Existe alguma maneira de salvar as preferências do Mac OS X em um arquivo shell?

Sempre que eu reinstalar o meu Mac OS e / ou comprar um novo Mac, tenho que configurar manualmente quase todas as opções de mouse, dock, etc.

Gostaria de saber se o Mac OS ou algum software pode fornecer uma maneira de salvar todas as configurações que defini com o aplicativo System Preferences em um arquivo shell, criando algo como https://github.com/mathiasbynens/ do Mathias Bynens. arquivos de ponto / blob / master / .macos

As Preferências do Sistema parecem estar armazenadas em vários locais, dependendo de serem específicas do usuário ou do sistema. Muitos deles são armazenados em um /Library/Preferences/ou $HOME/Library/Preferences/(para configurações por usuário). Mas cada painel de preferências terá sua própria maneira de armazená-los.

Você pode ver quais preferências são armazenadas dessa maneira, digitando:

defaults read <domain>

Onde <domain>está o início do nome do arquivo nas preferências do sistema por usuário ou o caminho completo para um .plistarquivo. Por exemplo:

defaults read com.apple.screensaver
defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver

O primeiro mostrará sua personalização por usuário das configurações do protetor de tela, enquanto o segundo mostrará as configurações do protetor de tela do sistema.

As configurações são amplamente organizadas por painel de preferências, embora não necessariamente tão simples assim. Você provavelmente terá que vasculhar /Library/Preferencese subpastas (especialmente SystemConfiguration) para encontrar todas elas.

Uma opção seria apenas copiar os arquivos relevantes e colocá-los de volta no lugar para novas instalações.

Outra maneira seria exportá-lo e importá-lo conforme necessário.

Exportando as preferências do sistema de gerenciamento de energia (economia de energia) para pm.plist:

defaults export /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement pm.plist

Importando essas preferências pm.plistno novo computador:

defaults import /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement sysprefs.plist

Você pode até editar os vários .plistarquivos exportados se houver preferências específicas do sistema que você deseja / não deseja compartilhar entre computadores. Dessa forma, você pode ter algumas personalizações localmente, e o importcomando não as substituirá, basta adicionar as que você definiu nos .plistarquivos. Você pode usar o defaultscomando para modificar seus próprios .plistarquivos também (mas certifique-se de especificar o caminho completo para o arquivo, não apenas um nome, ou pode estar modificando suas preferências por usuário).

Produzir automaticamente um script para fazer todas as alterações necessárias é quase impossível. Os administradores de sistema do Mac passam muitas horas em bares escuros bebendo cerveja ou bourbon e trocando pedaços desses arquivos - relutamos em compartilhar todo esse trabalho, a menos que você esteja preparado para escolher a guia.

Na verdade, a maneira mais fácil de capturar as alterações de configuração é usar a captura instantânea.

Pegue uma cópia do InstallEase e faça uma captura instantânea do seu novo Mac. Agora faça toda a configuração desejada e você pode tirar outro instantâneo e criar um instalador que instalará os arquivos alterados em um novo Mac.

É claro que podem surgir complicações ao aplicar as alterações a uma nova versão do sistema operacional, mas é por isso que bebemos o bourbon.

A última vez que fiz uma reinstalação limpa, copiei a ~/Library/Preferences/pasta inteira e não encontrei nenhum problema por causa disso. As configurações de versões antigas de aplicativos e as específicas do Mac devem ser ignoradas. Quase não há arquivos em ~/Library/Preferences/uma nova instalação e, se você excluir todos os arquivos ~/Library/Preferences/, os arquivos de preferência serão recriados quando forem necessários.

Os arquivos de preferência para aplicativos em área restrita agora estão armazenados ~/Library/Containers/, mas não sei se copiá-lo para outro Mac causaria problemas.

Você também pode usar o Assistente de Migração .

Ou, se você seguir a .osxrota, poderá diferenciar a saída de defaults read:

1. Corre defaults read|awk 'length<200'>/tmp/a
2. Alterar algumas configurações
3. Corre defaults read|awk 'length<200'>/tmp/b;diff /tmp/[ab]

Você pode executar sudo opensnoopou usar o fseventer para ver quais arquivos são modificados quando você altera as preferências na GUI.

