AppleScript

4 links • ProgrammingAppleScript

Notes #

Find out if an app has AppleScript capabilities open Script Editor then File > Open Dictionary.

Getting the share link for an Apple Music track isn't possible.

Run Applescript from Terminal #

osascript -e 'tell application "Music" to artist of current track'

Get Properties of Item #

tell application "Music" to get properties of current track

Simulate Keypress #

# single keypress
tell application "System Events"
	key code 17
end tell

# keypress with modifier
tell application "System Events"
	key code 17 using { shift, control, option, command }
end tell

Get Current Finder Path #

tell application "Finder"
	set pathList to (quoted form of POSIX path of (folder of the front window as alias))
end tell

Toggle Dark Mode #

tell application "System Events"
	tell appearance preferences to set dark mode to not dark mode
end tell

Toggle Wifi #

set network to (do shell script "networksetup -listallhardwareports | grep -A 1 Wi-Fi | tail -n 1 | cut -b 9-12")
if (offset of "On" in (do shell script "networksetup -getairportpower " & network & " ")) > 0 then
	do shell script "networksetup -setairportpower " & network & " off"
else
	do shell script "networksetup -setairportpower " & network & " on"
end if

Set Volume #

Switch output for input to do input devices like microphones

# number is a percentage, 0 to mute
set volume input volume 50

Set Desktop Wallpaper #

tell application \"Finder\" to set desktop picture to POSIX file "path/to/file.jpg"