Screensaver Plist auto reset

[kenho794]

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Hi All
Which drive me crazy
I using below script success to set the screensaver plist as i want
The first time is success. BUT when i want to change the time of "start after" problem came
When i edit the script and apply, which is success to effect in plist but not in the screen saver
When i open the screensaver the plist will reset to previous
I am carzy. I try many way to kill the preferences cache but doesn't work!!!!!
I am using OSX 10.10

curuser=ls -l /dev/console | cut -d " " -f 4 if [[ ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut -c27-50 != "00000000-0000-1000-8000-" ]]; then macUUID=ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut -c27-62 fi rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSaver.iLifeSlideShows.$macUUID.plist rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaver.iLifeSlideShows.$macUUID.plist defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist idleTime -string 36000 defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist CleanExit "YES" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist moduleDict -dict moduleName "iLifeSlideshows" path "/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/iLifeSlideshows.saver" type -int 0 defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist identifier "/Users/shared/cbs/" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist LastViewedPhotoPath "" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist SelectedFolderPath "/Users/shared/cbs/" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaver.iLifeSlideShows.$macUUID.plist styleKey -string Flipup chown -R $curuser:staff /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/ defaults reads /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist defaults reads /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist defaults reads /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaver.iLifeSlideShows.$macUUID.plist

[nessts]

do you have a killall cfprefsd somewhere in your script after all of the settings?

[kenho794]

@nessts Hi nes
Yes does, still not work
I gonna be crazy i already dig out this problem 7 hours

[kenho794 · Accepted solution]

Problem solved just the value error in the script

[pblake]

@kenho794 - can you explain your fix. I've been looking to do the same thing. Would love to use your script with a launch daemon to keep it going.

[russeller]

@pblake The only syntax error I spot in the script is the use of

defaults reads

should be

defaults read

towards the end of @kenho794 script. Not sure what he meant by "value error". Is the rest of the community finding that you have to put a script like this into a Launch Agent/Daemon in order for it to stick? Are Configuration Profiles not enforcing the screen saver reliably?

[kenho794]

Hi @pblake @ssrussell That is the whole script for the select photo model screen saver

#!/bin/sh curuser=ls -l /dev/console | cut -d " " -f 4 if [[ ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut -c27-50 != "00000000-0000-1000-8000-" ]]; then macUUID=ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut -c27-62 fi defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist askForPasswordDelay -int 0 defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist askForPassword -int 1 rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSaver.iLifeSlideShows.$macUUID.plist rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist rm /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaver.iLifeSlideShows.$macUUID.plist defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist idleTime -string 1200 defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist CleanExit "YES" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist moduleDict -dict moduleName "iLifeSlideshows" path "/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/iLifeSlideshows.saver" type -int 0 defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist identifier "/Users/shared/cbs/" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist LastViewedPhotoPath "" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist SelectedFolderPath "/Users/shared/cbs/" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSaver.iLifeSlideShows.$macUUID.plist styleKey -string Flipup defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist idleTime -string 1200 defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist CleanExit "YES" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.$macUUID.plist moduleDict -dict moduleName "iLifeSlideshows" path "/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/iLifeSlideshows.saver" type -int 0 defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist identifier "/Users/shared/cbs/" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist LastViewedPhotoPath "" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser.$macUUID.plist SelectedFolderPath "/Users/shared/cbs/" defaults write /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaver.iLifeSlideShows.$macUUID.plist styleKey -string Flipup chown -R $curuser:staff /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ByHost/ chown -R $curuser:staff /Users/$curuser/Library/Preferences/ killall cfprefsd echo $curuser 006 > /tmp/curuser.txt