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Disable Sonoma Text Insertion Point ("Cursor" / "Caret")
#!/usr/bin/env osascript -l JavaScript
const App = Application.currentApplication();
App.includeStandardAdditions = true;
const kCFPrefsFeatureFlagsDir = '/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain';
const kCFPrefsFeatureEnabledKey = 'Enabled';
const kUIKitDomainPrefsTemporaryPath = '/tmp/UIKit.plist';
const kUIKitRedesignedTextCursorKey = 'redesigned_text_cursor';
function run(_) {
const dict = $.NSMutableDictionary.new;
const enabled = $.NSMutableDictionary.new;
enabled.setValueForKey(false, kCFPrefsFeatureEnabledKey);
dict.setValueForKey(enabled, kUIKitRedesignedTextCursorKey);
const error = $();
dict.writeToURLError(
$.NSURL.fileURLWithPath(kUIKitDomainPrefsTemporaryPath),
error,
);
if (typeof error.js != 'undefined') {
return `🫤: ${error.localizedDescription}`;
}
return App.doShellScript(
[
`mkdir -p '${kCFPrefsFeatureFlagsDir}'`,
`mv '${kUIKitDomainPrefsTemporaryPath}' '${kCFPrefsFeatureFlagsDir}'`,
].join(' && '),
{
administratorPrivileges: true,
},
).length == 0 ? '😃' : '🫤';
}
@stephancasas
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@jorjGizer That looks correct. What might be causing an issue is the file ownership. I'm not certain, but I think that root needs to be the owner for the file to take effect — such is the way that launchd handles certain property lists, too. Try changing ownership with:

sudo chown root /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist

@jorjGizer
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I do this and now I have root owner
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 9 фев 17:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 9 фев 17:39 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 272 9 фев 17:59 UIKit.plist

I reboot my Mac, maybe I forgot smth, but I want to hide this.
Снимок экрана 2024-02-09 в 18 44 32

@zdravnick
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Hi, maybe somebody knows how to change the cursor to block in TextEdit (mac osX Sonoma). Thanks!

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