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C. Wenger
C. Wenger

Reputation: 11

Applescript to change Mac display resolution to "Scaled", "Larger text"

I want to use an Applescript to set my Mac screen resolution to "Scaled", "Larger text".

I found the stackoverflow script below which works great to select the 2nd scaled resolution button. However, I would like to select the 1st, "Larger text". That resolution requires an OK button click which I don't know how to do.

tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal anchor "displaysDisplayTab" of pane 
               "com.apple.preference.displays"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences" to tell window "Built-in Retina Display"
    click radio button "Scaled" of radio group 1 of tab group 1
    click radio button 2 of radio group 1 of group 1 of tab group 1
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"

I changed button 2 to button 1, but there was no change in the resolution.

Thanks for your help.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1772

Answers (2)

Jake Hilborn
Jake Hilborn

Reputation: 321

I wrote a command line util called displayplacer that makes this super easy - especially for multi-monitor setups. For example, I can set my MacBook Pro to Larger Text by executing displayplacer "id:F466F621-B5FA-04A0-0800-CFA6C258DECD res:1024x640 scaling:on origin:(-1024,1060) degree:0"

Also available via Homebrew: brew tap jakehilborn/jakehilborn && brew install displayplacer

Upvotes: 2

wch1zpink
wch1zpink

Reputation: 3142

This AppleScript code works for me using the latest version of macOS Mojave.

tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences" to tell window "Built-in Retina Display"
    click radio button "Scaled" of radio group 1 of tab group 1
    click radio button 1 of radio group 1 of group 2 of tab group 1
    delay 0.1 -- May Need To Adjust
    try
        click button "OK" of sheet 1
    end try
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"

Upvotes: 0

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