{"id":20,"date":"2008-03-05T11:31:16","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T11:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/?p=33"},"modified":"2022-04-11T21:49:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:49:58","slug":"toggle-bluetooth-with-applescript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/toggle-bluetooth-with-applescript\/","title":{"rendered":"Toggle Bluetooth with Applescript"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just written a little Applescript to toggle the Bluetooth power on my MacBook on or off. It doesn’t take any parameters or anything, it literally just toggles it off if it’s already on, or on if it’s already off. The script looks like this:<\/p>\n

#! \/usr\/bin\/osascript<\/pre>\n
# * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/pre>\n
# *  Author:\tHaydn Williams<\/pre>\n
# *  URL:\thttp:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com<\/pre>\n
# *  Date:\tMarch 2008<\/pre>\n
# *  Script:\ttoggleBluetooth.scpt<\/pre>\n
# *  Purpose:\tToggle bluetooth status<\/pre>\n
# *  Useage:\ttoggleBluetooth.scpt<\/pre>\n
#  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/pre>\n
tell application \"System Preferences\"<\/pre>\n
\tactivate<\/pre>\n
\tset current pane to pane \"com.apple.preferences.Bluetooth\"<\/pre>\n
\ttry<\/pre>\n
\t\ttell application \"System Events\"<\/pre>\n
\t\t\ttell process \"System Preferences\"<\/pre>\n
\t\t\t\tclick checkbox \"On\" of window \"Bluetooth\"<\/pre>\n
\t\t\tend tell<\/pre>\n
\t\tend tell<\/pre>\n
\ton error<\/pre>\n
\t\tdisplay dialog \"Failed to toggle bluetooth.\"<\/pre>\n
\tend try<\/pre>\n
\t<\/span>tell application \"System Preferences\" to close the first window<\/pre>\n
end tell<\/pre>\n

You can download the compiled script from\u00a0here<\/a>. Please note that you’ll need to ‘Enable GUI Scripting<\/span>‘ in the AppleScript Utility (you can find it in the AppleScript folder of Applications). To run the script, just double-click on it. Please note that this will probably only work on English language systems, but should be easy enough to alter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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