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Diveboss164 Author

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Script no longer gets SSID. macOS 14.4 Sonoma

set mySSID to do shell script "/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I | awk '/ SSID/{print substr($0, index($0, $2))}'"

set feedback to display dialog ("You are currently connected to:

WiFi SSID: " & mySSID as string) & ".

I used to see: "WiFi SSID: <current SSID>. Where <current SSID> is the wifi I am connected to.

Now I see: "Wifi SSID ."

This happened after the update to macOS 14.4 Sonoma.

Can anyone point me to the problem or suggest a correction that will work on macOS 14.4>

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.4

Posted on Mar 11, 2024 1:34 PM

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VikingOSX

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Posted on May 4, 2024 6:31 AM

I see two things I would change:

Separate your handlers from the script.

--end routine
return

and replace:

	set mySSID to (ca's CWWiFiClient's sharedWiFiClient)'s interface()'s ssid()
	set feedback to display dialog "You are currently connected to " & mySSID & " LAN.

With:

	set wif to ca's CWInterface's interface
	set mySSID to (do shell script "networksetup -getairportnetwork " & (wif's |name|) & " | awk '{print $4}'")
    set feedback to display dialog "You are currently connected to " & mySSID & " LAN.

This definitely works to get the SSID name string in a compiled Automator application.

Tested: Sonoma 14.4.1.

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