Global macOS hotkeys for Google Meet, Spotify and others using AppleScript and Fastscripts

Global macOS hotkeys for Google Meet, Spotify and others using AppleScript and Fastscripts.md

Use these together with https://redsweater.com/fastscripts/ for global hotkey goodness in macOS

Requirements:

brew install fastscripts

Download all the scripts and put them in ~/Library/Scripts/

locate_chrome_tab.applescript

set mySearch to text returned of (display dialog "Search for Chrome tab" default answer "")

tell application "Google Chrome"
	activate
	set tabIndex to 0
	set theWindow to first window whose index is 1
	
	repeat with theTab in tabs of theWindow
		set tabIndex to tabIndex + 1
		
		if title of theTab contains mySearch then
			set active tab index of theWindow to tabIndex
			exit repeat
		end if
	end repeat
end tell

locate_firefox_tab.applescript

set mySearch to text returned of (display dialog "Search for Firefox tab" default answer "")

tell application "Firefox Developer Edition"
	activate
	tell application "System Events" to keystroke "1" using command down
	set firstTitle to name of front window
	
	set myTitle to "__f_o_o_b_a_r__"
	set counter to 0
	repeat until (myTitle contains mySearch or counter > 100 or myTitle is equal to firstTitle)
		tell application "System Events" to key code 121 using control down
		delay 0.05
		set myTitle to name of front window
		set counter to counter + 1
	end repeat
end tell

mute_meet.applescript

display notification with title "Toggling mute in Google Meet"

tell application "Google Chrome Beta"
	set tabIndex to 0
	set theWindow to first window whose index is 1
	
	repeat with theTab in tabs of theWindow
		set tabIndex to tabIndex + 1
		
		if title of theTab starts with "Meet " then
			set active tab index of theWindow to tabIndex
			activate
			
			-- The shortcut needs to have been released before keystroke is sent
			set keyDown to "42"
			set counter to 0
			repeat until (keyDown is "0" or counter > 10)
				set keyDown to do shell script "/usr/bin/python -c 'import Cocoa; print(Cocoa.NSEvent.modifierFlags())'"
				set counter to counter + 1
			end repeat
			
			tell application "System Events" to keystroke "d" using command down
		end if
	end repeat
end tell

mute_microphone.applescript

if input volume of (get volume settings) = 0 then
	set volume input volume 100
	display notification "Volume set to 100" with title "✅ Microphone is on"
else
	set volume input volume 0 without output muted
	display notification "Volume set to 0" with title "❌ Microphone is muted"
end if

mute_volume.applescript

if output muted of (get volume settings) is true then
	set volume without output muted
	display notification with title "✅ Volume is on"
else
	set volume with output muted
	display notification with title "❌ Volume is off"
end if

screen_lock.applescript

display notification with title "Locking screen"
tell application "Spotify"
	pause
end tell
do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine"

spotify_next.applescript

tell application "Spotify"
	next track
    delay 0.5
	set theTrack to name of current track
	set theArtist to artist of current track
	display notification theArtist & ": " & theTrack with title "⏭️"
end tell

spotify_pause.applescript

tell application "Spotify"
	playpause
	set theTrack to name of current track
	set theArtist to artist of current track
	
	set current to player position
	set mins to (round (current / 60) rounding down)
	set secs to (round (current mod 60) rounding down)
	if secs is less than 10 then
		set secs to "0" & secs
	end if
	set elapsed to mins & ":" & secs
	
	set totalSecs to ((duration of current track) / 1000)
	set mins to (round (totalSecs / 60) rounding down)
	set secs to (totalSecs mod 60 div 1)
	if secs is less than 10 then
		set secs to "0" & secs
	end if
	set total to mins & ":" & secs
	
	display notification theArtist & ": " & theTrack with title "⏯ " & elapsed & " / " & total
end tell

spotify_previous.applescript

tell application "Spotify"
	set currentTrack to name of current track
	previous track
	set nextTrack to name of current track
	if currentTrack is equal to nextTrack then
		previous track
	end if
    delay 0.5
	set theTrack to name of current track
	set theArtist to artist of current track
	display notification theArtist & ": " & theTrack with title "⏮" 
end tell

spotify_shuffle.applescript

tell application "Spotify"
	set shuffling to not shuffling
	set theTrack to name of current track
	set theArtist to artist of current track
	if shuffling then
		set isShuffling to "on"
	else
		set isShuffling to "off"
	end if
	display notification theArtist & ": " & theTrack with title "🔀 " & isShuffling
end tell

spotify_volume_down.applescript

tell application "Spotify"
	set sound volume to sound volume - 9
	set theVolume to sound volume as string
	set theTrack to name of current track
	set theArtist to artist of current track
	display notification theArtist & ": " & theTrack with title "🔉 " & theVolume & "%"
end tell

spotify_volume_up.applescript

tell application "Spotify"
	set sound volume to sound volume + 11
	set theVolume to sound volume as string
	set theTrack to name of current track
	set theArtist to artist of current track
	display notification theArtist & ": " & theTrack with title "🔊 " & theVolume & "%"
end tell

volume_down.applescript

set vol to output volume of (get volume settings)
if vol is 0 then
	display notification with title "volume is at min"
else
	set volume output volume (vol - 10)
	set vol to output volume of (get volume settings)
	display notification with title "volume reduced to " & vol & "%"
end if

volume_up.applescript

set vol to output volume of (get volume settings)
if vol is 100 then
	display notification with title "volume is at max"
else
	set volume output volume (vol + 10)
	set vol to output volume of (get volume settings)
	display notification with title "volume increased to " & vol  & "%"
end if

can we have script for activating the DND mode when MS team video/audio or gMeet call started

What's the difference between

set volume input volume 100

and the one I've seen in other places:

set input volume of (get volume settings) to 100