Some AppleScript automation snippets

This article provides two AppleScript automation snippets for macOS. The first script checks if the running application has "Assistive Access" enabled and prompts the user to enable it if necessary. The second script enumerates the names and IDs of all panes within System Settings, returning a list of pane identifiers and their corresponding names.

Check if app running the script has 'Assistive Access', and if not, prompts the user to enable it: -- Function to check if assistive access is enabled on hasAssistiveAccess tell application "System Events" return UI elements enabled end tell end hasAssistiveAccess -- Get the name of the current application tell application "System Events" set currentAppName to name of the first process whose frontmost is true end tell -- Main Script if not hasAssistiveAccess then -- display dialog "This script requires assistive access to interact with System Settings. Please grant access in System Preferences under Security & Privacy Privacy Accessibility." buttons {"OK"} default button 1 display dialog "This script requires assistive access to interact with System Settings. Please grant access to '" & currentAppName & "' in System Preferences under Security & Privacy Privacy Accessibility." buttons {"OK"} default button 1 return end if Enumerate the name and ID of all of the panes within 'System Settings': tell application "System Settings" set paneList to every pane set paneMap to {} repeat with aPane in paneList set paneID to the id of aPane set paneName to the name of aPane set end of paneMap to {id:paneID, name:paneName} end repeat end tell return paneMap Which returns manually formatted for easier reading : { {id:"com.apple.Appearance-Settings.extension", name:"Appearance"}, {id:"com.apple.Battery-Settings.extension BatteryPreferences", name:"Battery"}, {id:"com.apple.settings.PrivacySecurity.extension", name:"Privacy & Security"}, {id:"com.apple.ExtensionsPreferences", name:"Extensions"}, {id:"com.apple.Profiles-Settings.extension", name:"Profiles"}, {id:"com.apple.BluetoothSettings", name:"Bluetooth"}, {id:"com.apple.ScreenSaver-Settings.extension", name:"Screen Saver"}, {id:"com.apple.Trackpad-Settings.extension", name:"Trackpad"}, {id:"com.apple.Keyboard-Settings.extension", name:"Keyboard"}, {id:"com.apple.systempreferences.AppleIDSettings AppleIDSettings", name:"Glenn Grant"}, {id:"com.apple.Lock-Screen-Settings.extension", name:"Lock Screen"}, {id:"com.apple.Focus-Settings.extension", name:"Focus"}, {id:"com.apple.Screen-Time-Settings.extension", name:"Screen Time"}, {id:"com.apple.Sound-Settings.extension", name:"Sound"}, {id:"com.apple.Passwords-Settings.extension", name:"Passwords"}, {id:"com.apple.Touch-ID-Settings.extension TouchIDPasswordPrefs", name:"Touch ID & Password"}, {id:"com.apple.Siri-Settings.extension", name:"Siri & Spotlight"}, {id:"com.apple.Network-Settings.extension", name:"Network"}, {id:"com.apple.systempreferences.GeneralSettings", name:"General"}, {id:"com.apple.SystemProfiler.AboutExtension", name:"About"}, {id:"com.apple.Software-Update-Settings.extension", name:"Software Update"}, {id:"com.apple.settings.Storage", name:"Storage"}, {id:"com.apple.AirDrop-Handoff-Settings.extension", name:"AirDrop & Handoff"}, {id:"com.apple.LoginItems-Settings.extension", name:"Login Items"}, {id:"com.apple.Localization-Settings.extension", name:"Language & Region"}, {id:"com.apple.Date-Time-Settings.extension", name:"Date & Time"}, {id:"com.apple.Sharing-Settings.extension", name:"Sharing"}, {id:"com.apple.Time-Machine-Settings.extension", name:"Time Machine"}, {id:"com.apple.Transfer-Reset-Settings.extension", name:"Transfer or Reset"}, {id:"com.apple.Startup-Disk-Settings.extension", name:"Startup Disk"}, {id:"com.apple.Displays-Settings.extension", name:"Displays"}, {id:"com.apple.WalletSettingsExtension", name:"Wallet & Apple Pay"}, {id:"com.apple.ControlCenter-Settings.extension", name:"Control Centre"}, {id:"com.apple.Internet-Accounts-Settings.extension", name:"Internet Accounts"}, {id:"com.apple.Mouse-Settings.extension", name:"Mouse"}, {id:"com.apple.Users-Groups-Settings.extension", name:"Users & Groups"}, {id:"com.apple.Print-Scan-Settings.extension", name:"Printers & Scanners"}, {id:"com.apple.Desktop-Settings.extension", name:"Desktop & Dock"}, {id:"com.apple.Accessibility-Settings.extension", name:"Accessibility"}, {id:"com.apple.Game-Center-Settings.extension", name:"Game Center"}, {id:"com.apple.wifi-settings-extension", name:"Wi‑Fi"}, {id:"com.apple.Notifications-Settings.extension", name:"Notifications"}, {id:"com.apple.Wallpaper-Settings.extension", name:"Wallpaper"}, {id:"cl.fail.lordkamina.SwiftDefaultApps", name:"SwiftDefaultApps"} }