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How can I change the main display via AppleScript?

Asked 2008-09-16T01:10:40.443
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From the Displays pane in System Preferences, I can manually change the main monitor by dragging the menu bar from one display to the other. I'd like to automate this and make it part of an AppleScript.

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You should see if you can do it via AppleScript's User Interface Scripting. It allows you to manipulate an application's GUI elements; useful when the app doesn't support scripting directly. I'd test it myself but I don't have any extra displays lying around.

Here's a pretty good overview by MacTech.

answered 2009-12-12T23:06:35.963

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