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Set active Time Machine Disk
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property pth : (path to preferences folder from local domain) as text | |
property d1name : "WD My Book" | |
property d1 : "com.apple.TimeMachine RF9.plist" | |
property d2name : "AirDisk" | |
property d2 : "com.apple.TimeMachine Home.plist" | |
property active : "com.apple.TimeMachine.plist" | |
on growl_it(foo) | |
tell application "GrowlHelperApp" | |
set the allNotificationsList to {"Disk Changed"} | |
set the enabledNotificationsList to allNotificationsList | |
register as application ¬ | |
"Time Machine Disk Switcher" all notifications allNotificationsList ¬ | |
default notifications enabledNotificationsList ¬ | |
icon of application "Time Machine" | |
notify with name ¬ | |
"Disk Changed" title ¬ | |
"Time Machine Disk Changed" description ¬ | |
"Active Disk is now \"" & foo & "\"" application name "Time Machine Disk Switcher" | |
end tell | |
end growl_it | |
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.TimeMachine AutoBackup -bool false" | |
if (list disks) contains d1name then | |
tell application "Finder" to if exists (pth & d1) then | |
-- set name of file (pth & active) to d2 | |
-- set name of file (pth & d1) to active | |
set cmd1 to "mv \"" & POSIX path of (pth & active) & "\" \"" & POSIX path of (pth & d2) & "\"; true" | |
set cmd2 to "mv \"" & POSIX path of (pth & d1) & "\" \"" & POSIX path of (pth & active) & "\"; true" | |
do shell script cmd1 | |
do shell script cmd2 | |
delay 2 | |
if exists (pth & d1) then | |
my growl_it("Failed to rename TimeMachine.plist file. Retrying with sudo (disabled for now)…") | |
--do shell script cmd1 with administrator privileges | |
--do shell script cmd2 with administrator privileges | |
end if | |
my growl_it(d1name) | |
else | |
my growl_it("failed because " & pth & d1 & " doesnt exit") | |
end if | |
else | |
tell application "Finder" to if exists (pth & d2) then | |
--set name of file (pth & active) to d1 | |
--set name of file (pth & d2) to active | |
-- delay 2 | |
set cmd1 to "mv \"" & POSIX path of (pth & active) & "\" \"" & POSIX path of (pth & d1) & "\"; true" | |
set cmd2 to "mv \"" & POSIX path of (pth & d2) & "\" \"" & POSIX path of (pth & active) & "\"; true" | |
do shell script cmd1 | |
do shell script cmd2 | |
if exists (pth & d2) then | |
my growl_it("Failed to rename TimeMachine.plist file. Retrying with sudo (disabled for now)…") | |
--do shell script cmd1 with administrator privileges | |
--do shell script cmd2 with administrator privileges | |
end if | |
my growl_it(d2name) | |
else | |
my growl_it("failed because " & pth & d2 & " doesnt exit") | |
end if | |
end if | |
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.TimeMachine AutoBackup -bool true" |
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