Script still in draft designed to collect bookmarks and other pertinent information pre- migration, the thought was to perform this pre-migration and then construct a reversal of sorts to migrate this data back into the new machine – account. Full circle
Link: https://gist.github.com/patent-ed/b3c0f95f14815a581a78a51f4fb2f863.js
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # This Script-Project started off as a method of saving bookmarks ahead of a macOS computer migration; and evolved... 03/21/2022 06:50 | |
| name=$(/bin/date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H%M"."backup") | |
| hostmac=$(hostname) | |
| MacUser=$( scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' ) | |
| # Kill Google Chrome | |
| #kill `ps -A | grep -w Google\ Chrome.app | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'` | |
| # Kill Safari | |
| #kill `ps -A | grep -w Safari.app | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'` | |
| # Kill Firefox | |
| #kill `ps -A | grep -w Firefox.app | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'` | |
| # Kill Microsoft Edge | |
| #kill `ps -A | grep -w Microsoft\ Edge.app | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'` | |
| # Create folder(s) & files | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/"$name"/Browser/SafariBookmarks | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/"$name"/Browser/ChromeBookmarks | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/"$name"/Browser/MSEdgeBookmarks | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/"$name"/Browser/FirefoxBookmarks | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/"$name"/Notes | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/"$name"/PrinterDrivers | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/"$name"/Stickies | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/"$name"/DockSettings | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/"$name"/History | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/"$name"/Importfile | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/"$name"/Importfile | |
| touch ~/Desktop/"$name"/Importfile/"$hostmac"_"$name"_Imp.txt | |
| # backup Safari bookmarks file to desktop | |
| #sudo ditto -V ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist ~/Desktop/"$name"/Browser/SafariBookmarks/ | |
| rsync -a --prune-empty-dirs --include='*/' --include='*Bookmarks*' --exclude='*' ~/Library/Safari/ ~/Desktop/"$name"/Browser/SafariBookmarks/ | |
| sudo ditto -V ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Bookmarks.bak ~/Desktop/"$name"/Browser/ChromeBookmarks/ | |
| sudo ditto -V ~/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft\ Edge/Default/Bookmarks ~/Desktop/"$name"/Browser/MSEdgeBookmarks/ | |
| # Handling FireFox bookmarks | |
| #sudo ditto -V ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/ ~/Desktop/"$name"/Browser/FirefoxBookmarks/ | |
| #rsync -avh --include='*/' --include='*bookmark*' --exclude='*' ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/ ~/Desktop/"$name"/Browser/FirefoxBookmarks/ | |
| rsync -a --prune-empty-dirs --include='*/' --include='*bookmark*' --exclude='*' ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles ~/Desktop/"$name"/Browser/FirefoxBookmarks | |
| # Handling Notes | |
| #rsync -a --prune-empty-dirs --include='*/' --include='*notes*' --exclude='*' ~/Library/Group Containers/ ~/Desktop/"$name"/Notes/ | |
| sudo ditto -V ~/Library/Group\ Containers/group.com.apple.notes/ ~/Desktop/"$name"/Notes/ | |
| # Handling Printer Drivers | |
| rsync -a --prune-empty-dirs --include='*/' --include='*' ~/Library/Printers ~/Desktop/"$name"/PrinterDrivers/ | |
| rsync -a --prune-empty-dirs --include='*/' --include='*print*' --exclude='*' ~/Library/Preferences ~/Desktop/"$name"/PrinterPreferences/ | |
| # Handling Dock Preferences | |
| sudo ditto -V ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist ~/Desktop/"$name"/DockSettings/ | |
| # stickies - > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250728309 | |
| rsync -a --prune-empty-dirs --include='*/' --include='*Stickies*' --exclude='*' ~/Library/Containers ~/Desktop/"$name"/Stickies/ | |
| # Create Import File | |
| #echo -E "Bin Bash hello World\0041\n~/Desktop/"."\$name"."/Browser/SafariBookmarks/" >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/Importfile/Importfile.txt | |
| sudo echo -n "Bin Bash hello World\0041\n~/Desktop/$name" >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/Importfile/Importfile.txt | |
| sudo echo -e "Bin Bash hello World\0041\n~/Desktop/$name" >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/Importfile/Importfile.txt | |
| sudo echo -e "Bin Bash hello World\0041\n~/Desktop/$name" >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/Importfile/Importfile.txt | |
| sudo echo -e "New line hello World\0041\n~/Desktop/$name" >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/Importfile/Importfile.txt | |
| #echo -n $name >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/Importfile/Importfile.txt | |
| # $name >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/Importfile/Importfile.txt | |
| #echo -e "/Browser/SafariBookmarks/" >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/Importfile/Importfile.txt | |
| # Pull Software history report | |
| system_profiler SPInstallHistoryDataType >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_SoftReport.txt | |
| # List Desktop items report | |
| sudo ls -S -lh | awk '{print $5, $9}' >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_DesktopReport.txt | |
| sudo echo -e "Full $MacUser Desktop Report" >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_DesktopReport.txt | |
| sudo ls -lhS ~/Desktop >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_DesktopReport.txt | |
| # List Printer Drivers report | |
| sudo lpinfo -m >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_PrinterReport.txt | |
| # List Volumes Report | |
| sudo echo -e "$hostmac - $MacUser Domain Controllers " >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_Volumes.txt | |
| netstat -a | grep ldap >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_Volumes.txt | |
| sudo ls -al /Volumes >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_Volumes.txt | |
| # System Report | |
| sudo system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType SPHardwareDataType >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_SystemReport.txt | |
| # THIS IS THE WHOLE APPLE SYSTEM REPORT PROFILER, TAKES TIME! TO RUN | |
| #sudo system_profiler >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_FullReport.txt | |
| # User report | |
| dscl . list /Users UniqueID | grep -v '^_' >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_UserReport.txt | |
| dscacheutil -q user | grep -A 3 -B 2 -e uid:\ 5'[0-9][0-9]' >> ~/Desktop/"$name"/History/"$hostmac"_"$name"_UserReport.txt | |
| # Enter share | |
| #echo "Hello, "$MacUser". This script will register your share in database." | |
| #echo -n "Enter your share and press [ENTER]: " | |
| #read share | |
| #echo | |
| #grep -i "$share" | |
| exit 1 |
