Script no longer gets SSID. macOS 15.0 Sequoia

One slower method to get the SSID in Sequoia is the following:

system_profiler SPAirPortDataType | awk '/Current Network/ {getline;$1=$1;print $0 | "tr -d ':'";exit}'



Or:

system_profiler SPAirPortDataType | awk '/Current Network/ {getline;$1=$1; gsub(":",""); print;exit}'

Bifrost6

What you need is a means to detect the major version of the operating system and set up an if/else condition to handle CoreWLAN stuff if the O/S version is 12 or less, and to use the system_profiler approach if it is macOS Sequoia 15 or greater.

Right after your first three set statements, you include this code:

considering numeric strings
	set osvString to system version of (system info)
    -- keep the major macOS version (e.g. 12)
	set osvers to (text 1 thru -5 of osvString) as text
end considering



Now, add another parameter to your handler Get_User_Feedback(osversion, Remain_time, Step_delay):

repeat until (Decision > 0) or (wait_time = 0)
	set Decision to Get_User_Feedback(osvers, wait_time, Refresh_time)
	set wait_time to wait_time - Refresh_time
end repeat

and use that osvers to form a decision tree in the handler whether you have Ventura and earlier that allows CoreWLAN framework, or the osvers is 15 which would require the system_profiler approach:

on Get_User_Feedback(osversion, Remain_time, Step_delay)
	set wait_time to 5 as integer
	if (osversion < 15) = true then
	   set wif to ca's CWInterface's interface
	   set mySSID to (do shell script "networksetup -getairportnetwork " & (wif's |name|) & " | awk '{print $4}'")
	else
	   set mySSID to (do shell script "system_profiler SPAirPortDataType | awk '/Current Network/ {getline;$1=$1;gsub(\":\",\"\");print;exit}'")
    end if
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end Get_User_Feedback



Sequoia now breaks commands and/or syntax that worked in Sonoma and Ventura, though the developer's page for CoreWLAN -> CWWiFiClient does not indicate an alteration to the methods used below:

1. networksetup -getairportnetwork en1
   1. The error message is: You are not associated with an AirPort network.
2. AppleScript/Objective-C: ((CWWiFiClient's sharedWiFiClient)'s interface()'s ssid()
   1. The error is: missing value
3. AppleScript/Objective-C: ((CWWiFiClient's sharedWiFiClient)'s interfaceWithName:"en1")'s ssid()
   1. The error is: missing value

And the following swift code that worked fine on Sonoma 14.6.1 now just returns a blank result:

//
// xcrun --sdk macosx swiftc -Osize -o ssid ssid.swift
//
//  GetSSID
//
//  Mostly https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/50302
//

import Foundation
import CoreWLAN
 func currentSSIDs() -> [String] {
    let client = CWWiFiClient.shared()
    return client.interfaces()?.compactMap { interface in
        return interface.ssid()
        // return interface.bssid()
     } ?? []
 }

 print(currentSSIDs().joined(separator: ", "))

and on the command-line, the following continues to show <redacted> for SSID and BSSID:

sudo wdutil info | egrep SSID | cut -d ':' -f2

You are welcome.