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#!/usr/bin/env python3

# just a PyObjC example, this of course requires pyobjc also in your python (virtual)env

from Foundation import NSBundle, NSClassFromString

NSBundle.bundleWithPath_("/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SystemDesktopAppearance.framework").load()
sda_class = NSClassFromString('SystemDesktopAppearance')

print(sda_class.performSelector_('OSName'))

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owner=timsutton
repo=brigadier

curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/releases \
  | jq . \
  | grep download_count \
  | cut -d : -f 2 \
  | tr -d ' ,' \
  | awk '{s+=$1} END {print s}'

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#!/usr/bin/perl
# Copyright (c) 2002-2009, Apple, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

sub Usage1
{
    qq{
kickstart -- Quickly uninstall, install, activate, configure, and/or restart
             components of Apple Remote Desktop without a reboot.

kickstart -uninstall -files -settings -prefs

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<?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>_metadata</key>
	<dict>
		<key>created_by</key>
		<string>tsutton</string>
		<key>creation_date</key>
		<date>2016-07-04T18:46:13Z</date>

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<?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>PayloadContent</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>PayloadContent</key>
			<dict>
				<key>com.apple.Bluetooth.ByHost</key>

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#!/usr/bin/perl
#
## Copyright © 2002-2014, 2018 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved.
##
## IMPORTANT NOTE: This file is licensed only for use on Apple-branded
## computers and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Apple Software
## License Agreement accompanying the package this file is a part of.
## You may not port this file to another platform without Apple's written consent.
#

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#!/usr/bin/python

# Alternate example using subprocess.Popen and finding the NSRunningApplication by PID

import AppKit

from time import sleep
from Foundation import NSURL

proc = subprocess.Popen(['/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/MacOS/Xcode'])

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join_zoom() {
  # Joins the first Zoom meeting URL found in events happening now on
  # your calendar, by searching their descriptions/locations info for
  # "zoom.us" URLs, and opening them using `open`
  #
  # Another option for launching Zoom is directly, via its own URL handler like
  # zoommtg://zoom.us/join?confno=123456789, but not sure how this works
  # with static meeting URLs like zoom.us/my/myusername, and seems it
  # could change in Zoom app updates, whereas the web URLs will always know
  # what to do.

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<?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">
<array>
	<dict>
		<key>_SPCommandLineArguments</key>
		<array>
			<string>/usr/sbin/system_profiler</string>
			<string>-nospawn</string>
			<string>-xml</string>

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# In 1.0.50, no user besides the one who installed Spotify will be able to execute it. This means either other users on the system,
# or, if Spotify was deployed using any mass-deployment tool or installer package, and is owned by the root user, Spotify will not
# launch for anyone.

# Dir listing comparisons courtesy of https://github.com/poundbangbash

# 1.0.50
$ ls -l /Volumes/Spotify/Spotify.app/Contents/MacOS/
total 63160
-rwxr--r--  1 homeadmin  staff  30076384 Mar  1 13:36 Spotify