Scripting OS X Preferences
Scripting OS X Preferences
- Subject: Scripting OS X Preferences
- From: Christian Boyce <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 17:58:39 -0800
I would like to write a script that sets the screen saver to a certain
module, then makes changes to its settings. I can activate a the screen
saver preference pane like this:
tell application "System Preferences"
set the current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.screensaver"
end tell
But, I can't do anything to the settings.
A search of the archives turned up some tantalizing tidbits that led me
to abandon the above approach and instead to attempt to make a shell
script to control "defaults." But, I seem to be missing something, for
when I go to the Terminal and type
defaults read com.apple.preference.screensaver
I get an error: "Domain com.apple.preference.screensaver does not
exist."
I know I could probably make this work via GUI scripting but I want to
learn how to do a shell script anyway and this seems like the perfect
time to do it.
I'm using 10.2.4.
Thanks.
--
Christian Boyce
310-452-3720
http://www.christianboyce.com
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