Query Apple's FindMy network with Python

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pixelmonkey ◴[21 Dec 24 15:17 UTC] No.42480134[source]▶

This looks great. If this Python implementation of the FindMy API actually works, it would be a major technology quality-of-life improvement for me. I hope Apple lets it stay alive.

Everyone who shares location with me does so over Find My, and my family insists on using AirTags. As a 100% desktop Linux and mobile Android user, it is one of the few things that I always need to remote in to my Mac Mini to access because there are no x-platform FindMy apps and the FindMy iCloud web app does not have feature parity to the macOS and iOS apps. One of a long list of offenses where Apple refuses to make things easy for x-platform friend groups and families. Very annoying.

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1. phillco ◴[21 Dec 24 16:18 UTC] No.42480473[source]▶

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Even within Apple's platforms, there's pretty limited support for automation -- you can say "Siri find my keys" but there's no App Intents / Shortcuts support for automating anything within Find My (AFAIK), which is a bit disappointing.

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2. pixelmonkey ◴[21 Dec 24 16:21 UTC] No.42480498[source]▶

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Yes, although I recently discovered Hammerspoon which is a clever little bit of open source macOS desktop automation technology:

https://www.hammerspoon.org/

3. UniverseHacker ◴[21 Dec 24 17:16 UTC] No.42480856[source]▶

>>42480473 (TP) #

What about Apple Automator and Applescript?

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4. lelandfe ◴[21 Dec 24 23:00 UTC] No.42483027[source]▶

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Find My has no any exposed Applescript commands. You'd next need to try (I think, been >a decade) Accessibility Inspector to find the names of the interface so you can tell Applescript what to click on. On some apps, even this doesn't work.

I also suspect Find My is a Catalyst-ported iPadOS app, which tend to be awful/useless for scripting.

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5. Angostura ◴[21 Dec 24 23:43 UTC] No.42483252[source]▶

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I suspect they might be a bit wary of the privacy implications of giving other apps/Shortcuts access to Findmy data

6. hirvi74 ◴[22 Dec 24 03:41 UTC] No.42484238{3}[source]▶

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> You'd next need to try (I think, been >a decade) Accessibility Inspector to find the names of the interface so you can tell Applescript what to click on. On some apps, even this doesn't work.

I am cursed with a lot of experience doing just this. However, I will say that every year it's getting harder and harder to do. The new security/accessibility changes in Sequoia have made things even more of a nightmare.

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