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August 12, 2025 14:30
Getting the name of the current Mac Aerial screensaver/wallpaper
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Print the name of the current Mac Aerial screensaver/wallpaper | |
| # requires jq (brew install jq) | |
| LANG=$(defaults read -g AppleLocale | cut -c1-2) # this is not going to work for all locales | |
| WALLPAPERS="/Library/Application Support/com.apple.idleassetsd/Customer/entries.json" | |
| DESCRIPTIONS="/Library/Application Support/com.apple.idleassetsd/Customer/TVIdleScreenStrings.bundle/$LANG.lproj/Localizable.nocache.strings" | |
| # get the path of the current wallpaper video by looking at the files the WallpaperVideoExtension process has open |