Fix typing mode failing silently under App Sandbox

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What

Typing mode fails silently on every sandboxed build. simulateTypingWithAppleScript sends Apple Events to System Events, but the App Sandbox denies events to any target not listed in com.apple.security.temporary-exception.apple-events. The denial happens before TCC can show a prompt, so users get no dialog and no error; Hex just logs "Error executing AppleScript typing fallback" and moves on. Full diagnosis in #289.

Fix

List com.apple.systemevents in Hex.entitlements.

Testing

• Reproduced on 0.8.4 / macOS 26.5: typing mode does nothing, no prompt appears.
• The same keystroke script succeeds from an unsandboxed process holding the same Accessibility grants.
• Re-signing the shipped app ad-hoc without app-sandbox restores typing mode end to end, which confirms the sandbox as the blocker.

Includes a changeset per the repo workflow.

Fixes #289

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed typing mode failing silently when running under App Sandbox.
  • Improved compatibility with macOS System Events for Apple Events-based interactions.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Hex adds a temporary Apple Events exception for com.apple.systemevents. A patch changeset documents the typing mode fix in App Sandbox builds.

Changes

Typing mode sandbox access

Layer / File(s)	Summary
System Events entitlement and release record Hex/Hex.entitlements, .changeset/9807c899.md	The app permits Apple Events to com.apple.systemevents. The changeset records the related hex-app patch release.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f846b

The PR makes a localized entitlement and changeset update to restore typing mode in sandboxed builds. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary fix: typing mode failing under the App Sandbox.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR adds the System Events Apple Events entitlement required by issue #289 to restore typing mode in sandboxed builds.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The entitlement change and changeset reference directly support issue #289 and the stated sandbox typing fix.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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