Matthew matthewbodaly

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

	#!/usr/bin/python

	import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
	import requests
	import uuid

	params = {'cup2hreq': 'foo', 'cup2key': 'bar'}

	platform = 'mac'
	os_version = '10.12'

	# Tested on 10.11
	# Assumes your network is in a state to actually do the discovery and that you have
	# automatic timezone discovery enabled in Date & Time and Location services enabled
	# (Generally this means wifi enabled on your device and network stack is up)

	# For enabling location services and auto, check Allister's work here:
	# https://gist.github.com/arubdesu/b72585771a9f606ad800

	from Foundation import NSBundle
	TZPP = NSBundle.bundleWithPath_("/System/Library/PreferencePanes/DateAndTime.prefPane/Contents/Resources/TimeZone.prefPane")

	import objc
	from Foundation import NSBundle
	login_bundle = NSBundle.bundleWithPath_('/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/login.framework')

	functions = [('SACLockScreenImmediate', '@'),]
	objc.loadBundleFunctions(login_bundle, globals(), functions)


	# Lock the screen regardless of security settings or who is logged in
	result = SACLockScreenImmediate()

	import objc
	from Foundation import NSBundle

	CG_bundle = NSBundle.bundleWithIdentifier_('com.apple.CoreGraphics')

	functions = [("CGSSessionCopyAllSessionProperties", b"@"),]

	objc.loadBundleFunctions(CG_bundle, globals(), functions)

	# example usage: graphical_security_sessions = CGSSessionCopyAllSessionProperties()

	import os.path
	from Foundation import NSData, NSKeyedUnarchiver, SFLListItem, NSURL, NSMutableDictionary, NSKeyedArchiver, NSString, NSDictionary, NSArray

	def load_favservers(sfl_path):
	if os.path.isfile(sfl_path):
	# File exists, use it
	sfl_decoded = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObjectWithData_(NSData.dataWithContentsOfFile_(sfl_path))
	else:
	# File doesn't exist, make a blank template
	sfl_decoded = {u'items': [],

	class ProgressDialog(object):
	def __init__(self, message, title, use_bar=True):
	super(self.__class__, self).__init__()
	self.message = message
	self.title = title
	self.use_bar = use_bar
	self.queue = None
	self.process = None
	def display(self):
	# [ begin black magic ]

	#!/usr/bin/python

	# As written, this requires the following:
	# - OS X 10.6+ (may not work in 10.10, haven't tested)
	# - python 2.6 or 2.7 (for collections.namedtuple usage, should be fine as default python in 10.6 is 2.6)
	# - pyObjC (as such, recommended to be used with native OS X python install)

	# Only tested and confirmed to work against 10.9.5
	# Run with root

	# Skip to the end to see what this can do.
	#
	# http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/Ivanhoe/FLAT.html
	# Flat packages are xar files with a particular structure
	# We're looking for the PackageInfo file within the xar file

	import urllib2, ctypes, zlib
	import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

	class SimpleObj(object):