Dbochman/applescript

AppleScript System Control

Run AppleScript commands via osascript for macOS system control.

Common Commands

Volume control

# Get current volume (0-100)
osascript -e 'output volume of (get volume settings)'

# Set volume (0-100)
osascript -e 'set volume output volume 50'

# Mute/unmute
osascript -e 'set volume output muted true'
osascript -e 'set volume output muted false'

Notifications

osascript -e 'display notification "message here" with title "Title"'

Say text aloud (text-to-speech)

osascript -e 'say "Hello from the cabin"'

Application control

# Open an app
osascript -e 'tell application "Music" to activate'

# Quit an app
osascript -e 'tell application "Music" to quit'

# List running apps
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every process whose background only is false'

Music app control

# Play/pause
osascript -e 'tell application "Music" to playpause'

# Next track
osascript -e 'tell application "Music" to next track'

# Current track info
osascript -e 'tell application "Music" to get {name, artist} of current track'

System info

# Screen brightness (0.0-1.0) — may not work on Mac Mini without display
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get value of slider 1 of group 1 of window "Control Center" of application process "ControlCenter"'

Notes

• Always use osascript -e for single-line commands
• For multi-line scripts, use osascript << 'EOF' ... EOF
• Mac Mini may not have a display connected — skip brightness commands
• The say command speaks through connected speakers
• Be careful with volume — check current level before changing