Existe-t-il un moyen d'enregistrer les préférences de Mac OS X dans un fichier shell?

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Chaque fois que je réinstalle mon Mac OS et / ou achète un nouveau Mac, je dois configurer manuellement presque toutes les options de souris, dock, etc.

Je voudrais savoir si Mac OS ou certains logiciels peuvent fournir un moyen d'enregistrer toutes les configurations que j'ai configurées avec l'application Préférences Système dans un fichier shell, créant quelque chose comme https://github.com/mathiasbynens/ de Mathias Bynens fichiers dot / blob / master / .macos

Enrico P. Varella
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Les préférences système semblent être stockées à divers endroits, selon qu'elles sont spécifiques à l'utilisateur ou au système. Beaucoup d'entre eux sont stockés dans /Library/Preferences/ou $HOME/Library/Preferences/(pour les paramètres par utilisateur). Mais chaque volet de préférences aura sa propre façon de les stocker.

Vous pouvez voir quelles préférences sont enregistrées de cette façon en tapant:

defaults read <domain>

<domain>est soit le début du nom de fichier dans vos préférences système par utilisateur, soit le chemin d'accès complet à un .plistfichier. Par exemple:

defaults read com.apple.screensaver
defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver

Le premier affichera votre personnalisation par utilisateur des paramètres de l'économiseur d'écran, tandis que le second affichera les paramètres de l'économiseur d'écran du système.

Les paramètres sont largement organisés par le volet des préférences, mais pas nécessairement de manière simple. Vous devrez probablement fouiller dans /Library/Preferenceset sous-dossiers (en particulier SystemConfiguration) pour les trouver tous.

Une option serait de simplement copier les fichiers pertinents et de les remettre en place pour de nouvelles installations.

Une autre façon serait de l'exporter et de l'importer selon les besoins.

Exportation des préférences du système de gestion de l'alimentation (économiseur d'énergie) vers pm.plist:

defaults export /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement pm.plist

Importer ces préférences depuis pm.plistsur le nouvel ordinateur:

defaults import /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement sysprefs.plist

Vous pouvez même vouloir éditer les différents .plistfichiers exportés s'il y a des préférences système spécifiques que vous voulez / ne voulez pas partager entre les ordinateurs. De cette façon, vous pouvez avoir une certaine personnalisation localement, et la importcommande ne les remplacera pas, ajoutez simplement celles que vous avez définies dans les .plistfichiers. Vous pouvez également utiliser la defaultscommande pour modifier vos propres .plistfichiers (mais assurez-vous de spécifier le chemin d'accès complet au fichier, pas seulement un nom, ou vous pouvez modifier vos préférences par utilisateur).

drfrogsplat
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"com.apple.systempreferences" ne contient en fait aucune préférence pour le système. Il contient les préférences de l'application Préférences Système. Ainsi, aucune des configurations réelles que vous effectuez avec les Préférences Système n'est stockée dans ce fichier.
Tony Williams le
@TonyWilliams, vous avez raison, corrigera cela ...
drfrogsplat
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Produire automatiquement un script pour effectuer toutes les modifications requises est quasiment impossible. Les administrateurs système Mac passent de nombreuses heures dans des bars sombres à boire de la bière ou du bourbon et à échanger des morceaux de ces fichiers - nous sommes réticents à partager tout ce travail à moins que vous ne soyez prêt à prendre l'onglet.

En fait, la façon la plus simple de capturer les modifications de configuration est d'utiliser la capture instantanée.

Prenez une copie d' InstallEase et prenez un instantané de votre nouveau Mac. Maintenant, faites toute la configuration que vous voulez et vous pouvez prendre un autre instantané et créer un programme d'installation qui installera les fichiers modifiés dans un nouveau Mac.

Bien sûr, des complications peuvent survenir lors de l'application des modifications à une nouvelle version du système d'exploitation, mais c'est pourquoi nous buvons du bourbon.

Tony Williams
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Existe-t-il au moins une liste avec les options de la commande "écriture par défaut"?
Enrico P. Varella,
Non. La commande par défaut peut écrire dans n'importe quel fichier de préférences du système, il est donc impossible de fournir une liste complète.
Tony Williams,
Ceci est une idée intelligente.
Danijel-James W
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InstallEase ne semble plus être disponible
Sebastian
Casper dispose d'un outil d'instantané que vous pouvez utiliser à la place d'InstallEase.
Tony Williams
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La dernière fois que j'ai fait une réinstallation propre, je viens de copier tout le ~/Library/Preferences/dossier et je n'ai rencontré aucun problème à cause de cela. Les paramètres des anciennes versions des applications et les paramètres spécifiques à Mac doivent simplement être ignorés. Il n'y a presque pas de fichiers dans ~/Library/Preferences/une nouvelle installation et si vous supprimez tous les fichiers ~/Library/Preferences/, les fichiers de préférences seront recréés lorsqu'ils seront nécessaires.

