osx_defaults - osx_defaults allows users to read, write, and delete macOS user defaults from Ansible

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

• osx_defaults allows users to read, write, and delete macOS user defaults from Ansible scripts. macOS applications and other programs use the defaults system to record user preferences and other information that must be maintained when the applications aren’t running (such as default font for new documents, or the position of an Info panel).

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
array_add bool	Choices: no ← yes	Add new elements to the array for a key which has an array as its value.
domain	Default: NSGlobalDomain	The domain is a domain name of the form com.companyname.appname.
host (added in 2.1)		The host on which the preference should apply. The special value "currentHost" corresponds to the "-currentHost" switch of the defaults commandline tool.
key required		The key of the user preference
state	Choices: present ← absent	The state of the user defaults
type	Choices: array bool boolean date float int integer string ←	The type of value to write.
value		The value to write. Only required when state = present.

Notes

Note

• Apple Mac caches defaults. You may need to logout and login to apply the changes.

Examples

- osx_defaults:
    domain: com.apple.Safari
    key: IncludeInternalDebugMenu
    type: bool
    value: true
    state: present

- osx_defaults:
    domain: NSGlobalDomain
    key: AppleMeasurementUnits
    type: string
    value: Centimeters
    state: present

- osx_defaults:
    domain: com.apple.screensaver
    host: currentHost
    key: showClock
    type: int
    value: 1

- osx_defaults:
    key: AppleMeasurementUnits
    type: string
    value: Centimeters

- osx_defaults:
    key: AppleLanguages
    type: array
    value:
      - en
      - nl

- osx_defaults:
    domain: com.geekchimp.macable
    key: ExampleKeyToRemove
    state: absent

Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Franck Nijhof (@frenck)

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