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gregneagle / com.foo.displaymirroring.plist

Last active December 18, 2015 03:59

A Python/PyObjC port of Fabian Canas's command-line mirror tool from http://mirror-displays.googlecode.com/. Demonstrates use of the Quartz Display Services to control display mirroring, and also shows how PyObjC handles "pass-by-reference" parameters. The LaunchAgent plist defines a job that runs at the loginwindow, running mirrortool.py to ena…

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
	<plist version="1.0">
	<dict>
	<key>Disabled</key>
	<false/>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>com.foo.displaymirroring</string>
	<key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
	<array>

gregneagle / NSPredicateTester.py

Last active June 14, 2023 21:47

NSPredicateTester.py

	#!/usr/local/munki/munki-python

	import sys
	import os
	from Foundation import NSDate

	from Foundation import NSPredicate

	def doComparison(comp_string, obj):
	print('Comparison: %s' % comp_string)

gregneagle / gist:6225747

Last active February 12, 2017 20:44

	#!/usr/bin/python

	import os
	import subprocess
	import sqlite3

	desktop_picture_path = '/Library/Desktop Pictures/Wave.jpg'
	database_location = os.path.expanduser(
	'~/Library/Application Support/Dock/desktoppicture.db')

gregneagle / gist:6957826

Last active July 24, 2024 09:28

Using PyObjC and NSWorkspace to set the desktop picture. I am such a hypocrite!

	#!/usr/bin/python

	'''Uses Cocoa classes via PyObjC to set a random desktop picture on all screens.
	Tested on Mountain Lion and Mavericks.

	See:
	https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/cocoa/reference/applicationkit/classes/NSWorkspace_Class/Reference/Reference.html

	https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSURL_Class/Reference/Reference.html

gregneagle / MavericksAppStore.mobileconfig

Last active December 26, 2015 13:49

Profile to require user to be an admin to install items (including software updates) from the App Store

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
	<plist version="1.0">
	<dict>
	<key>PayloadContent</key>
	<array>
	<dict>
	<key>PayloadType</key>
	<string>com.apple.appstore</string>
	<key>PayloadVersion</key>

gregneagle / gist:7473150

Created November 14, 2013 19:47

	import httplib
	import re
	import socket
	import sys
	import urllib2
	import ssl

	class InvalidCertificateException(httplib.HTTPException, urllib2.URLError):
	def __init__(self, host, cert, reason):
	httplib.HTTPException.__init__(self)

gregneagle / gurl.py

Last active December 28, 2015 22:29

	# http://httpstat.us - for test error codes
	# http://uri-labs.com/macosx_headers/NSURLConnection_h/Protocols/NSURLConnectionDelegate/index.html

	# Notes:
	# - Errors are only thrown when the connection:
	# - Is interrupted before the headers can complete
	# - SSL couldn't happen correctly
	# - The connection never happens
	# - A delegate.response always has a NSHTTPURLResponse key for HTTP/HTTPS
	# For a file:// transfer, it's NSURLResponse

gregneagle / finish_jenkins_autopkg_run.py

Created January 3, 2014 19:00

Some scripts from my MacSysAdmin 2013 demo

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	# encoding: utf-8
	"""
	finish_jenkins_autopkg_run.py

	Created by Greg Neagle on 2013-08-23.
	"""

	import os
	import plistlib

gregneagle / gist:f2bb19998e715fbd45d6

Created May 26, 2014 19:45

	<key>Input</key>
	<dict>
	<key>NAME</key>
	<string>Adium</string>
	<key>MUNKI_REPO_SUBDIR</key>
	<string>apps</string>
	<key>pkginfo</key>
	<dict>
	<key>catalogs</key>
	<array>

gregneagle / gist:8c7e334c6d70f51e4310

Created May 26, 2014 20:27

	% autopkg info Firefox_RC.munki
	Description: Downloads Firefox disk image and imports into Munki.
	Values for FIREFOX_BUILD correspond to directories here: http://download-origin.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/
	Some useful values are: 'latest', 'latest-10.0esr', 'latest-esr', 'latest-3.6', 'latest-beta'
	LOCALE corresponds to directories at http://download-origin.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/$FIREFOX_BUILD/mac/
	Examples include 'en-US', 'de', 'ja-JP-mac', 'sv-SE', and 'zh-TW'
	No idea if all Firefox builds are available in all the same localizations, so you may need to verify that any particular
	combination is offered.
	Identifier: com.disneyanimation.firefox-RC
	Munki import recipe: True

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