Les fichiers de préférences pour les applications en bac à sable sont maintenant stockés dans ~/Library/Containers/, mais je ne sais pas si le copier sur un autre Mac entraînerait des problèmes.

Vous pouvez également simplement utiliser l' assistant de migration .

Ou si vous suivez la .osxroute, vous pouvez différencier la sortie de defaults read:

  1. Courir defaults read|awk 'length<200'>/tmp/a
  2. Modifier certains paramètres
  3. Courir defaults read|awk 'length<200'>/tmp/b;diff /tmp/[ab]

Vous pouvez exécuter sudo opensnoopou utiliser fseventer pour voir quels fichiers sont modifiés lorsque vous modifiez les préférences de l'interface graphique.

Lri
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Après plusieurs heures à trouver quelque chose d'au moins utile à mon problème, j'ai trouvé un site Web appelé Secrets , qui fournit de nombreuses commandes courantes d'écriture par défaut de Mac OS.

Quoi qu'il en soit, merci Tony et drfrogsplatless de m'avoir donné des clarifications et des conseils qui m'ont été utiles.

(modifier: site hors ligne, en utilisant une version archivée)

Enrico P. Varella
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web.archive.org/web/20150322005829/http://secrets.blacktree.com ? a une copie d'archive de septembre 2015.
ecmanaut
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Mackup est ce que vous recherchez. https://github.com/lra/mackup/tree/master/doc

Laurent
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Mackup ressemble à un outil génial mais il ne prend pas en charge l'écriture par défaut. Cela explique aussi mieux que le lien que vous avez fourni: github.com/lra/mackup
ClintM
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Voici un script Apple partiellement terminé que j'ai écrit en août 2016 pour mon Mac, publié ici comme, eh bien, la "preuve de concept" est un peu forte, mais c'est quelque chose avec laquelle vous pouvez jouer:

(* Avant d'exécuter ce script, vous devez d'abord accorder des collants Apple Script sous Préférences Système -> Sécurité et confidentialité -> Accessibilité et autoriser Apple Script à contrôler l'ordinateur. Vous pouvez obtenir une longueur d'avance en exécutant le script jusqu'à ce qu'il échoue à ce niveau. point. Ensuite, arrêtez le script, accédez à cette boîte de dialogue Préférences et cochez la case à côté de l'Éditeur de script. Ensuite, vous pouvez revenir en arrière, supprimer toutes les captures d'écran déjà prises (pour éviter de confondre les doublons) et redémarrer le script.

Pourquoi avez-vous besoin de faire ça? Parce que certaines boîtes de dialogue de préférence, une fois ouvertes et «photographiées», doivent être explicitement fermées d'un clic de souris sur le bouton Annuler. Apple Script ne peut pas le faire à moins qu'il n'ait le droit de "contrôler votre ordinateur" au sein de cette préférence. *)

tell application "System Preferences" to quit
delay 0.25

-- MAKE THE PREFS PICS FOLDER ON THE DESKTOP IF IT ISN'T THERE ALREADY.
-- IF IT IS THERE ALREADY, NO CHECKING IS DONE WITH REFERENCE TO WHATEVER FILES ARE IN IT.
tell application "Finder"
    if not (exists folder "Prefs Pics" of desktop) then
        make new folder with properties {name:"Prefs Pics", location:"desktop"}
    end if
end tell

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate

-- THE PREFS ARE ORDERED BELOW ALPHABETICALLY. TO HAVE THEM SAVE THAT WAY, REMOVE THE ORDER ID (oid) VARIABLE FROM THE CODE LINE SETTING EACH FILENAME. OTHERWISE THE FILENAME WILL BE SET BASED ON THE GROUP AND ICON NUMBERS (ROW AND COLUMN) AS DISPLAYED WHEN SYSTEM PREFS ARE ARRANGED BY CATEGORY.
-- GROUP 4 NO 3 APP STORE
set oid to 43
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.appstore"
-- Now that the first pref window is up, get its name and assign it to a variable
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
-- Do the same for its ID
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
-- Now wait one second and capture the window, passing the wid varialble to screencapture's -l switch and the nid variable to the filename to be used, and save the file
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"
-- note you can't be messing around with the computer until the script ends; otherwise you'll interfere and prolly capture wrong winders

