From db2e6917927d83644fc54a6bcc557a91f33fee47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Vink <ivi@vinkies.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:47:26 +0200
Subject: use osascript to change wallpaper on macos

---
 pywal/wallpaper.py | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

(limited to 'pywal')

diff --git a/pywal/wallpaper.py b/pywal/wallpaper.py
index 6a50627..a2cb0b4 100644
--- a/pywal/wallpaper.py
+++ b/pywal/wallpaper.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Set the wallpaper."""
+
 import ctypes
 import logging
 import os
@@ -45,16 +46,25 @@ def xfconf(img):
     xfconf_re = re.compile(
         r"^/backdrop/screen\d/monitor(?:0|\w*)/"
         r"(?:(?:image-path|last-image)|workspace\d/last-image)$",
-        flags=re.M
+        flags=re.M,
     )
     xfconf_data = subprocess.check_output(
         ["xfconf-query", "--channel", "xfce4-desktop", "--list"],
-        stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
-    ).decode('utf8')
+        stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+    ).decode("utf8")
     paths = xfconf_re.findall(xfconf_data)
     for path in paths:
-        util.disown(["xfconf-query", "--channel", "xfce4-desktop",
-                     "--property", path, "--set", img])
+        util.disown(
+            [
+                "xfconf-query",
+                "--channel",
+                "xfce4-desktop",
+                "--property",
+                path,
+                "--set",
+                img,
+            ]
+        )
 
 
 def set_wm_wallpaper(img):
@@ -96,26 +106,42 @@ def set_desktop_wallpaper(desktop, img):
         xfconf(img)
 
     elif "muffin" in desktop or "cinnamon" in desktop:
-        util.disown(["gsettings", "set",
-                     "org.cinnamon.desktop.background",
-                     "picture-uri", "file://" + urllib.parse.quote(img)])
+        util.disown(
+            [
+                "gsettings",
+                "set",
+                "org.cinnamon.desktop.background",
+                "picture-uri",
+                "file://" + urllib.parse.quote(img),
+            ]
+        )
 
     elif "gnome" in desktop or "unity" in desktop:
-        util.disown(["gsettings", "set",
-                     "org.gnome.desktop.background",
-                     "picture-uri", "file://" + urllib.parse.quote(img)])
+        util.disown(
+            [
+                "gsettings",
+                "set",
+                "org.gnome.desktop.background",
+                "picture-uri",
+                "file://" + urllib.parse.quote(img),
+            ]
+        )
 
     elif "mate" in desktop:
-        util.disown(["gsettings", "set", "org.mate.background",
-                     "picture-filename", img])
+        util.disown(
+            ["gsettings", "set", "org.mate.background", "picture-filename", img]
+        )
 
     elif "sway" in desktop:
         util.disown(["swaymsg", "output", "*", "bg", img, "fill"])
 
     elif "awesome" in desktop:
-        util.disown(["awesome-client",
-                     "require('gears').wallpaper.maximized('{img}')"
-                    .format(**locals())])
+        util.disown(
+            [
+                "awesome-client",
+                "require('gears').wallpaper.maximized('{img}')".format(**locals()),
+            ]
+        )
 
     elif "kde" in desktop:
         string = """
@@ -124,41 +150,36 @@ def set_desktop_wallpaper(desktop, img):
             d.currentConfigGroup = Array("Wallpaper", "org.kde.image",
             "General");d.writeConfig("Image", "%s")};
         """
-        util.disown(["qdbus", "org.kde.plasmashell", "/PlasmaShell",
-                     "org.kde.PlasmaShell.evaluateScript", string % img])
+        util.disown(
+            [
+                "qdbus",
+                "org.kde.plasmashell",
+                "/PlasmaShell",
+                "org.kde.PlasmaShell.evaluateScript",
+                string % img,
+            ]
+        )
     else:
         set_wm_wallpaper(img)
 
 
 def set_mac_wallpaper(img):
     """Set the wallpaper on macOS."""
-    db_file = "Library/Application Support/Dock/desktoppicture.db"
-    db_path = os.path.join(HOME, db_file)
-
-    # Put the image path in the database
-    sql = "insert into data values(\"%s\"); " % img
-    subprocess.call(["sqlite3", db_path, sql])
-
-    # Get the index of the new entry
-    sql = "select max(rowid) from data;"
-    new_entry = subprocess.check_output(["sqlite3", db_path, sql])
-    new_entry = new_entry.decode('utf8').strip('\n')
-
-    # Get all picture ids (monitor/space pairs)
-    get_pics_cmd = ['sqlite3', db_path, "select rowid from pictures;"]
-    pictures = subprocess.check_output(get_pics_cmd)
-    pictures = pictures.decode('utf8').split('\n')
-
-    # Clear all existing preferences
-    sql += "delete from preferences; "
-
-    # Write all pictures to the new image
-    for pic in pictures:
-        if pic:
-            sql += 'insert into preferences (key, data_id, picture_id) '
-            sql += 'values(1, %s, %s); ' % (new_entry, pic)
-
-    subprocess.call(["sqlite3", db_path, sql])
+    subprocess.call(
+        [
+            "osascript",
+            "-e",
+            f"""
+tell application "System Events"
+	repeat with desktopIndex from 1 to count of desktops
+		tell desktop desktopIndex
+			set picture to "{img}"
+		end tell
+	end repeat
+end tell
+""",
+        ]
+    )
 
     # Kill the dock to fix issues with cached wallpapers.
     # macOS caches wallpapers and if a wallpaper is set that shares
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