How can I enable Mountain Lion Airplay mirroring through command line?

Question

I want to enable/disable airplay mirroring with an script and I don't know how to find what commands are executed when Airplay is activated.

Any idea about how to do it or where to search?

Thank you!

Answer 1

You can do this with AppleScript. First create "EnableAirplay.scpt" and paste following content in it:

tell application "System Preferences"
    set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.displays"
    activate
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "System Preferences"
        click pop up button 1 of window 1
        click menu item 2 of menu 1 of pop up button 1 of window 1
    end tell
end tell

tell application "System Preferences"
    quit
end tell

Then you can run this script with following command:

osascript EnableAirPlay.scpt

This will automate enabling AirPlay. For more detail you can refer to following references:

• http://oguzarduc.blogspot.com/2012/08/applescript-for-activating-airplay.html
• http://www.maclife.com/article/columns/terminal_101_running_applescripts_terminal

Answer 2

Check this page: http://oguzarduc.blogspot.com/2012/08/applescript-for-activating-airplay.html