Control Notification Center via the command line!
I needed a project to learn a little Python with and decided to re-write Jacob Salmela's NCUtil to work with current versions of macOS.
Managed Preferences are all or nothing, often you want to be flexible but ensure certain notifications aren't displaying on the lock screen of your clients. This is where ncprefs.py can come in handy!
I've heavily refactored this script (implemented a little "DRY" this time) and simplified the flags.
The changes since Big Sur have made some bits easier and others harder, the changes are enough that version 0.2 will only support Big Sur and up.
The initial script has been versioned "0.1" and placed in the releases page as-is for Mojave/Catalina users.
I assume once Monterey is officially released, apps can ask if you'd like to allow this for Focus mode.
As of now it seems only the Home app supports the critical alert type
Check which settings are available on a test machine prior to pushing out settings.
./ncprefs.py -b at.obdev.littlesnitch.agent reports True even though we don't have an option to enable 'Bage app icon.'
Since Catalina the user must allow notifications before we can change any settings, ncprefs.py will let you know when the specific bundle-id has not been approved.
- The PyObjC bridge is required:
pip3 install pyobjc(A nice option might be to use Greg Neagle's relocatable Python to push your own and the change the#!/usr/local/bin/python3in this script to match the installation path.) - The macadmins org on GitHub has a solution for maintaining your instance of python. github.com/macadmins/python This repo is designed to take and extend Greg Neagle's relocatable python and make managing your python even easier.
List all available Apps along with their Bundle ID's:
./ncprefs.py -l
Get the alert setting for an app:
./ncprefs.py -a com.apple.iCal
Set a new alert type for an app:
./ncprefs.py -sa banner com.apple.iCal
- Detect if settings are managed via MDM