Depois de muitas horas procurando algo pelo menos útil para o meu problema, encontrei um site chamado Secrets , que fornece muitos comandos comuns de "gravação de padrões do Mac OS".

De qualquer forma, agradeça a Tony e drfrogsplatless por me dar esclarecimentos e dicas que foram úteis para mim.

(editar: site offline, usando a versão arquivada)

Mackup é o que você está procurando. https://github.com/lra/mackup/tree/master/doc

Aqui está um script da Apple parcialmente concluído que escrevi em agosto de 2016 para o meu Mac, publicado aqui como uma "prova de conceito" bastante forte, mas é algo com o qual você pode jogar:

(* Antes de executar este script, você deve primeiro conceder collants do Apple Script em Preferências do sistema -> Segurança e privacidade -> Acessibilidade e permitir que o Apple Script controle o computador. Você pode começar executando o script até que ele falhe. Em seguida, pare o script, navegue até a caixa de diálogo Preferências e marque a caixa ao lado de Editor de scripts.Pode voltar, excluir todas as capturas de tela já tiradas (para evitar duplicatas confusas) e iniciar o script novamente.

Por que você tem que fazer isso? Porque algumas caixas de diálogo preferenciais, uma vez abertas e "fotografadas", precisam ser explicitamente fechadas com um clique do mouse no botão Cancelar. O Apple Script não pode fazer isso, a menos que tenha direitos "para controlar seu computador" dentro desse pref. *)

tell application "System Preferences" to quit
delay 0.25

-- MAKE THE PREFS PICS FOLDER ON THE DESKTOP IF IT ISN'T THERE ALREADY.
-- IF IT IS THERE ALREADY, NO CHECKING IS DONE WITH REFERENCE TO WHATEVER FILES ARE IN IT.
tell application "Finder"
    if not (exists folder "Prefs Pics" of desktop) then
        make new folder with properties {name:"Prefs Pics", location:"desktop"}
    end if
end tell

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate

-- THE PREFS ARE ORDERED BELOW ALPHABETICALLY. TO HAVE THEM SAVE THAT WAY, REMOVE THE ORDER ID (oid) VARIABLE FROM THE CODE LINE SETTING EACH FILENAME. OTHERWISE THE FILENAME WILL BE SET BASED ON THE GROUP AND ICON NUMBERS (ROW AND COLUMN) AS DISPLAYED WHEN SYSTEM PREFS ARE ARRANGED BY CATEGORY.
-- GROUP 4 NO 3 APP STORE
set oid to 43
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.appstore"
-- Now that the first pref window is up, get its name and assign it to a variable
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
-- Do the same for its ID
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
-- Now wait one second and capture the window, passing the wid varialble to screencapture's -l switch and the nid variable to the filename to be used, and save the file
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"
-- note you can't be messing around with the computer until the script ends; otherwise you'll interfere and prolly capture wrong winders

-- GROUP 4 NO 7 TIME MACHINE
set oid to 47
set current pane to pane "com.apple.prefs.backup"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 3 NO 5 BLUETOOTH
set oid to 35
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.Bluetooth"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 4 NO 5 DATE & TIME
set oid to 45
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.datetime"
reveal anchor "DateTimePref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "TimeZonePref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "ClockPref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 1 NO 2 DESKTOP & SCREEN SAVER                                              -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING TO SELECT LEFT PANE IN DESKTOP TAB
set oid to 12
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect"
-- reveal anchor "DesktopPref" of current pane
-- set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
-- set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
-- do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "ScreenSaverPref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 2 NO 1 DISPLAYS
set oid to 21
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.displays"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"
-- reveal anchor "displaysArrangementTab" of current pane                   -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING
-- reveal anchor "displaysColorTab" of current pane                         -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING
-- reveal anchor "displaysGeometryTab" of current pane                      -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING
-- reveal anchor "displaysDisplayTab"                                               -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING

-- GROUP 1 NO 3 DOCK
set oid to 13
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.dock"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 2 NO 2 ENERGY SAVER
set oid to 22
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.energysaver"
--  reveal anchor "Schedule" of current pane                                        -- NEEDS TO BE CLOSED BEFORE MOVING ON

