macintosh

shortcuts

hello

runs every morning and sets me up for the work day (turns the Wi-Fi on, opens Slack, etc.)

sol

checks the UV index in the area and lets me know if it's safe to go outside (runs every 15 minutes)

join

opens the Meet link of the next calendar event

qrl

generates a QR code from the clipboard

bye

runs when I go for lunch or clock out of work (sets Do Not Disturb, turns the Wi-Fi off for good measure, then sleeps)

You can set up cron jobs to run Shorcuts:

# work-life balance
# start work
0 9,13 * * * shortcuts run hello
# leave work
0 12,17 * * * shortcuts run bye

osascript

Send a system notification with sound (sound files in /System/Library/Sounds or ~/Library/Sounds)

osascript -e 'display notification "take a break" sound name "Glass"'

Show a popup dialog. I currently use this to remind me to take breaks every 20 minutes throughout the work day

*/20 9-17 * * 1-5 osascript -e 'display dialog "take a break"'

grimoire

Copy and paste stuff via Terminal

echo 'meow' | pbcopy
pbpaste

GPG issues? Usually occurs after package update

gpgconf --kill gpg-agent

Make Mac sleep

pmset sleepnow

Prevent Mac from sleeping

caffeinate
caffeinate -u -t 3600 # stay awake for an hour

get battery cycle count

system profiler SPPowerDataType | grep "Cycle Count" | awk '{print $3}'

xcode woes

xcode-select --install
xcode-select --reset

Remind yourself to leave. This will constantly prompt your terminal with a Time to leave! message every minute. To disable it, you have to log off (or use kill).

leave 1700 # leave at 17:00
leave +0130 # leave in 1 hour and 30 minutes

resources

• A–Z index of macOS commands
• Introduction to AppleScript Language Guide