Is there a way to disable a Messages account via command line?

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I'd like to stop/start receiving SMS/iMessage via command line, to avoid having to go into system preferences.

Is there a way I can manipulate settings for Messages to enable/disable an account?

simone · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-22 05:39:57Z

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It turns out stopping was more logical than expected:

tell application "Messages"
     repeat with s in services
            set n to name of s
            log out s
     end repeat
end tell

It doesn't seem to work the other way around. I've tried and I've tried, and I can't get no satisfaction.

answered Jan 10, 2019 at 18:14

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Cody Rutscher · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-04 23:32:05Z

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I dont know, but here is a list of all MacOS command-line commands: https://ss64.com/osx/

Nothing in this list explicitly answers your question. So I would assume there is not a way to do this from the command-line.

answered Jan 4, 2019 at 22:53

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