Scripting the Message Screensaver?
Scripting the Message Screensaver?
- Subject: Scripting the Message Screensaver?
- From: "@lbutlr via AppleScript-Users" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 02:43:29 -0600
I have been trying to figure out how (or if) I can script the message that is
shown in the Messagee screen saver, and the defaults write commands that used
to work as recently as 10.13 do not seem to work in macOS 11 (or 12).
Shell completion shows the screen savers are named with long UUID styled names:
$ defaults read ${HOME}/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaver.<tab>
com.apple.ScreenSaver.Basic.AF49F5FA-95C6-5DDE-A215-30BBBF724C8A
com.apple.ScreenSaver.Hello.AF49F5FA-95C6-5DDE-A215-30BBBF724C8A
com.apple.ScreenSaver.Message.AF49F5FA-95C6-5DDE-A215-30BBBF724C8A
com.apple.ScreenSaver.iLifeSlideShows.AF49F5FA-95C6-5DDE-A215-30BBBF724C8A
com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.AF49F5FA-95C6-5DDE-A215-30BBBF724C8A
com.apple.screensaver.893B5D23-CFA8-54B5-A626-129200442ACE
com.apple.screensaver.AF49F5FA-95C6-5DDE-A215-30BBBF724C8A
com.apple.screensaver.AlbumArtwork.893B5D23-CFA8-54B5-A626-129200442ACE
But trying to read the Message screensaver results in a file not found error.
Domain
…/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaver.Message.AF49F5FA-95C6-5DDE-A215-30BBBF724C8A
does not exist
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