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Applescript to enable Auto Login in OSX
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auto_login.scpt
set username to do shell script "whoami"
set uid to do shell script "id | cut -d' ' -f1 | cut -d'=' -f2 | cut -d'(' -f1"
do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow autoLoginUser " & username with administrator privileges
do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow autoLoginUserUID " & uid with administrator privileges
display dialog "User " & username & " is now the default Auto Login."
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