Shortcuts does not have assistive access

Perhaps you could show us the error.

Often, when running things like that independent of the app, the thing you have directed to run the shortcut doesn't have the necessary privileges. Run at login probably should, but maybe the error message could clear things up.

ScooterN2005 wrote:

The key here, I think, is I am talking about a mac laptop computer, not an iPhone. It's running MacOS (Tahoe, and it's up to date). I am trying to run a shortcut that will automatically mount network disks and it seems to work, within the Shortcuts app, but when I save to Dock so I have have it run at start up it gives me an error, that to my admittedly limited knowledge, it something for iOS, not the mac. But the error is indeed on a mac.

I have tried the following:

Adding Shortcuts, Script Editor and Automator to Accessibility and switched them on

Saved the app and run it by clicking on the icon in the doc.

Deleted the icon from the dock and drug the app itself into login items

Searched EVERYWHERE in Security and Privacy for the app so I might switch something on - I didn't find it

Ran it on an older laptop (it ran fine)

Ran it on a newer desktop (it also ran fine)

I have no idea where to go from here. This is a completely new problem. I got the same problem from a similar script Applescript (saved as an applet). I created this from the gound up in Shortcuts. I have no idea what has gone wrong.

re: < assistive access >

ref: How to contact Apple for accessibility support

How to contact Apple for help with accessibility features - Apple Support

you can email the Accessibility team at: Accessibility@apple.com and they can respond via email.

verify your software is up to date—

The current stable release of Tahoe including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 26.1

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Just as Barney said, telling us exactly what error message you get may help clarify things. His diagnosis is almost certainly correct, that the application needs to have some permissions granted, but we need more information to completely sort this out.