Hi,
I believe I used to set the "Show item info" preference with a Configuration Profile in the Finder payload. Or the old Global Plist payload.
Can't recall. It doesn't appear there anymore.
Is anybody using a script to check this off?
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Script: Show item info?
+20Best answer by YanW
try this
#!/bin/bash
currentuser=`stat -f "%Su" /dev/console`
## Show Item Info On Desktop
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" /Users/$currentuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
#Restarts cfprefsd and Finder
killAll cfprefsd
killAll Finder
+11try this
#!/bin/bash
currentuser=`stat -f "%Su" /dev/console`
## Show Item Info On Desktop
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" /Users/$currentuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
#Restarts cfprefsd and Finder
killAll cfprefsd
killAll Finder
+20Curious, would you happen to know why this script is failing? Trying to "Show All filename extensions." Swore this was a Config Profile before.
1)
#!/bin/bash
sudo -u "$currentUser" defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true
pkill -u "$currentUser" Finder
# defaults write /Users/"$currentUser"/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true
exit 0
2)
$ sudo -u "$currentUser" /usr/bin/defaults write
/Users/"$currentUser"/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true$ sudo killall Finder
+11Curious, would you happen to know why this script is failing? Trying to "Show All filename extensions." Swore this was a Config Profile before.
1)
#!/bin/bash
sudo -u "$currentUser" defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true
pkill -u "$currentUser" Finder
# defaults write /Users/"$currentUser"/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true
exit 0
2)
$ sudo -u "$currentUser" /usr/bin/defaults write
/Users/"$currentUser"/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true$ sudo killall Finder
Mine is the same except no "" on $currentUser. I also added sleep 2 before killall Finder. Can't remember why I did that but works every time.
#!/bin/sh
currentUser=$(ls -l /dev/console | awk '{print $3}')
sudo -u $currentUser /usr/bin/defaults write /Users/$currentUser/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true
sleep 2
killall Finder
sleep 2
# Jamf Protect Insights check
protectctl checkin --insights
+20That worked! Thanks again. Curious how you got better at scripting, but I guess that's a JNUC question or something I'd have to ask ya.
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