[Request] Workflow to enable/disable Internet Sharing

[tyler_zyco]

My MacBook does not sleep while internet sharing is enabled. Therefore I usually go to system preferences to turn it off and on multiple times a day.

 

Can anybody help me with creating a workflow that completes this task faster? I'm a newbie for sure.

 

Thanks in advance!

[dfay]

Create a workflow that calls this Applescript:

 

http://lifehacker.com/5745770/toggle-sharing-preferences-in-os-x-with-a-one-click-applescript

[tyler_zyco]

Create a workflow that calls this Applescript:

 

http://lifehacker.com/5745770/toggle-sharing-preferences-in-os-x-with-a-one-click-applescript

Perfect! 

I had to change row 11 to row 9, and "Airport" to "Internet Sharing" in the Applescript. I think that's because this is an old lifehacker post and things have changed in OS X.

 

I also added this at the end:

tell application "System Preferences"

  quit

end tell

[tyler_zyco]

Create a workflow that calls this Applescript:

 

http://lifehacker.com/5745770/toggle-sharing-preferences-in-os-x-with-a-one-click-applescript

Could you help me change the Applescript so that it always turns Internet Sharing off? I want to add this script to the end of a different Workflow so that OS X always turns off Internet Sharing and goes to sleep:

tell application finder

  to sleep

end tell

[dfay]

I think you could add an if...then to only execute the click statement if the checkbox is checked.

 

Some guidance on how to do so is here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9690129/tick-a-checkbox-only-if-its-not-selected

 

& here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13021798/verify-a-checkbox-before-clicking-with-applescript

 

Your code is the post above would need to begin

tell application "Finder" (i.e. with the app name quoted).

[tyler_zyco]

I'll work on it. Thanks a bunch!

[milopus]

I am not sure why this applescript is not working correctly for me in Mavericks.  I really know nothing about Applescript, but I was using this for a long time to toggle internet sharing off and on via wifi.

 

Here is what happens.  If I run this without System Preferences open, it opens System Preferences and then stops.

If I have System Preferences open, it goes through and turns on Internet Sharing and "start" as well, but then after a moment, my wifi turns off.

 

This is quite puzzling.  It's probably a simple fix, but I do not know what to do.

 

Thanks.

 

on alfred_script(q)

 

tell application "System Preferences"

activate

end tell

 

tell application "System Events"

  tell process "System Preferences"

    click menu item "Sharing" of menu "View" of menu bar 1

    delay 2

    tell window "Sharing"

      click checkbox 1 of row 7 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1

      delay 1

      if (exists sheet 1) then

        click button "Start" of sheet 1

      end if

    end tell

  end tell

end tell

 

tell application "System Preferences"

  quit

end tell

end alfred_script