hym3242 / IAfavlistgen

Created November 18, 2024 09:44

Generate Internet Archive favlist of identifiers

jq -r  '.request.backend_requests | to_entries[] | select(.key | test("^favorites_doc")) | .value.finalized_parameters.doc_ids[]' 

hym3242 / get-childitem_recursive_ffmpeg_qsv_scrub_find_errors.ps1

Last active January 9, 2025 07:30

Recusively list medida files, use ffmpeg (with hwaccel qsv) to scrub the files (attempt to decode from start to end) to find errors

	#$ErrorView = "Basic"
	# Suppresses all errors globally in the script/session
	#$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue" #causes script to stuck at get-childitem

	param(
	[string]$rootfolderarg
	)

	function Sanitize-FileName {
	param ([string]$fileName)

hym3242 / sonoma-text-insertion-point-downgrade.jxa.js

Created September 16, 2024 15:48 — forked from stephancasas/sonoma-text-insertion-point-downgrade.jxa.js

Disable Sonoma Text Insertion Point ("Cursor" / "Caret")

	#!/usr/bin/env osascript -l JavaScript

	const App = Application.currentApplication();
	App.includeStandardAdditions = true;

	const kCFPrefsFeatureFlagsDir = '/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain';
	const kCFPrefsFeatureEnabledKey = 'Enabled';

	const kUIKitDomainPrefsTemporaryPath = '/tmp/UIKit.plist';
	const kUIKitRedesignedTextCursorKey = 'redesigned_text_cursor';

hym3242 / SkyLightInternals.c

Created May 20, 2024 09:02

Uses some SkyLight private symbols to print some useful stuff

	//cc SLsymtest.c -g -o SLsymtest -framework Carbon -undefined dynamic_lookup

	#include <unistd.h>
	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
	#include <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h>
	#include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>

	void SLDisplayDefaultVisualBell();
	void SLSGetDebugOptions(int* options);

hym3242 / clickScreenshotWindowMarkupButton.m

Last active May 16, 2024 01:14

A objc program that clicks the "markup" button in "com.apple.screencaptureui" application 's "ScreenshotAnnotationWindow" (titled "Screenshot")

	// compile with: cc clickScreenshotWindowMarkupButton.m -o clickScreenshotWindowMarkupButton -framework Cocoa
	// This program clicks the "markup" button in "com.apple.screencaptureui" application 's "ScreenshotAnnotationWindow" (titled "Screenshot")
	// Mostly written by the obviously-dumber-than-first-launched ChatGPT 4 Classic. No rights reserved.

	#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
	#import <AppKit/AppKit.h>

	// Function to find the PID using bundle identifier
	pid_t pidForBundleIdentifier(NSString *bundleIdentifier) {
	NSArray *apps = [NSRunningApplication runningApplicationsWithBundleIdentifier:bundleIdentifier];

hym3242 / macos_interesting_tools.md

Last active May 8, 2025 15:08

macOS interesting tools

many are discovered by scouring the manpages apropos -s 1/8/? .

nettop
nscurl
(arp)
textutil
wish, tcl/tk etc.
last

hym3242 / SkyLight_private_newloginsession.c

Last active June 14, 2024 08:33

Create and switch WindowServer sessions with SkyLight private functions (no need for Fast User Switching, hooray!!!), compile with `cc xxx.c -g -o xxx -framework Carbon -undefined dynamic_lookup`.

	#include <stdio.h>
	int SLSCreateLoginSession(int *outSession); //courtesy of NUIKit/CGSInternal

	int main(){
	int outsession;
	int ret = SLSCreateLoginSession(&outsession);
	printf("login session created: %d\n",outsession);
	return ret;
	}

hym3242 / dumpTerminalWindowByPartialName.m

Last active May 10, 2024 19:45

Dump full text content (incl. scrollback) of a window of Terminal.app with partial name of the window title.

	// I have set my terminal to set wintitle with escape sequence every time a new window is created so that I can dump window by just tty name.
	// I have this command in .profile: wintitle $(basename $(tty))
	// where wintitle is:
	// $ type wintitle
	// wintitle is a function
	// wintitle ()
	// {
	// echo -en "\e]0;$1\x01\e\\"
	// }

hym3242 / SLsymtest.c

Last active April 22, 2024 17:26

macOS privateframework SkyLight.framework private external function test: flash your screen with a visual bell!

	//compile with
	//cc SLsymtest.c -o SLsymtest -framework Carbon -undefined dynamic_lookup
	// -framework for macho loading commands for SkyLight to be loaded otherwise dyld at runtime will complain and abort
	// -undefined dynamic_lookup to prevent linker from complaining it can't find a definition/implementation for symbol

	void SLDisplayDefaultVisualBell();

	int main(){
	SLDisplayDefaultVisualBell(); //via default mach port to WindowServer (after SkyLight bootstraps)
	return 0;

hym3242 / BetterFormattedDescription.txt

Last active April 9, 2024 08:54

Better formatted description of NARA record "Private Motion Pictures of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun" https://catalog.archives.gov/id/43461

	Reel 1
	Part 1, b&w, Eva Braun swims with her parents and others at Hitler's mountain retreat at Berchtesgaden. Hitler and Eva greet guests. Eva swims and performs gymnastics.
	Part 2, color, shows Hitler, Eva, and the mountains surrounding the retreat. Eva and others swim, surfboard, and play at nearby lakes. Shows Hitler and others on a terrace overlooking the mountains.
	Part 3, b&w, Hitler stands with officers as a guard forms and departs.
	Part 4, color, shows Eva picking flowers.
	Part 5, b&w, Hitler talks to Himmler and other officers.
	Reel 2
	Part 1, color, shows a panoramic view from the terrace of Hitler's retreat. Eva greets Goebbels. Hitler talks to Himmler and others.
	Part 2, b&w, Hitler greets a group of women and children.
	Part 3, color, shows the surrounding mountains. Hitler plays with a dog, children play in the snow, and Eva and others swim and play in the water.

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macOS interesting tools