-- GROUP 1 NO 4 MISSION CONTROL
set oid to 14
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.expose"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 3 NO 3 EXTENSIONS
set oid to 33
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.extensions"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 1 NO 1 GENERAL
set oid to 11
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.general"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 3 NO 1 ICLOUD  
-- set oid to 31
-- set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.icloud"                  -- THIS PREFERENCE WAS NOT COPIED

-- GROUP 3 NO 2 INTERNET ACCOUNTS
-- set oid to 32
-- set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts"        -- THIS PREFERENCE WAS NOT COPIED

-- GROUP 2 NO 3 KEYBOARD
set oid to 23
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.keyboard" -- NEEDS TROUBLESHOOTING
reveal anchor "keyboardTab" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Text" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "shortcutsTab" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "InputSources" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "keyboardTab_ModifierKeys" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    click button "Cancel" of sheet 1 of window "Keyboard"
end tell

-- GROUP 1 NO 5 LANGUAGE & REGTION
set oid to 15
set current pane to pane "com.apple.Localization"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Region" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Language" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 2 NO 4 MOUSE
set oid to 14
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.mouse"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 3 NO 4 NETWORK
--  set oid to 34
--  set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.network"

-- GROUP 1 NO 8 NOTIFICATIONS
-- set oid to 18
-- set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.notifications"

-- GROUP 4 NO 2 PARENTAL CONTROLS
-- set oid to 42
--  set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.parentalcontrols"

-- GROUP 2 NO 6 PRINTERS & SCANNERS
--  set oid to 26   
--  set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.printfax"
-- reveal anchor "fax" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "share" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "print" of current pane
-- reveal anchor "scan" of current pane

-- GROUP 1 NO 6 SECURITY & PRIVACY
set oid to 16
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.security"
reveal anchor "General" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "FDE" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Firewall" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_LocationServices" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Contacts" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Calendars" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Reminders" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Facebook" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Accessibility" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Privacy_Diagnostics" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"
--  reveal anchor "Privacy_Twitter" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "Privacy_Weibo" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "Privacy_TencentWeibo"
--  reveal anchor "Privacy_Assistive" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "Privacy_LinkedIn" of current pane
--  reveal anchor "Advanced" of current pane

-- GROUP 3 NO 6 SHARING
set oid to 36
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.sharing"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 2 NO 7 SOUND
set oid to 27
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.sound"
reveal anchor "effects" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "output" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "input" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 4 NO 4 DICTATION & SPEECH
set oid to 44
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.speech"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "TTS" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Dictation" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 1 NO 7 SPOTLIGHT
set oid to 17
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.spotlight"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "privacy" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "searchResults" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 4 NO 6 STARTUP DISK
set oid to 46
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.startupdisk"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 2 NO 5 TRACKPAD
set oid to 25
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.trackpad"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 4 NO 1 USERS & GROUPS
set oid to 41
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.users"
reveal anchor "passwordPref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "startupItemsPref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "loginOptionsPref" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

--  reveal anchor "mobilityPref" of current pane
--  set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
--  set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
--  do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

-- GROUP 4 NO 8 ACCESSIBILITY
set oid to 48
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Seeing_VoiceOver" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Switch" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Keyboard" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Seeing_Display" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Hearing" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Seeing_Zoom" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "SpeakableItems" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Media_Descriptions" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Mouse" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"

reveal anchor "Captioning" of current pane
set nid to (get name of first window whose visible is true)
set wid to (get id of first window whose visible is true)
do shell script "screencapture -T1 -l" & wid & " ~/Desktop/Prefs\\ Pics/" & oid & "\\ " & quoted form of (nid) & "\\ " & "$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).png"
end tell
tell application "System Preferences" to quit


-- HELPERS FOR THE HOMEWORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE SCRIPT COULD BE WROTEN
-- GET ALL PANE ID'S
-- tell application "System Events"
-- tell application "System Preferences"
-- get the id of every pane
-- end tell
-- end tell


-- GET ALL PANE NAMES
-- tell application "System Preferences"
-- name of panes
-- end tell


-- GET THE ANCHOR NAME FOR A PARTICULAR PANE
-- tell application "System Preferences"
-- activate
-- get the name of every anchor of pane id "com.apple.preferences.users"
-- end tell