macOS Control

# 1. Check if process exists and is accessible
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of process "AppName"'

# 2. Inspect window UI element tree (core check)
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppName" to entire contents of window 1'

# 3. Check if target element exists (e.g., when clicking a button)
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppName" to name of every button of window 1'

# Search Applications directories
ls /Applications/ /Applications/Utilities/ ~/Applications/ 2>/dev/null | grep -i "KEYWORD"

# Spotlight search
mdfind "kMDItemContentType == 'com.apple.application-bundle'" -name "KEYWORD"

# Get bundle ID and display name
mdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier -name kMDItemDisplayName "/Applications/AppName.app"

# View running apps
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every process whose background only is false'

# List all installed applications (strip .app suffix for readability)
ls /Applications/ /Applications/Utilities/ ~/Applications/ /System/Applications/ /System/Applications/Utilities/ 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\.app$//' | sort -u

# Step 1: Resolve app name (never skip)
ls /Applications/ /Applications/Utilities/ ~/Applications/ 2>/dev/null | grep -i "KEYWORD"
mdfind "kMDItemContentType == 'com.apple.application-bundle'" -name "KEYWORD"

# Step 2: Minimize all other applications
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set visible of every process whose visible is true to false'

# Step 3: Wait for minimization to complete (must wait to prevent target app from being minimized)
sleep 1

# Step 4: Open target application
open -a "AppName"                                    # Open
open -b "com.bundle.id"                              # Open by bundle ID
osascript -e 'tell application "AppName" to activate' # Bring to foreground

# Step 5: Wait for app to be ready
sleep 1

# Quit application
osascript -e 'tell application "AppName" to quit'     # Quit

open "/path/to/file"                      # Open file with default app
open -a "AppName" "/path/to/file"         # Open file with specific app
open "https://example.com"                # Open URL in default browser
open -a "Google Chrome" "https://url"     # Open in specific browser

osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to open folder "Documents" of home'
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to get selection as alias list'
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to make new folder at desktop with properties {name:"New"}'

osascript -e 'tell application "Safari" to open location "https://example.com"'
osascript -e 'tell application "Safari" to get URL of current tab of front window'
osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to get URL of active tab of front window'
osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to execute active tab of front window javascript "document.title"'

osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to do script "ls -la"'

# List all UI elements
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppName" to entire contents of window 1'

# List only buttons / text fields
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppName" to name of every button of window 1'
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppName" to every text field of window 1'

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppName" to click button "OK" of window 1'
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppName" to click checkbox "Enable" of window 1'

# List menu items
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppName" to name of every menu bar item of menu bar 1'
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppName" to name of every menu item of menu "File" of menu bar 1'

# Click menu item
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppName" to click menu item "Paste" of menu "Edit" of menu bar 1'

# Set text field value
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppName" to set value of text field 1 of window 1 to "hello"'

# Simulate keystroke input (current focus)
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "hello"'

# Non-ASCII characters via clipboard
osascript -e 'set the clipboard to "中文文本"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down'

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "s" using command down'           # Cmd+S
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "s" using {command down, shift down}' # Cmd+Shift+S
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to key code 36'   # Return
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to key code 53'   # Escape

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every window of process "AppName"'
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set size of window 1 of process "AppName" to {1200, 800}'
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set position of window 1 of process "AppName" to {0, 0}'
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set value of attribute "AXFullScreen" of window 1 of process "AppName" to true'