Overview

Bash script that will automatically turn your WiFi OFF if you connect your computer to an ethernet connection and turn it back ON when you unplug your ethernet cable/adapter/dongle.

Thanks to all folks in https://gist.github.com/albertbori/1798d88a93175b9da00b

Requirements

• Mac OSX 10+ (tested on Catalina)
• Administrator privileges

Install

1. cd toggleAirPort/
2. sudo cp ./toggleAirport.sh /Library/Scripts/
3. sudo chmod 755 /Library/Scripts/toggleAirport.sh
4. sudo cp ./com.mine.toggleairport.plist /Library/LaunchAgents/
5. sudo chown root /Library/LaunchAgents/com.mine.toggleairport.plist
6. sudo chmod 644 /Library/LaunchAgents/com.mine.toggleairport.plist
7. launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.mine.toggleairport.plist

Uninstall

1. sudo rm /Library/Scripts/toggleAirport.sh
2. launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/com.mine.toggleairport.plist
3. sudo rm /Library/LaunchAgents/com.mine.toggleairport.plist
4. rm /var/tmp/prev_eth_on
5. rm /var/tmp/prev_air_on
6. rm /var/tmp/prev_toggle_airport_run

Misc

To debug, just run: sudo /Library/Scripts/toggleAirport.sh and add echo's wherever you'd like

If you get a message that Airport was already ON, try deleting /var/tmp/prev_*