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Hey All,



I'm trying to run a command that will allow me to add the screen lock to touchbar.



I've been using the following command.



defaults write com.apple.controlstrip MiniCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.screen-lock

killall ControlStrip


However when the command runs the touch bar refreshes and everyone on my touch bar goes away and the only shortcut is the screen lock



I want to add the screen lock shortcut to the furtherest right position next to the touch ID sensor.



Some info:
Computer is running 10.14.6



Any help would be appreciated. 

#!/bin/bash



# Get the Username of the currently logged user

loggedInUser=`/bin/ls -l /dev/console | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $3 }'`

echo $loggedInUser



##Set control strip for user

#full

sudo -u $loggedInUser rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.controlstrip.plist

sudo -u $loggedInUser defaults write com.apple.controlstrip FullCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.group.brightness

sudo -u $loggedInUser defaults write com.apple.controlstrip FullCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.mission-control

sudo -u $loggedInUser defaults write com.apple.controlstrip FullCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.launchpad

sudo -u $loggedInUser defaults write com.apple.controlstrip FullCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.group.keyboard-brightness

sudo -u $loggedInUser defaults write com.apple.controlstrip FullCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.group.media

sudo -u $loggedInUser defaults write com.apple.controlstrip FullCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.group.volume

sudo -u $loggedInUser defaults write com.apple.controlstrip FullCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.screen-lock

#mini

sudo -u $loggedInUser defaults write com.apple.controlstrip MiniCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.mute

sudo -u $loggedInUser defaults write com.apple.controlstrip MiniCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.volume

sudo -u $loggedInUser defaults write com.apple.controlstrip MiniCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.brightness

sudo -u $loggedInUser defaults write com.apple.controlstrip MiniCustomized -array-add com.apple.system.screen-lock

killall ControlStrip

thanks @TrH This is exactly what I was looking for.

How would I create the plist itself. Is there a command I need to run in terminal.

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