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I Made My Own Script To Fill Out Tedious PDF Forms For Me

I Made My Own Script To Fill Out Tedious PDF Forms For Me

I often need to fill out a PDF form for requesting medical records. I have typically done this using Preview since I can use it to digitally sign the form [https://jacobsalmela.com/os-x-sign-pdf-documents-using-real-signature-using-preview/]. But requesting new records after every appointment started becoming tedious–even when doing it digitally. I

OS X: Enforce Wallpaper On Mavericks and Yosemite With launchd And Python

OS X: Enforce Wallpaper On Mavericks and Yosemite With launchd And Python

If you always want a Mac to have the same wallpaper no matter what, you need a way to enforce it and there are many ways to do this: * config profile [https://github.com/gregneagle/profiles/blob/master/desktop_picture.mobileconfig] * lock down file and preferences [https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/

TestNav Workflows - OS X and Windows

OS X Pre-requisites * Install click [http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2008051406323031] (direct download [http://www.macosxhints.com/dlfiles/click_binary.zip]) Create an ARD workflow to prepare machines for testing Save each script as a template. 00.Enable Accessibility Run this once per computer and then reboot. 01.

Scripting Pearson's TestNav on Windows Using Python

Getting Pearson’s Web-based TestNav to work on OS X was challenging enough [https://jacobsalmela.com/scripting-pearsons-testnav-safari-java-exception-lists/], but getting it to work on Windows is also difficult. Fortunately, Windows can run Python–even though it isn’t installed by default like OS X. And Python is great for scripting [https:

tccutil.py: Command Line Utility for Modifying the Accessibility Database in OS X

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tccutil.py: Command Line Utility for Modifying the Accessibility Database in OS X

I love working in the command line, but one part of OS X that thus far has been difficult to script is modifying the accessibility database in OS X 10.9. There are many examples out there of people needing to do something like this: * https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.