-- GROUP 4 NO 7 TIME MACHINE
set oid to 47
set current pane to pane "com.apple.prefs.backup"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 3 NO 5 BLUETOOTH
set oid to 35
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.Bluetooth"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 4 NO 5 DATE & TIME
set oid to 45
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.datetime"
reveal anchor "DateTimePref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "TimeZonePref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "ClockPref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 1 NO 2 DESKTOP & SCREEN SAVER                                              -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING TO SELECT LEFT PANE IN DESKTOP TAB
set oid to 12
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect"
-- reveal anchor "DesktopPref" of current pane
-- set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
-- set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
-- do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "ScreenSaverPref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 2 NO 1 DISPLAYS
set oid to 21
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.displays"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"
-- reveal anchor "displaysArrangementTab" of current pane                   -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING
-- reveal anchor "displaysColorTab" of current pane                         -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING
-- reveal anchor "displaysGeometryTab" of current pane                      -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING
-- reveal anchor "displaysDisplayTab"                                               -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING

-- GROUP 1 NO 3 DOCK
set oid to 13
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.dock"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 2 NO 2 ENERGY SAVER
set oid to 22
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.energysaver"
--  reveal anchor "Schedule" of current pane                                        -- NEEDS TO BE CLOSED BEFORE MOVING ON

-- GROUP 1 NO 4 MISSION CONTROL
set oid to 14
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.expose"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 3 NO 3 EXTENSIONS
set oid to 33
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.extensions"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 1 NO 1 GENERAL
set oid to 11
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.general"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 3 NO 1 ICLOUD  
-- set oid to 31
-- set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.icloud"                  -- THIS PREFERENCE WAS NOT COPIED

-- GROUP 3 NO 2 INTERNET ACCOUNTS
-- set oid to 32
-- set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts"        -- THIS PREFERENCE WAS NOT COPIED

-- GROUP 2 NO 3 KEYBOARD
set oid to 23
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.keyboard" -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING
reveal anchor "keyboardTab" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Text" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "shortcutsTab" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "InputSources" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "keyboardTab_ModifierKeys" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    click button "Cancel" of sheet 1 of window "Keyboard"
end tell

-- GROUP 1 NO 5 LANGUAGE & REGTION
set oid to 15
set current pane to pane "com.apple.Localization"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Region" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Language" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 2 NO 4 MOUSE
set oid to 14
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.mouse"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 3 NO 4 NETWORK
--  set oid to 34
--  set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.network"

-- GROUP 1 NO 8 NOTIFICATIONS
-- set oid to 18
-- set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.notifications"

-- GROUP 4 NO 2 PARENTAL CONTROLS
-- set oid to 42
--  set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.parentalcontrols"

-- GROUP 2 NO 6 PRINTERS & SCANNERS
--  set oid to 26   
--  set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.printfax"
-- reveal anchor "fax" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "share" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "print" of current pane
-- reveal anchor "scan" of current pane

-- GROUP 1 NO 6 SECURITY & PRIVACY
set oid to 16
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.security"
reveal anchor "General" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "FDE" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Firewall" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_LocationServices" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Contacts" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Calendars" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Reminders" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Facebook" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Accessibility" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Diagnostics" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"
--  reveal anchor "Privacy_Twitter" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "Privacy_Weibo" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "Privacy_TencentWeibo"
--  reveal anchor "Privacy_Assistive" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "Privacy_LinkedIn" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "Advanced" of current pane

-- GROUP 3 NO 6 SHARING
set oid to 36
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.sharing"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 2 NO 7 SOUND
set oid to 27
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.sound"
reveal anchor "effects" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "output" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "input" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 4 NO 4 DICTATION & SPEECH
set oid to 44
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.speech"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "TTS" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Dictation" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 1 NO 7 SPOTLIGHT
set oid to 17
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.spotlight"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "privacy" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "searchResults" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 4 NO 6 STARTUP DISK
set oid to 46
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.startupdisk"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 2 NO 5 TRACKPAD
set oid to 25
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.trackpad"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 4 NO 1 USERS & GROUPS
set oid to 41
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.users"
reveal anchor "passwordPref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "startupItemsPref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "loginOptionsPref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

--  reveal anchor "mobilityPref" of current pane
--  set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
--  set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
--  do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 4 NO 8 ACCESSIBILITY
set oid to 48
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Seeing_VoiceOver" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Switch" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Keyboard" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Seeing_Display" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Hearing" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Seeing_Zoom" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "SpeakableItems" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Media_Descriptions" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Mouse" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Captioning" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"
end tell
tell application "System Preferences" to quit


-- HELPERS FOR THE HOMEWORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE SCRIPT COULD BE WROTEN
-- GET ALL PANE ID'S
-- tell application "System Events"
-- tell application "System Preferences"
-- get the id of every pane
-- end tell
-- end tell


-- GET ALL PANE NAMES
-- tell application "System Preferences"
-- name of panes
-- end tell


-- GET THE ANCHOR NAME FOR A PARTICULAR PANE
-- tell application "System Preferences"
-- activate
-- get the name of every anchor of pane id "com.apple.preferences.users"
-- end tell
Steve
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