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January 22, 2019 20:48
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Bash-wrapped AppleScript to toggle the "built-in trackpad disabled" accessibility setting.
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# Built-in Trackpad toggle script | |
# https://github.com/Ryderpro/Apple-Scripts | |
osascript <<'END' | |
tell application "System Preferences" | |
quit | |
delay 1 | |
end tell | |
tell application "System Preferences" | |
reveal anchor "Mouse" of pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess" | |
activate | |
end tell | |
set checkboxNumber to 3 | |
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences" | |
repeat while not (exists of checkbox checkboxNumber of group 1 of window "Accessibility") | |
delay 0.1 | |
end repeat | |
set theCheckbox to checkbox checkboxNumber of group 1 of window "Accessibility" | |
tell theCheckbox | |
# If the checkbox is not checked, check it to turn grayscale on | |
if not (its value as boolean) then | |
set checked to true | |
click theCheckbox | |
else # else turn grayscale off | |
set checked to false | |
click theCheckbox | |
end if | |
end tell | |
end tell | |
tell application "System Preferences" | |
quit | |
end tell | |
if checked = true then | |
display notification "Ignoring built-in trackpad while mouse or wireless trackpad is present." | |
else | |
display notification "Built-in trackpad is now active." | |
end if | |
END |
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