@@ -274,17 +274,27 @@ NSData* execTask(NSString* binaryPath, NSArray* arguments, BOOL shouldWait)
     //output
     NSData *output = nil;
     
+    //dispatch group
+    dispatch_group_t dispatchGroup = 0;
+    
     //init task
-    task = [NSTask new];
+    task = [[NSTask alloc] init];
     
     //init pipe
     outPipe = [NSPipe pipe];
     
+    //create dispatch group
+    dispatchGroup = dispatch_group_create();
+    
     //set task's path
     task.launchPath = binaryPath;
     
     //set task's args
-    task.arguments = arguments;
+    if(nil != arguments)
+    {
+        //add
+        task.arguments = arguments;
+    }
     
     //set task's output to pipe
     // ->but only if we're waiting for exit
@@ -299,6 +309,16 @@ NSData* execTask(NSString* binaryPath, NSArray* arguments, BOOL shouldWait)
     logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"@exec'ing %@ (args: %@)", binaryPath, arguments]);
     #endif
     
+    //enter dispatch
+    dispatch_group_enter(dispatchGroup);
+    
+    //set task's termination to leave dispatch group
+    task.terminationHandler = ^(NSTask *task){
+        
+        //leave
+        dispatch_group_leave(dispatchGroup);
+    };
+
     //wrap task launch
     @try
     {
@@ -333,7 +353,7 @@ NSData* execTask(NSString* binaryPath, NSArray* arguments, BOOL shouldWait)
     #endif
     
     //wait till exit
-    [task waitUntilExit];
+    dispatch_group_wait(dispatchGroup, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
         
     //dbg msg
     #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -345,6 +365,7 @@ NSData* execTask(NSString* binaryPath, NSArray* arguments, BOOL shouldWait)
 //bail
 bail:
     
+    
     return output;
 }
 
@@ -756,59 +777,54 @@ bail:
 //query interwebz to get latest version
 NSString* getLatestVersion()
 {
-    //version data
+    //product version(s) data
-    __block NSData* versionData = nil;
+    NSData* productsVersionData = nil;
     
     //version dictionary
-    NSDictionary* versionDictionary = nil;
+    NSDictionary* productsVersionDictionary = nil;
     
     //latest version
     NSString* latestVersion = nil;
     
-    //run in background if main thread
+    //get version from remote URL
-    if(YES == [NSThread isMainThread])
+    productsVersionData = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:PRODUCT_VERSIONS_URL]];
-    {
+    if(nil == productsVersionData)
-        //run in background
-        dispatch_sync(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0),
-        ^{
-            //get version data
-            versionData = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:PRODUCT_VERSION_URL]];
-        });
-    }
-    //no need to background
-    else
-    {
-        //get version from remote URL
-        versionData = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:PRODUCT_VERSION_URL]];
-    }
-    
-    //sanity check
-    if(nil == versionData)
     {
         //bail
         goto bail;
     }
     
     //convert JSON to dictionary
-    versionDictionary = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:versionData options:0 error:nil];
+    // ->wrap as may throw exception
-    
+    @try
-    //sanity check
+    {
-    if(nil == versionDictionary)
+        //convert
+        productsVersionDictionary = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:productsVersionData options:0 error:nil];
+        if(nil == productsVersionDictionary)
+        {
+            //bail
+            goto bail;
+        }
+    }
+    @catch(NSException* exception)
     {
         //bail
         goto bail;
     }
     
     //extract latest version
-    latestVersion = versionDictionary[@"latestVersion"];
+    latestVersion = [[productsVersionDictionary objectForKey:@"OverSight"] objectForKey:@"version"];
+    
+    //dbg msg
+    #ifdef DEBUG
+    logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"latest version: %@", latestVersion]);
+    #endif
     
-//bail
 bail:
     
     return latestVersion;
 }
 
-
 //wait until a window is non nil
 // ->then make it modal
 void makeModal(NSWindowController* windowController)
@@ -981,14 +997,27 @@ bail:
 }
 
 //get logged in user
-NSString* loggedinUser()
+// name, uid, and gid
+NSMutableDictionary* loggedinUser()
 {
+    //user info
+    NSMutableDictionary* userInfo = nil;
+    
     //store
     SCDynamicStoreRef store = nil;
     
     //user
     NSString* user = nil;
     
+    //uid
+    uid_t uid = 0;
+    
+    //gid
+    gid_t gid = 0;
+    
+    //allco dictionary
+    userInfo = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
+    
     //create store
     store = SCDynamicStoreCreate(NULL, CFSTR("GetConsoleUser"), NULL, NULL);
     if(NULL == store)
@@ -997,8 +1026,17 @@ NSString* loggedinUser()
         goto bail;
     }
     
-    //get user
+    //get user and uid/gid
-    user = CFBridgingRelease(SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser(store, NULL, NULL));
+    user = CFBridgingRelease(SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser(store, &uid, &gid));
+    
+    //add user
+    userInfo[@"user"] = user;
+    
+    //add uid
+    userInfo[@"uid"] = [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedInt:uid];
+     
+    //add uid
+    userInfo[@"gid"] = [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedInt:gid];
     
 //bail
 bail:
@@ -1010,7 +1048,7 @@ bail:
         CFRelease(store);
     }
     
-    return user;
+    return userInfo;
 }
 
 //find a process by name
@@ -1059,7 +1097,7 @@ pid_t findProcess(NSString* processName)
         //get name
         processPath = getProcessPath(pids[i]);
         if( (nil == processPath) ||
-           (0 == processPath.length) )
+            (0 == processPath.length) )
         {
             //skip
             continue;
@@ -1134,3 +1172,31 @@ pid_t frontmostApplication()
     return NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace.frontmostApplication.processIdentifier;
 }
 
+//check if process is alive
+BOOL isProcessAlive(pid_t processID)
+{
+    //ret var
+    BOOL bIsAlive = NO;
+    
+    //signal status
+    int signalStatus = -1;
+    
+    //send kill with 0 to determine if alive
+    // -> see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9152979/check-if-process-exists-given-its-pid
+    signalStatus = kill(processID, 0);
+    
+    //is alive?
+    if( (0 == signalStatus) ||
+       ( (0 != signalStatus) && (errno != ESRCH) ) )
+    {
+        //dbg msg
+        #ifdef DEBUG
+        logMsg(LOG_DEBUG, [NSString stringWithFormat:@"agent (%d) is ALIVE", processID]);
+        #endif
+        
+        //alive!
+        bIsAlive = YES;
+    }
+    
+    return bIsAlive;
+}

Shared/XPCProtocol.h

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 //start enumerator
 -(void)initialize:(void (^)(void))reply;
 
+//heartbeat
+// need as otherwise kernel might kill XPC
+-(void)heartBeat:(void (^)(BOOL))reply;
+
 //get (new) audio procs
 -(void)getAudioProcs:(void (^)(NSMutableArray *))reply;
 

contributors.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+patrick wardle