I was thinking of the plist for the ericsson Clicker app.
~Library:Preferences:com.salling.SonyEricssonClick er.plist
It stores the scripts as plain text...
Much better than my original solution! Boom the screensaver dies! No password required! The following script is similar but handles multiple instances of screensaver running.
try
set ssInstances to do shell script "top -l1 | grep ScreenSave"
on error number 1
set ssInstances to {}
end try
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return
set ssInstances to (text items of ssInstances) as list
repeat with thisInstance in ssInstances
try
do shell script " kill " & word 1 of thisInstance
end try
end repeat
I have proximity locking and unlocking both running beautifully here. 10-12 second delay for either. Big wow factor around the office.
Range on my T68i is way more than 30 feet. Maybe the author will add a range slider on the proximity tab. For unlocking you need something like Extra Suites http://www.kanzu.com/ ($10) or your prefered OSAX that can generate keystrokes. This allows you to enter text via AppleScript as if from the KB and thus unlock the screen. The 'type string' and 'type key' commands are part of Extra Suites.
To lock the screen use this as your action.
set previousState to do shell script "defaults -currentHost read com.apple.screensaver askForPassword "
do shell script "defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword 1"
tell application "ScreenSaverEngine" to run
do shell script "defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword " & previousState
This will not permanently alter the preference you have set in your screen effects panel.
To unlock the screen you can use the following script.
NOTE! This requires entering your user PW as plain text into the script. Use this method with caution. A person who gets access to your box could, with the appropriate tools, extract your PW from the preference pane plist and then get access to your box!
Oh, I guess they'd already have that huh? ; )
tell application "Extra Suites"
type key "enter"
delay 1
type string "YourUserPasswordGoesHere"
delay 1
type key "enter"
end tell
Hoping this helps someone wow their boss into mac lust.
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I was thinking of the plist for the ericsson Clicker app. ~Library:Preferences:com.salling.SonyEricssonClick er.plist
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It stores the scripts as plain text...
*dict>
*key>AppleScript*/key>
*string>do shell script "kill `ps axww | awk '/ScreenSaverEngine/ {print $1}' | head`"*/string>
*key>GUID*/key>
*string>7A69A305-48BC-11D7-9839-000393A38870*/str
*key>Title*/key>
*string>unlock screen*/string>
*key>Type*/key>
*string>AppleScriptAction*/string>
*/dict>
*dict>
*key>AppleScript*/key>
*string>set previousState to do shell script "defaults -currentHost read com.apple.screensaver askForPassword "
do shell script "defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword 1"
tell application "ScreenSaverEngine" to run
do shell script "defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword " & previousState
*/string>
*key>GUID*/key>
*string>7D9669C8-48D2-11D7-9839-000393A38870*/str
*key>Title*/key>
*string>lock screen*/string>
*key>Type*/key>
*string>AppleScriptAction*/string>
*/dict>
*/BLOCKQUOTE>
Much better than my original solution! Boom the screensaver dies! No password required!
The following script is similar but handles multiple instances of screensaver running.
try
set ssInstances to do shell script "top -l1 | grep ScreenSave"
on error number 1
set ssInstances to {}
end try
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return
set ssInstances to (text items of ssInstances) as list
repeat with thisInstance in ssInstances
try
do shell script " kill " & word 1 of thisInstance
end try
end repeat
I have proximity locking and unlocking both running beautifully here. 10-12 second delay for either. Big wow factor around the office.
Range on my T68i is way more than 30 feet. Maybe the author will add a range slider on the proximity tab. For unlocking you need something like Extra Suites http://www.kanzu.com/ ($10) or your prefered OSAX that can generate keystrokes. This allows you to enter text via AppleScript as if from the KB and thus unlock the screen. The 'type string' and 'type key' commands are part of Extra Suites.
To lock the screen use this as your action.set previousState to do shell script "defaults -currentHost read com.apple.screensaver askForPassword "
do shell script "defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword 1"
tell application "ScreenSaverEngine" to run
do shell script "defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword " & previousState
This will not permanently alter the preference you have set in your screen effects panel.
To unlock the screen you can use the following script. NOTE! This requires entering your user PW as plain text into the script. Use this method with caution. A person who gets access to your box could, with the appropriate tools, extract your PW from the preference pane plist and then get access to your box!
Oh, I guess they'd already have that huh? ; )
tell application "Extra Suites"
type key "enter"
delay 1
type string "YourUserPasswordGoesHere"
delay 1
type key "enter"
end tell
Hoping this helps someone wow their boss into mac lust.