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Asked: 2026-05-31T09:20:43+00:00

I’m trying to use AppleScript to modify some app settings. The code looks like

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I’m trying to use AppleScript to modify some app settings. The code looks like this:

#!/bin/sh

echo '
 tell application "Finder"
   tell disk "'$1'"
       open
       set current view of container window to icon view
       ...
       close
   end tell
end tell
' | osascript

However, I keep on getting a -10810 error code when applescript hits “open” (“64:68: execution error: An error of type -10810 has occurred. (-10810)”). I’ve done some googling and all I got was “reboot and wait, it sometimes magically starts working” (it didn’t).

The machine is running Mac OS Server 10.6. I though it perhaps might be some permissions issue, but running the command as root returns the same error.

Update: Solved (well, more or less 🙂 ). The thing is that “open” needs a UI. And the problem was that I was using ssh to run the script (which I didn’t mention here, because I didn’t think it was relevant). So there was no UI. It works when I log in using VNC first.

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    Solved (well, more or less 🙂 ).

    The thing is that “open” needs a UI. And the problem was that I was using ssh to run the script (which I didn’t mention here, because I didn’t think it was relevant). So there was no UI. It works when I log in using VNC first.

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