Download all macOS Sonoma Aerial wallpaper

download.sh

#!/bin/zsh

# This script helps those who want to 
# get all Aerial wallpapers on macOS Sonoma
# all at once instead of clicking on settings one by one.

# Dependencies: jq, parallel
#   Install all dependencies via `brew install jq parallel`
#   After `parallel` installed run `sudo parallel --citation` first to read citation notice (IMPORTANT)

# The follwing script SHOULD be run under root user (IMPORTANT)

cd "/Library/Application Support/com.apple.idleassetsd/Customer" && \
cat entries.json | \
  jq -r '.assets[] | (.id + "," + .["url-4K-SDR-240FPS"])' | \
  parallel \
    wget \
      --no-check-certificate -q \
      -O './4KSDR240FPS/{= s:\,[^,]+$::; =}.mov' \
      '{= s:[^,]+\,::; =}';

single-line-download.sh

cd "/Library/Application Support/com.apple.idleassetsd/Customer" && cat entries.json | jq -r '.assets[] | (.id + "," + .["url-4K-SDR-240FPS"])' | parallel wget --no-check-certificate -q -O './4KSDR240FPS/{= s:\,[^,]+$::; =}.mov' '{= s:[^,]+\,::; =}';