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Generate new "Hide My Email" email with iCloud+ using AppleScript
-- Kill System Preferences first if already open
if application "System Preferences" is running then
tell application "System Events"
set theID to unix id of processes whose name is "System Preferences"
try
do shell script "kill -9 " & theID
delay 0.1
end try
end tell
end if
try
tell application "System Preferences"
activate
set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.preferences.AppleIDPrefPane"
tell application "System Events"
repeat until window "Apple ID" of application process "System Preferences" exists
end repeat
set theWindow to window "Apple ID" of application process "System Preferences"
-- Select iCloud
repeat until row 6 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of theWindow exists
end repeat
select row 6 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of theWindow
-- Right part of the window
set rowDetails to group 1 of theWindow
repeat until row 4 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of rowDetails
end repeat
-- Select the "Hide my Email" row
set hideMyEmailRow to row 4 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of rowDetails
repeat until button of UI element 1 of hideMyEmailRow exists
end repeat
click button of UI element 1 of hideMyEmailRow
log "Clicked at: " & (value of static text 1 of UI element 1 of hideMyEmailRow)
-- New opened window, which is a sheet
set hideMyEmailSheet to sheet 1 of theWindow
-- Wait for the busy indicator to appear
repeat until busy indicator 1 of hideMyEmailSheet exists
end repeat
-- Then wait for it to disappear
repeat until (not (busy indicator 1 of hideMyEmailSheet exists))
end repeat
set sheet1 to sheet 1 of theWindow
set addButton to button 1 of group 3 of group 1 of group 1 of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of sheet1
click addButton
end tell
log "End"
end tell
on error errMsg
log "ERR: " & errMsg
end try
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dcm commented Sep 24, 2022

Seems to not work on macOS Monterey 12.6, failing on line 54:

Clicked at: Hide My Email
ERR: System Events got an error: Can’t get group 1 of UI element 1 of sheet 1 of window "Apple ID" of application process "System Preferences". Invalid index.

Is there an Xcode tool I can use to find the group / sheet / button numbers for a window?

If it's helpful, this is the window as it appears to me: Screen Shot 2022-09-24 at 02 40 33

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Seems to not work on macOS Monterey 12.6, failing on line 54:

Clicked at: Hide My Email
ERR: System Events got an error: Can’t get group 1 of UI element 1 of sheet 1 of window "Apple ID" of application process "System Preferences". Invalid index.

Is there an Xcode tool I can use to find the group / sheet / button numbers for a window?
If it's helpful, this is the window as it appears to me:

On my Mac (Monterey 12.6) the first group instance requires amending from "3" to "1"

Replace line 54...
set addButton to button 1 of group 3 of group 1 of group 1 of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of sheet1

with the following line...
set addButton to button 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of sheet1

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dcm commented Oct 10, 2022

@DeepHeat01 that did it, thanks!

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AkdM commented Nov 25, 2022

Oops, I didn't see those notifications. Sorry!
I will maybe try to make something more like an app, since AppleScript isn't very practical for this usage. But Apple is limiting almost everything on this side unfortunately 👎

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