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rotate display using applescript, tested on Mac os High Sierra(10.13)
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-- Created by: v1c77 | |
-- Created on: 2018/7/21 | |
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-- Version 2, December 2004 | |
-- Copyright (C) 2020 v1c77 | |
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use AppleScript version "2.7" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later | |
use scripting additions | |
tell application "System Preferences" | |
quit | |
delay 0.5 | |
launch | |
activate | |
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.displays" | |
--reveal pane id "com.apple.preference.displays" | |
end tell | |
tell application "System Events" | |
tell application process "System Preferences" | |
tell window "DELL U2415" -- change the window name for different display | |
delay 1 | |
click radio button "Display" of tab group 1 | |
set theGroup to tab group 1 | |
tell pop up button "Rotation:" of theGroup | |
set theStat to value of it | |
click | |
tell menu 1 | |
if theStat = "Standard" then | |
click menu item 4 -- 270 dig | |
else | |
click menu item 1 -- standard | |
end if | |
end tell | |
end tell | |
end tell | |
end tell | |
end tell | |
tell application "System Preferences" | |
quit | |
end tell | |
On my Mac air M2 (Ventura 13.3.1a)
error "System Events got an error: Can’t get application process "System Settings"." number -1728 from application process "System Settings"
Hi @alissoneloi, did you find and alternative to bypass the error message? I've found that if I activate it twice, it opens without any issues
tried on Sonoma with no success
I just upgraded to Ventura and am also getting the error System events got an error: Can't get window "Displays" of application process "System Settings"
any update for Sonoma ? thx
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Installed macOS Ventura recently. Glad to see that there is updated script already. Thank you @marcelliino!
I wanted to automate external monitor selection, but was not able to click on buttons representing displays. Maybe it's a bug, or my AppleScript skills.
For now added a 5sec delay, to have time to select the proper monitor.
Here is the mix of mine and @marcelliino scripts: