Turn on bluetooth with applescript !

Hi lolofo777. One option is to download and install Frederik Seiffert's command-line utility blueutil to run from Terminal or use in an AppleScript. Blueutil installs to /usr/local/bin/blueutil. In Terminal you can use one of the following three commands to check the status of Bluetooth to see if it is on or off, turn Bluetooth on, or turn Bluetooth off:

blueutil status

blueutil on

blueutil off

In an AppleScript you can use one of the following three commands to do the same:

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/blueutil status"

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/blueutil on"

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/blueutil off"

If you want an AppleScript to toggle between Bluetooth states on and off you can use:

set blueutil to "/usr/local/bin/blueutil"

do shell script blueutil & " status"

set statusResult to the result

if statusResult is "Status: on" then

do shell script blueutil & " off"

else if statusResult is "Status: off" then

do shell script blueutil & " on"

end if

You can download the above Applescript from this Dropbox link: blueutil.scpt. Tested with OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 and OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.

Hello

You might try the following pyobjc script to get and set bluetooth power state. It is indeed a pyobjc version of my rubycocoa script posted in the following thread.

AppleScript Bluetooth on/off

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3179367

Briefly tested with pyobjc 2.2b3 and python 2.6.1 under OS X 10.6.8.

#!/usr/bin/python # coding: utf-8 # # file: # bluetooth_powerstate.py # # function: # get or set bluetooth power state # # usaeg: # ./bluetooth_powerstate [mode] # mode : # 0 = off # 1 = on # -1 = toggle # = query (print current state) # version: # 0.10 # # written by Hiroto, 2016-01 # import sys, objc import time from CoreFoundation import * IOBT_BRIDGESUPPORT = '''<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> <!DOCTYPE signatures SYSTEM "file://localhost/System/Library/DTDs/BridgeSupport.dtd"> <signatures version="0.9"> <function name="IOBluetoothPreferenceGetControllerPowerState"> <retval type="i"></retval> </function> <function name="IOBluetoothPreferenceSetControllerPowerState"> <arg type="i"></arg> <retval type="i"></retval> </function> </signatures>''' objc.initFrameworkWrapper( frameworkName="IOBluetooth", frameworkIdentifier="com.apple.Bluetooth", frameworkPath=objc.pathForFramework('/System/Library/Frameworks/IOBluetooth.framework'), globals=globals() ) objc.parseBridgeSupport( IOBT_BRIDGESUPPORT, globals(), objc.pathForFramework('/System/Library/Frameworks/IOBluetooth.framework') ) def set_ioblpstate(s): # int s : 0 = off, 1 = on IOBluetoothPreferenceSetControllerPowerState(s) s1 = -1 for i in range(50): s1 = get_ioblpstate() if s1 == s: break time.sleep(0.1) if s1 != s: sys.stderr.write('Unable to set bluetooth power state to %s\n' % ('off' if s == 0 else 'on').encode('utf-8')) sys.exit(1) return s1 def get_ioblpstate(): return IOBluetoothPreferenceGetControllerPowerState() def main(): m = [ a.decode('utf-8') for a in sys.argv[1:] ] if m == []: print '%d' % get_ioblpstate() elif m == ['0']: print '%d' % set_ioblpstate(0) elif m == ['1']: print '%d' % set_ioblpstate(1) elif m == ['-1']: print '%d' % set_ioblpstate(1 if get_ioblpstate() == 0 else 0) else: sys.stderr.write('Usage: %s [mode]\n\t%s, %s, %s, %s\n' % ( sys.argv[0], 'mode: 0 = off', '1 = on', '-1 = toggle', '(void) = query') ) sys.exit(1) sys.exit(0) main()

And in case you're not familiar with shell scripting, here's an AppleScript wrapper.

--APPLESCRIPT --bluetooth_powerstate(0) -- off bluetooth_powerstate(1) -- on --bluetooth_powerstate(-1) -- toggle --bluetooth_powerstate(9) -- query on bluetooth_powerstate(m) (* integer m : operation mode 0 = off 1 = on -1 = toggle 9 = query (print current state) return integer : resulting state *) if m = 9 then set m to "" do shell script "/usr/bin/python <<'EOF' - " & m & " # coding: utf-8 # # file: # bluetooth_powerstate.py # # function: # get or set bluetooth power state # # usaeg: # ./bluetooth_powerstate [mode] # mode : # 0 = off # 1 = on # -1 = toggle # = query (print current state) # version: # 0.10 # import sys, objc import time from CoreFoundation import * IOBT_BRIDGESUPPORT = '''<?xml version=\"1.0\" standalone=\"yes\"?> <!DOCTYPE signatures SYSTEM \"file://localhost/System/Library/DTDs/BridgeSupport.dtd\"> <signatures version=\"0.9\"> <function name=\"IOBluetoothPreferenceGetControllerPowerState\"> <retval type=\"i\"></retval> </function> <function name=\"IOBluetoothPreferenceSetControllerPowerState\"> <arg type=\"i\"></arg> <retval type=\"i\"></retval> </function> </signatures>''' objc.initFrameworkWrapper( frameworkName=\"IOBluetooth\", frameworkIdentifier=\"com.apple.Bluetooth\", frameworkPath=objc.pathForFramework('/System/Library/Frameworks/IOBluetooth.framework'), globals=globals() ) objc.parseBridgeSupport( IOBT_BRIDGESUPPORT, globals(), objc.pathForFramework('/System/Library/Frameworks/IOBluetooth.framework') ) def set_ioblpstate(s): # int s : 0 = off, 1 = on IOBluetoothPreferenceSetControllerPowerState(s) s1 = -1 for i in range(50): s1 = get_ioblpstate() if s1 == s: break time.sleep(0.1) if s1 != s: sys.stderr.write('Unable to set bluetooth power state to %s\\n' % ('off' if s == 0 else 'on').encode('utf-8')) sys.exit(1) return s1 def get_ioblpstate(): return IOBluetoothPreferenceGetControllerPowerState() def main(): m = [ a.decode('utf-8') for a in sys.argv[1:] ] if m == []: print '%d' % get_ioblpstate() elif m == ['0']: print '%d' % set_ioblpstate(0) elif m == ['1']: print '%d' % set_ioblpstate(1) elif m == ['-1']: print '%d' % set_ioblpstate(1 if get_ioblpstate() == 0 else 0) else: sys.stderr.write('Usage: %s [mode]\\n\\t%s, %s, %s, %s\\n' % ( sys.argv[0], 'mode: 0 = off', '1 = on', '-1 = toggle', '(void) = query') ) sys.exit(1) sys.exit(0) main() EOF" result + 0 end bluetooth_powerstate --END OF APPLESCRIPT

Good luck,

H

Hiroto,

I can confirm that your bluetooth_powerstate.py code, as submitted here, will turn off, and then turn on bluetooth on my 2011 Mac mini running El Capitan 10.11.2, with the default Python v2.7.10.