community.general.osx_defaults – Manage macOS user defaults¶
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.osx_defaults
.
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 are not running (such as default font for new documents, or the position of an Info panel).
Parameters¶
Examples¶
# TODO: Describe what happens in each example
- community.general.osx_defaults:
domain: com.apple.Safari
key: IncludeInternalDebugMenu
type: bool
value: true
state: present
- community.general.osx_defaults:
domain: NSGlobalDomain
key: AppleMeasurementUnits
type: string
value: Centimeters
state: present
- community.general.osx_defaults:
domain: /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate
key: AutomaticCheckEnabled
type: int
value: 1
become: yes
- community.general.osx_defaults:
domain: com.apple.screensaver
host: currentHost
key: showClock
type: int
value: 1
- community.general.osx_defaults:
key: AppleMeasurementUnits
type: string
value: Centimeters
- community.general.osx_defaults:
key: AppleLanguages
type: array
value:
- en
- nl
- community.general.osx_defaults:
domain: com.geekchimp.macable
key: ExampleKeyToRemove
state: absent
Authors¶
Franck Nijhof (!UNKNOWN)