No root prompt for Turbo Boost Switcher on TouchID Macs

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No root prompt for Turbo Boost Switcher on TouchID Macs

Installation:

1. Enable TouchID for sudo. Open /etc/pam.d/sudo and add auth sufficient pam_tid.so before other rules.
2. Remove Turbo Boost Switcher from login items
3. Put turbo-boost-switcher-as-root.sh to /usr/local/bin/
4. chmod +x /usr/local/bin/turbo-boost-switcher-as-root.sh
5. Put turboboostswitcher.asroot.plist to ~/Library/LaunchAgents
6. Run launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/turboboostswitcher.asroot.plist
7. Wait till TouchID prompt, then go to a running Turbo Boost Switcher and change the settings. Do not check open at login

Enjoy!

turbo-boost-switcher-as-root.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
sleep 30
sudo '/Applications/Turbo Boost Switcher.app/Contents/MacOS/Turbo Boost Switcher'

turboboostswitcher.asroot.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.turboboostswitcher.asroot</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string>/bin/sh</string>
            <string>/Users/andreil/.bin/turbo-boost-switcher-as-root.sh</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <false/>
    </dict>
</plist>