dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

pudquick

# Skip to the end to see what this can do.
#
# http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/Ivanhoe/FLAT.html
# Flat packages are xar files with a particular structure
# We're looking for the PackageInfo file within the xar file

import urllib2, ctypes, zlib
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

class SimpleObj(object):

pudquick

#!/usr/bin/python

# As written, this requires the following:
# - OS X 10.6+ (may not work in 10.10, haven't tested)
# - python 2.6 or 2.7 (for collections.namedtuple usage, should be fine as default python in 10.6 is 2.6)
# - pyObjC (as such, recommended to be used with native OS X python install)

# Only tested and confirmed to work against 10.9.5
# Run with root

pudquick

class ProgressDialog(object):
    def __init__(self, message, title, use_bar=True):
        super(self.__class__, self).__init__()
        self.message = message
        self.title   = title
        self.use_bar = use_bar
        self.queue   = None
        self.process = None
    def display(self):
        # [ begin black magic ]

pudquick

import os.path
from Foundation import NSData, NSKeyedUnarchiver, SFLListItem, NSURL, NSMutableDictionary, NSKeyedArchiver, NSString, NSDictionary, NSArray

def load_favservers(sfl_path):
    if os.path.isfile(sfl_path):
        # File exists, use it
        sfl_decoded = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObjectWithData_(NSData.dataWithContentsOfFile_(sfl_path))
    else:
        # File doesn't exist, make a blank template
        sfl_decoded = {u'items': [],

pudquick

import objc
from Foundation import NSBundle

CG_bundle = NSBundle.bundleWithIdentifier_('com.apple.CoreGraphics')

functions = [("CGSSessionCopyAllSessionProperties", b"@"),]

objc.loadBundleFunctions(CG_bundle, globals(), functions)

# example usage: graphical_security_sessions = CGSSessionCopyAllSessionProperties()

pudquick

import objc
from Foundation import NSBundle
login_bundle = NSBundle.bundleWithPath_('/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/login.framework')

functions = [('SACLockScreenImmediate', '@'),]
objc.loadBundleFunctions(login_bundle, globals(), functions)


# Lock the screen regardless of security settings or who is logged in
result = SACLockScreenImmediate()

rdewolff

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

pudquick

# Tested on 10.11
# Assumes your network is in a state to actually do the discovery and that you have
# automatic timezone discovery enabled in Date & Time and Location services enabled
# (Generally this means wifi enabled on your device and network stack is up)

# For enabling location services and auto, check Allister's work here:
# https://gist.github.com/arubdesu/b72585771a9f606ad800

from Foundation import NSBundle
TZPP = NSBundle.bundleWithPath_("/System/Library/PreferencePanes/DateAndTime.prefPane/Contents/Resources/TimeZone.prefPane")

opragel

#!/usr/bin/python

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import requests
import uuid

params = {'cup2hreq': 'foo', 'cup2key': 'bar'}

platform = 'mac'
os_version = '10.12'