dockutil 1.1.2 released
Posted: May 26, 2012 Filed under: Deployment, dockutil, Mac OS X, Python, Scripting, Unix | Tags: dock, dockutil, package, update, version 1 Comment »No feature changes, just a few bug fixes:
- fix issue with replacing a url dock item
- add legacy support –hupdock option for backward compatibility
- fix paths with spaces when passing full path to plist
https://github.com/downloads/kcrawford/dockutil/dockutil-1.1.2.pkg.dmg
dockutil 1.1 released
Posted: February 5, 2012 Filed under: Deployment, dockutil, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Python, Scripting 7 Comments »Version 1.1 of dockutil is out:
- fixes many issues with paths (should now work with Default User Template and other paths with spaces)
- adds option to not restart the dock (–no-restart)
- fixes issue where item would be added multiple times (use –replacing to update an existing item)
- resolves deprecation warnings
- adds option to remove all items (–remove all)
- fixes issue with removals when a url exists in a dock
- adds option –version to output version
Mac upload problems with Google App Engine
Posted: June 3, 2008 Filed under: Python | Tags: google app engine, mac, uploading 1 Comment »I kept getting errors uploading to Google App Engine on Mac.
ERROR appcfg.py:1128 An unexpected error occurred. Aborting.
I run as a normal user. Apparently appcfg.py requires some elevated privileges, as running it as root uploaded without a problem.
Here is the command to run the appcfg.py inside the GoogleAppEngineLauncher app.
sudo /Applications/GoogleAppEngineLauncher.app/Contents/Resources/GoogleAppEngine-default.bundle/Contents/Resources/google_appengine/appcfg.py update appdirectory/ --noisy -v --email username@gmail.com
Substitute your own appdirectory and username and path to the GoogleAppEngineLauncher.app.
dockutil 1.0 released
Posted: May 16, 2008 Filed under: Deployment, dockutil, Mac OS X, Python, Scripting | Tags: command line, dock, dockutil, plist, plistlib, Python, replace, stack, url 25 Comments »As a Mac sysadmin, I’ve had the need to manipulate the dock on hundreds of systems at a time.
I used to cobble together terrible shell scripts to do the job, but now thanks to plistlib and python, plist manipulation is really easy. I am releasing this utility free under the Apache 2.0 license. Hopefully some other sysadmins will find it useful.
dockutil is a command line utility for managing Mac OS X dock items.
It can add, replace, list, move, find, and delete dock items. It supports Applications, Folders, Stacks, and URLs. It can act on a specific dock plist or every dock plist in a folder of home directories.
It is compatible with Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard.
Here is the usage information:
usage: dockutil -h
usage: dockutil --add (path to item) | (url) [--label (label)] [ folder_options ] [ position_options ] [ plist_location_specification ]
usage: dockutil --remove (dock item label) [ plist_location_specification ]
usage: dockutil --move (dock item label) position_options [ plist_location_specification ]
usage: dockutil --find (dock item label) [ plist_location_specification ]
usage: dockutil --list [ plist_location_specification ]
position_options:
--replacing (dock item label name) replaces the item with the given dock label or adds the item to the end if item to replace is not found
--position [ index_number | beginning | end | middle ] inserts the item at a fixed position: can be an position by index number or keyword
--after (dock item label name) inserts the item immediately after the given dock label or at the end if the item is not found
--before (dock item label name) inserts the item immediately before the given dock label or at the end if the item is not found
--section [ apps | others ] specifies whether the item should be added to the apps or others section
plist_location_specifications:
(path to a specific plist) default is the dock plist for current user
(path to a home directory)
--allhomes attempts to locate all home directories and perform the operation on each of them
--homeloc overrides the default /Users location for home directories
folder_options:
--view [grid|fan|list|automatic] stack view option
--display [folder|stack] how to display a folder's icon
--sort [name|dateadded|datemodified|datecreated|kind] sets sorting option for a folder view
Examples:
The following adds TextEdit.app to the end of the current user's dock:
dockutil --add /Applications/TextEdit.app
The following replaces Time Machine with TextEdit.app in the current user's dock:
dockutil --add /Applications/TextEdit.app --replacing 'Time Machine'
The following adds TextEdit.app after the item Time Machine in every user's dock on that machine:
dockutil --add /Applications/TextEdit.app --after 'Time Machine' --allhomes
The following adds ~/Downloads as a grid stack displayed as a folder for every user's dock on that machine:
dockutil --add '~/Downloads' --view grid --display folder --allhomes
The following adds a url dock item after the Downloads dock item for every user's dock on that machine:
dockutil --add vnc://miniserver.local --label 'Mini VNC' --after Downloads --allhomes
The following removes System Preferences from every user's dock on that machine:
dockutil --remove 'System Preferences' --allhomes
The following moves System Preferences to the second slot on every user's dock on that machine:
dockutil --move 'System Preferences' --position 2 --allhomes
The following finds any instance of iTunes in the specified home directory's dock:
dockutil --find iTunes /Users/jsmith
The following lists all dock items for all home directories at homeloc in the form: item(tab)path(tab)(section)tab(plist)
dockutil --list --homeloc /Volumes/RAID/Homes --allhomes
Notes:
When specifying a relative path like ~/Documents with the --allhomes option, ~/Documents must be quoted like '~/Documents' to get the item relative to each home
Bugs:
Names containing special characters like accent marks will fail
Contact:
Send bug reports and comments to kcrwfrd at gmail.
PyAverager tutorial error with Cocoa Bindings
Posted: May 5, 2008 Filed under: Python | Tags: bindings, cocoa, PyObjC, Python 3 Comments »this class is not key value coding-compliant for the key numbersInput
If you are getting this error after doing the PyObjC averager tutorial called Using PyObjC for Developing Cocoa Applications with Python , import your class in main.py.
After the line:
import PyAveragerAppDelegate
add:
import Averager
This should allow the numbersInput variable to be properly bound to Interface Builder.
I found the solution on macosxhints forum here.
Play mp3 from python on Mac
Posted: March 15, 2008 Filed under: Mac OS X, Python, Scripting, Unix | Tags: AppKit, command line, ipython, mp3, NSSound, PyObjC, Python 4 Comments »This site has a few nice little PyObjC samples.
One of them shows how to play a sound using AppKit’s NSSound. This is exactly what I was trying to do today.
And since PyObjC is built-in in 10.5, no addtional software is required.
Python is already batteries included, with PyObjC, you’ve got batteries galore.
ipython output:
In [1]: from AppKit import NSSound
In [2]: sound = NSSound.alloc()
In [3]: sound.initWithContentsOfFile_byReference_('/System/Library/CoreServices/Setup Assistant.app/Contents/Resources/TransitionSection.bundle/Contents/Resources/intro-sound.mp3', True)
Out[3]:
In [4]: sound.play()
Out[4]: True
In [5]: sound.stop()
Out[5]: True
iPython readline in Leopard
Posted: November 8, 2007 Filed under: Python | Tags: ipython, readline Leave a comment »Update: This method had some issues.
Use sudo easy_install -f http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/ readline or go here for up to date info.
Noah Gift has posted a method for getting readline working with ipython on Leopard. Nice that you don’t need to install additional software to get this to work.
