Tools for determining macOS system preferences from the low, plist domains level. They help analysing what is being changed through the System Preferences.app GUI.
Please note: when the preferences in the user's home folder seem not to change when using System Preferences.app, try using the --root flag for backups.
# Save all the current preferences
./make_backup --before [--root]Open System Preferences.app, do the changes you want to be able to perform in the script, and close the app.
# Save the new preferences
./make_backup --after [--root]
# Check for changes
./compare_full_backups [--root]The above will tell which domains have changed. The next step is to decompile them to XML and compare them to see which key-value pairs have changed.
./plist_compare <domain_name> code