Fix Strongbox Unavailable on Zen Browser or forked firefox browser

[yrcjaya]

Versions

• OS: macOS 13.7.5

Strongbox Version

• Version: 1.61

Description
Using Strongbox browser extension in Zen Browser (or other Firefox forked browsers), the extension show's Strongbox Unavailable and clicking "Launch Strongbox" just closes popup window without any warning or error.

Fix
I identified the native messaging mechanism used by the extension couldn't find the manifest to call strongbox app to connect. It's due to manifest file is not placed in the correct location for Zen browser but the developer has placed the manifest in the correct location for Mozilla Firefox.
To fix for other browser you have to copy over the manifest to Zen (or any other Firefox forks) from ~/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts/com.markmcguill.strongbox.json.

Terminal commands:
For browsers other than Zen please use their respective path

$ mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/zen/NativeMessagingHosts
$ cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts/com.markmcguill.strongbox.json ~/Library/Application\ Support/zen/NativeMessagingHosts/

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