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dnicolson / ViewController.swift

Created April 24, 2021 20:30

Read the home directory in a sandboxed app by calling NSOpenPanel

	import Cocoa
	import Foundation

	class ViewController: NSViewController {

	private func promptForWorkingDirectoryPermission() -> URL? {
	let openPanel = NSOpenPanel()
	openPanel.message = "Choose home directory"
	openPanel.prompt = "Choose"
	openPanel.allowedFileTypes = ["none"]

dnicolson / tcf-consent-google.js

Created March 2, 2021 17:19

Simulates TCF consent for Google ads

dnicolson / xcode-missing-files.rb

Last active December 15, 2022 20:19

Script to find missing files in Xcode .xcodeproj files (they appear red in Xcode 12)

	require 'xcodeproj'
	project_path = ARGV[0]

	project = Xcodeproj::Project.open(project_path)
	xcodebuild = `xcodebuild -project '#{project_path}' -showBuildSettings`
	build_settings = xcodebuild.scan(/([A-Z_]) = (.?)\n/).to_h

	missing_files = []
	project.files.to_a.each do \|file\|
	absolute_path = file.real_path

dnicolson / iOS-keyboard-issue.c

Last active December 3, 2020 14:34

Airoha (DuraGadet/OMOTON/etc.) iOS Bluetooth keyboards produce an HID value of 0x10101010101 instead of 1 when pressing Control-Command-Up or Control-Command-Space

	// clang -framework IOKit -framework Carbon iOS-keyboard-issue.c -o iOS-keyboard-issue && ./iOS-keyboard-issue

	#include <Carbon/Carbon.h>
	#include <IOKit/hid/IOHIDManager.h>
	#include <IOKit/hid/IOHIDValue.h>

	CFMutableDictionaryRef CreateMatchingDictionary(UInt32 usage_page, UInt32 usage)
	{
	CFMutableDictionaryRef dictionary = CFDictionaryCreateMutable(kCFAllocatorDefault, 0, &kCFCopyStringDictionaryKeyCallBacks, &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks);

dnicolson / itunes_pp.c

Last active September 16, 2020 21:22

Play/pause iTunes by double tapping the fn key

	// clang -framework IOKit -framework Carbon itunes_pp.c -o itunes_pp && ./itunes_pp

	#include <sys/time.h>
	#include <Carbon/Carbon.h>
	#include <IOKit/hid/IOHIDManager.h>
	#include <IOKit/hid/IOHIDValue.h>

	CFMutableDictionaryRef CreateMatchingDictionary(UInt32 usage_page, UInt32 usage)
	{
	CFMutableDictionaryRef dictionary = CFDictionaryCreateMutable(kCFAllocatorDefault, 0, &kCFCopyStringDictionaryKeyCallBacks, &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks);

dnicolson / add-youtube-videos-to-playlist.js

Created August 24, 2020 20:51

Function that adds YouTube video IDs to a playlist using session information from window.ytcfg.data

	async function addVideosToPlaylist(playlistId, videoIds) {
	const sej = JSON.stringify({
	commandMetadata: {
	webCommandMetadata: {
	url: '/service_ajax',
	sendPost: true,
	apiUrl: '/youtubei/v1/browse/edit_playlist'
	}
	},
	playlistEditEndpoint: {

dnicolson / add-grouping.js

Created August 6, 2020 22:18

Sets the grouping field of an iTunes/Music selection with artist MusicBrainz tags via Node.js with a couple of OSA calls

	const osa = require('osa2');
	const fetch = require('node-fetch');
	const cliProgress = require('cli-progress');

	// Return a list of unique artists based on the selection
	const fetchArtists = osa(() =>
	(Application('iTunes') \|\| Application('Music'))
	.selection()
	.map((x) => x.artist())
	.filter((v, i, a) => a.indexOf(v) === i),

dnicolson / install-atomicparselygui.sh

Created May 4, 2020 19:09

Script to install AtomicParsleyGUI 0.3.5 (no longer available at https://github.com/x43x61x69/AtomicParsleyGUI)

	#!/bin/bash

	curl -O http://ftp-new-pc.pconline.com.cn/ffeffca671e6cf60507f8d3a6e8ed552/pub/download/201807/pconline1531017059128.zip
	unzip pconline1531017059128.zip -d /Applications
	chmod +x /Applications/AtomicParsleyGUI.app/Contents/MacOS/AtomicParsleyGUI
	brew install atomicparsley
	cp /usr/local/bin/AtomicParsley /Applications/AtomicParsleyGUI.app/Contents/Resources/AtomicParsley
	chmod +x /Applications/AtomicParsleyGUI.app/Contents/Resources/AtomicParsley
	xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/AtomicParsleyGUI.app
	rm pconline1531017059128.zip

dnicolson / bluetooth-connection.m

Created March 10, 2020 21:34

IOBluetooth code to log when devices are connected and disconnected

	// clang -o bluetooth-connection bluetooth-connection.m -framework Foundation -framework IOBluetooth

	#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
	#import <IOBluetooth/IOBluetooth.h>

	@interface BluetoothConnection : NSObject {
	}
	@end

	@implementation BluetoothConnection

dnicolson / ihaper.js

Last active December 31, 2020 12:03

IFTTT solution to control an iHaper device from a Google Home Mini without the (false error) verbal confirmations

	const shell = require('shelljs')
	const express = require('express')
	const app = express()
	const port = 8000

	app.get('/', (req, res) => {
	shell.exec('bash /home/pi/ihaper.sh')
	res.send('')
	})

	window.__tcfapi = (command, parameter, callback) => {
	if (command === 'checkConsent') {
	callback(true);
	}
	if (command === 'addEventListener') {
	callback({eventStatus: 'tcloaded', gdprApplies: false}, true);
	}
	};

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