使用AppleScript批量删除Mac中的信息

涉及工具

1 mac自带app：“脚本编辑器” 2 原生应用「Accessibility Inspector（需安装 Xcode）」用以定位目标控件的类型，方便在打印的子控件中查找

开始：

模拟操作步骤：

打开message app

tell application "Messages" to activate
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操作需要在System Events下执行，所以需要tell一下

tell application "Messages" to activate
tell application "System Events"

end tell
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找到“信息”app

tell application "Messages" to activate
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Messages"

	end tell
end tell
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查找选中要删除的短信

经验性规律：脚本运行结果中的所有 UI 元素是按软件界面中从上到下，从左到右的顺序排列的。

结合Accessibility Inspector ，查找要删除的短信的path

注意，大家的path可能不一样，比我有两个顶置消息所以位置path如下

tell application "Messages" to activate
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Messages"
		
		click UI element 4 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of window 1
		
	end tell
end tell	
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用“信息”app的顶部菜单栏实现，触发删除操作

查找顶部菜单栏中的删除按钮

delay 给出系统响应和UI事件的时间

tell application "Messages" to activate
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Messages"
		
		click UI element 4 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of window 1
		delay 0.2
		tell menu 1 of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1
			entire contents
		end tell
		
	end tell
end tell	
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打印

{menu item "新信息" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item 2 of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item "快速查看" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item 4 of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item "关闭窗口" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item "全部关闭" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item "删除对话…" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item "在单独窗口中打开对话" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item 9 of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item "从iPhone导入" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu "从iPhone导入" of menu item "从iPhone导入" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item "iPhone 13" of menu "从iPhone导入" of menu item "从iPhone导入" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item "拍照" of menu "从iPhone导入" of menu item "从iPhone导入" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item "扫描文稿" of menu "从iPhone导入" of menu item "从iPhone导入" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item "添加速绘" of menu "从iPhone导入" of menu item "从iPhone导入" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item 5 of menu "从iPhone导入" of menu item "从iPhone导入" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item 11 of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", menu item "打印…" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1 of application process "Messages" of application "System Events"}

找到目标的path ：menu item "删除对话…" of menu "文件" of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1

click 它，弹出删除确认框

弹出删除确认框

如果不熟悉Mac端的开发控件，可通过Accessibility Inspector，点击右上角聚焦，选中控件，查看控件信息

弹出框为sheet类型，在新window中

tell application "Messages" to activate
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Messages"
		
		click UI element 4 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of window 1
		delay 0.2
		click menu item "删除对话…" of menu 1 of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1
		delay 0.2
		tell sheet 1 of window 1
			entire contents
		end tell
		
	end tell
end tell	
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打印

{image 1 of sheet 1 of window "1068177100319040" of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", static text "您要删除此对话吗？" of sheet 1 of window "1068177100319040" of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", static text "此对话将从您的所有设备上删除。您不能撤销此操作。" of sheet 1 of window "1068177100319040" of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", button "删除" of sheet 1 of window "1068177100319040" of application process "Messages" of application "System Events", button "取消" of sheet 1 of window "1068177100319040" of application process "Messages" of application "System Events"}

找目标item的path ：button "删除" of sheet 1

tell application "Messages" to activate
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Messages"
		click UI element 4 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of window 1
		delay 0.2
		click menu item "删除对话…" of menu 1 of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1
		delay 0.2
		click button "删除" of sheet 1 of window 1
		
	end tell
end tell
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重复，删除全部

tell application "Messages" to activate
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Messages"
		
		repeat 2 times
			click UI element 4 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of window 1
			delay 0.2
			click menu item "删除对话…" of menu 1 of menu bar item "文件" of menu bar 1
			delay 0.2
			click button "删除" of sheet 1 of window 1
			delay 0.5
		end repeat
		
	end tell
end tell