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Hey everyone,
I was able to get this running on Friday (Sept 9) and Monday (Sept 12) however it seems like today Apple might have changed something on their end? I'm not sure why this is happening but the script now stops at the agree to terms and condition window.
The AppleScript error message is:
System Events got an error: Can’t get UI element
"Terms and Conditions and Apple Privacy Policy" of UI
element 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of group 1 of
splitter group 1 of window "iTunes" of application
process "iTunes".
Anyone have any ideas?
iTunes: 12.4.3.1 OS: 10.11.6
Thanks,
@clburlison Since iOS 10 released on Tuesday, Sept 13 (in the US at least), I'm guessing something changed with the terms windows and broke the script. While I've found this script useful, this is why it is no longer maintained. I have no reason to use it until at least next summer (and maybe not again ever), and I don't really have time to look at it. However, tools I found useful over the course of a weekend and a week or so to resurrect the script this past summer were:
- AppleScript Tutorial at Lynda.com (since I'd never used AppleScript before)
- AppleScript Language Guide from Apple
- Old UI Script article from MacTech (Again, this was new to me.)
- Trial version of UI Browser by PFiddlesoft - To figure out the names of the UI elements.
- Trial version of Script Debugger 6 by Late Night Software - useful IDE for AppleScript
My trial versions of the tools above, which I found pretty essential, have expired so even if I had the time to jump back into this at the moment, which I don't, I don't have the tools, and I don't do this enough to license the software. (This was the first time I used AppleScript in a complex way and I haven't since.)
If you decide to try to fix the script, good luck and please merge the code back into this project!
Best regards, Bill
Hi Bill,
I agree - those who needed this should be moving towards Apple School Manger and such. Thank you for your contributions as this has helped us out once or twice!
Thanks,
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@clburlison https://github.com/clburlison Since iOS 10 released on Tuesday, Sept 13 (in the US at least), I'm guessing something changed with the terms windows and broke the script. While I've found this script useful, this is why it is no longer maintained. I have no reason to use it until at least next summer (and maybe not again ever), and I don't really have time to look at it. However, tools I found useful over the course of a weekend and a week or so to resurrect the script this past summer were:
AppleScript Tutorial at Lynda.com (since I'd never used AppleScript before) AppleScript Language Guide from Apple https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/introduction/ASLR_intro.html Old UI Script article from MacTech http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.21/21.06/UserInterfaceScripting/index.html (Again, this was new to me.)
Trial version of UI Browser http://pfiddlesoft.com/uibrowser/ by PFiddlesoft - To figure out the names of the UI elements.
Trial version of Script Debugger 6 by Late Night Software http://latenightsw.com/ - useful IDE for AppleScript
My trial versions of the tools above, which I found pretty essential, have expired so even if I had the time to jump back into this at the moment, which I don't, I don't have the tools, and I don't do this enough to license the software. (This was the first time I used AppleScript in a complex way and I haven't since.)
If you decide to try to fix the script, good luck and please merge the code back into this project!
Best regards, Bill
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@BillCampbell Thanks for the resources. If I'm able to find time and get this working I'll definitely create a PR.
Highly recommend option 4. PFiddlesoft's UI Browser can easily help you identify the correct reference to the UI element.
The only problem with the accounts created in ASM is that they can only browse the store, they cannot get apps. If you want the ID's to still be able to get free apps, you have to create the ID by hand.
@jploughe The idea behind using Managed Apple Ids created in ASM is that you would distribute apps using an MDM or maybe Apple Configurator. (I use JAMF Casper so I don't know much about Configurator.) With Casper I can "purchase" app licenses (even for free app) via the Apple Volume purchase store and distribute those apps via my own Self Service portal. Therefore, the App Store and making purchases is not required.
That said, another problem with Managed Apple IDs, which is one reason I didn't use them this past summer, is that Find My iPad is not supported. While the JAMF MDM does allow you to put an iPad in lost mode and will give you a location using iPad GPS data, that feature in the MDM does not allow you to activate an audible ping on the device. Our IT staff and students currently use that feature a lot so we avoided Managed Apple IDs this past summer, which is why I hacked at this script to make it work. My hope is that before next summer Apple or JAMF will deal with that somehow making Managed Apple IDs a better option and this script no longer necessary for my deployment.
Another possible problem is that Managed Apple IDs currently (maybe this will change) only provide the 5 GB of free iCloud storage, which we use for backups. There is no way to purchase more storage for a Managed Apple ID at the time I'm posting this as far as I can tell.
@BillCampbell I agree that in an ideal world, they should only be getting apps via our MDM. However, those with higher pay grades than me say the users should be able to get free apps of their choosing when they want them. I do hope someone can fix the script to get past the Agree to Terms page. I don't know enough about apple scripting yet to understand its conventions.