Wi-Fi toggle, Network Location, Fast User Switching, Finder Settings...

[dgarsys]

Hi, I really appreciate the work put into this.

 

 

One note: the "network location" workflow doesn't deal well when the location names have spaces in them....

 

I'll see if I can figure out why it breaks up on spaces, as the "networksetup -listlocations" command doesn't break on spaces

 

 

 

[dgarsys]

Hmmm.. grabbed the listing portion of the script and modified it to run in the standard bash shell just to see the output as follows by getting rid of the query lines...

 

 

 

#!/bin/bash


CURRENT_LOCATION=$(networksetup -getcurrentlocation)


echo "<items>"


#if [[ -z "{query}" ]]
#then 
LOCATIONS=$(networksetup -listlocations)
#else
#LOCATIONS=$(networksetup -listlocations | grep -i "{query}") 
#fi


for LOCATION in $LOCATIONS
do
if [[ "$CURRENT_LOCATION" != "$LOCATION" ]]


then echo "<item uid=\"network location $LOCATION\" arg=\"$LOCATION\"><title>$LOCATION</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>yes</valid></item>"


fi


done


echo "<item uid=\"\" arg=\"\"><title>$CURRENT_LOCATION (selected)</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>no</valid></item>"


echo "</items>"
 

 

 

The output was as follows - with line breaks...

 

 

 

<items>
<item uid="network location Manual" arg="Manual"><title>Manual</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>yes</valid></item>
<item uid="network location Automatic" arg="Automatic"><title>Automatic</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>yes</valid></item>
<item uid="network location Wired" arg="Wired"><title>Wired</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>yes</valid></item>
<item uid="network location In" arg="In"><title>In</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>yes</valid></item>
<item uid="network location Google" arg="Google"><title>Google</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>yes</valid></item>
<item uid="network location DNS" arg="DNS"><title>DNS</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>yes</valid></item>
<item uid="network location Automatic" arg="Automatic"><title>Automatic</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>yes</valid></item>
<item uid="network location (Wifi" arg="(Wifi"><title>(Wifi</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>yes</valid></item>
<item uid="network location First)" arg="First)"><title>First)</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>yes</valid></item>
<item uid="" arg=""><title>Automatic (Wifi First) (selected)</title><subtitle>Network Location</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon><valid>no</valid></item>
</items>

 

 

 

 

So, when I use the workflow:

 

Edited March 16, 2013 by dgarsys

[dgarsys]

The heart of the matter seems to be that bash breaks arrays up on spaces.

 

I got the listing right by resetting the $IFS environmental variable to a newline, but that still hasn't allowed me to switch to a new location...

[aiyo]

The heart of the matter seems to be that bash breaks arrays up on spaces.

 

I got the listing right by resetting the $IFS environmental variable to a newline, but that still hasn't allowed me to switch to a new location...

 

You are absolutely right.

 

I've updated the workflow and it should now play nice with locations with spaces.

 

You can download it here (or use the links in the first post) https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/Network-Location/Network-Location.alfredworkflow

 

Cheers,

Jonas

 

UPDATE:

I just rewrote the workflow now searching works better.

Edited March 16, 2013 by Jonas Eriksen

[dgarsys]

Thank you - that worked, awesome.

 

At some point I'll have to parse how you worked around that... as sed/awk is not something I'm comfortable with yet.

[aixxo]

Hi, when I try to use the network location workflow I'm asked for admin password and the location isn't changed.

Anything I have to do beside importing the workflow?

I used the 1.x script for a long time with no problems!

 

Thanks alot!

 

Oliver

[aiyo]

Hi, when I try to use the network location workflow I'm asked for admin password and the location isn't changed.

Anything I have to do beside importing the workflow?

I used the 1.x script for a long time with no problems!

 

Thanks alot!

 

Oliver

 

Hi,

 

OSX 10.8 has increased the security in many areas. Because of this "networksetup" (the commandline tool I use in the Network Location Workflow) needs admin privileges for certain tasks. This is why you are requested for the password (it's all done by OSX). If you cancel this request (or mistypes the password or try a username that does not have admin privileges) the network settings are not changed!

 

You could set permission suid to /usr/sbin/networksetup to make it run with root permission, but that opens up for misuse so I won't encourage that.

 

Cheers,

Jonas

[aixxo]

ok, i replaced the command with the line out of the v1 script:

 

/usr/sbin/scselect 2>&1 | /usr/bin/egrep -i "\({query}" | /usr/bin/cut -c 4- | /usr/bin/cut -f 1 | /usr/bin/head -n 1 | /usr/bin/xargs /usr/sbin/scselect
 

That seems to work quite well. :-)

[aiyo]

ok, i replaced the command with the line out of the v1 script:

 

/usr/sbin/scselect 2>&1 | /usr/bin/egrep -i "\({query}" | /usr/bin/cut -c 4- | /usr/bin/cut -f 1 | /usr/bin/head -n 1 | /usr/bin/xargs /usr/sbin/scselect
 

That seems to work quite well. :-)

 

Thanks! I did not know about scselect. Nice that it does not need elevated privileges.

The other commands is not needed (it is used to trim down the result of scselect). I have updated Network Location to use scselect now!

 

Thanks again!

 

Cheers

[aixxo]

Thanks! I did not know about scselect. Nice that it does not need elevated privileges.

The other commands is not needed (it is used to trim down the result of scselect). I have updated Network Location to use scselect now!

 

Thanks again!

 

Cheers

Your welcome, all credit belongs here : http://jamesoff.net/site/2011/06/09/alfred-script-to-change-network-location-in-os-x/

[Creegan]

The Wifi switch throws 404

[aiyo]

The Wifi switch throws 404

 

Sorry about that. I've updated the link and it works again.

 

Cheers

[Davide]

I have updated Fast User Switching which fixes the "(logged in)" and "RealName:" issues.

 

https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/Fast-User-Switching/Fast-User-Switching.alfredworkflow

 

Hi Jonas,

thank you for this workflow!

One thing: I have deactivated the guest account but the workflow shows me it. Possible to change that?

[Davide]

Hi Jonas,

everything works perfect now. Had to enable and disable the guest account once and then it disappeared.

[petebocken]

I'm trying to get this to pass the selected location name to notification center.  If I use {query} it displays something like "CurrentSet updated to 5775F97D-8B7A-4D2B-578...."

Edited January 29, 2014 by petebocken

[erinsnow]

Excellent workflow！

I have two wifis in my house, which are switched between all day long.

Never did I find such a switch workflow except this kind of On/Off toggles.

Please help~ thank you.

[CageD]

Superb! Using the Fast User Switching workflow is the best next to sliced bread!

[octothorpe]

Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but it seems this fast user switching workflow has (after all these years) stopped working under Big Sur. Anybody have a good, current workflow that lets one quickly switch users using Alfred?

Edited January 16, 2021 by octothorpe

[Southgirl]

In case anyone's interested, the Wi-Fi toggle's still working. Installed it a couple of days ago, seems to be working fine so far on Monterey 12.3.1.