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#!/bin/sh | |
## | |
# This is a script with usefull tips taken from: | |
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx | |
# | |
# Run in interactive mode with: | |
# $ sh -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh)" | |
# | |
# or run it without prompt questions: | |
# $ sh -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh)" -s silent | |
# | |
# Please, share your tips commenting here: | |
# https://gist.github.com/2108403 | |
# | |
# Author: @DAddYE | |
# Thanks to: @mathiasbynens | |
# | |
case $1 in | |
"-s" | "-y" | "--silent" | "silent" ) | |
echo "Running in silent mode..." | |
auto=Y | |
shift 1 | |
;; | |
*) | |
auto=N | |
if [ ! -t 0 ]; then | |
echo "Interactive mode needs terminal!" >&2 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
;; | |
esac | |
function ask { | |
while true; do | |
if [ "$2" == "Y" ]; then | |
prompt="\033[1;32mY\033[0m/n" | |
default=Y | |
elif [ "$2" == "N" ]; then | |
prompt="y/\033[1;32mN\033[0m" | |
default=N | |
else | |
prompt="y/n" | |
default= | |
fi | |
printf "$1 [$prompt] " | |
if [ "$auto" == "Y" ]; then | |
echo | |
else | |
read yn | |
fi | |
if [ -z "$yz" ]; then | |
yn=$default | |
fi | |
case $yn in | |
[Yy]*) return 0 ;; | |
[Nn]*) return 1 ;; | |
esac | |
done | |
} | |
if ask "Enable subpixel font rendering on non-Apple LCDs (1 light, 2 medium, 3 big)" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 1 | |
fi | |
if ask "Minimum font size for antialiasing" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleAntiAliasingThreshold -int 2 | |
fi | |
if ask "Sidebar icon size Small" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSTableViewDefaultSizeMode -int 1 | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable menu bar transparency" N; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleEnableMenuBarTransparency -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Always show scrollbars" N; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowScrollBars -string "Always" | |
fi | |
if ask "Show all filename extensions in Finder" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Remove slow animations when holding shift" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain FXEnableSlowAnimation -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Expand save panel by default" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Expand print panel by default" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Enable full keyboard access for all controls (e.g. enable Tab in modal dialogs)" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 3 | |
fi | |
if ask "Display ASCII control characters using caret notation in standard text views" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSTextShowsControlCharacters -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable press-and-hold for keys in favor of key repeat" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Set a blazingly fast keyboard repeat rate" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0 | |
fi | |
if ask "Set a shorter Delay until key repeat" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 18 | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable auto-correct" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable opening and closing window animations" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable Resume system-wide" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Add a context menu item for showing the Web Inspector in web views" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Increase window resize speed for Cocoa applications" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001 | |
fi | |
if ask "Show remaining battery time; hide percentage" N; then | |
defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowPercent -string "NO" | |
defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowTime -string "YES" | |
fi | |
if ask "Allow quitting Finder via ⌘ +Q; doing so will also hide desktop icons" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable window animations and Get Info animations in Finder" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Use current directory as default search scope in Finder" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string "SCcf" | |
fi | |
if ask "Show Path bar in Finder" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Show Status bar in Finder" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Allow text selection in Quick Look" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Automatically open a new Finder window when a volume is mounted" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages auto-open-ro-root -bool true | |
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages auto-open-rw-root -bool true | |
defaults write com.apple.finder OpenWindowForNewRemovableDisk -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Display full POSIX path as Finder window title" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable the warning when changing a file extension" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Remove Dropbox’s green checkmark icons in Finder" Y; then | |
file=/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/check.icns | |
[ -e "$file" ] && mv -f "$file" "$file.bak" | |
unset file | |
fi | |
if ask "Show item info below desktop icons" Y; then | |
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist | |
fi | |
if ask "Enable snap-to-grid for desktop icons" Y; then | |
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:arrangeBy grid" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable the warning before emptying the Trash" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.finder WarnOnEmptyTrash -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable shadow in screenshots" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Enable the 2D Dock" N; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Automatically hide and show the Dock" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Minimize effect Suck" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string "suck" | |
fi | |
if ask "Make Dock icons of hidden applications translucent" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Enable iTunes track notifications in the Dock" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Enable highlight hover effect for the grid view of a stack (Dock)" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Enable spring loading for all Dock items" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock enable-spring-load-actions-on-all-items -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Show indicator lights for open applications in the Dock" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock show-process-indicators -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Don't animate opening applications from the Dock" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Set the icon size of the Dock to 36 pixels" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 36 | |
fi | |
if ask "Make the animation for showing Dock faster and reduce the delay before it starts" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.6 | |
fi | |
if ask "Remove the delay for showing the Dock in full screen" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-fullscreen-delayed -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Minimize in application" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock minimize-to-application -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Move Dock on the Right" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string "right" | |
fi | |
if ask "Enable AirDrop over Ethernet and on unsupported Macs running Lion" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable disk image verification" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify -bool true | |
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify-locked -bool true | |
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify-remote -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Avoid creating .DS_Store files on network volumes" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 1 | |
defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay -int 0 | |
fi | |
if ask "Enable tap to click on Trackpad and login screen" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1 | |
defaults write com.apple.mouse.tapBehaviour -int 1 | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable Natural Scroll Direction" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.swipescrolldirection -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "A bit faster Trackpad" Y; then | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.trackpad.scaling -float 2 | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable Safari’s thumbnail cache for History and Top Sites" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2 | |
fi | |
if ask "Make Safari’s search banners default to Contains instead of Starts With" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.Safari FindOnPageMatchesWordStartsOnly -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Remove useless icons from Safari's bookmarks bar" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.Safari ProxiesInBookmarksBar "()" | |
fi | |
if ask "Enable only Safari resume" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.Safari NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Only use UTF-8 in Terminal.app" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.terminal StringEncodings -array 4 | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable the Ping sidebar in iTunes" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable all the other Ping stuff in iTunes" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePing -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Make ⌘ +F focus the search input in iTunes" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.iTunes NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Target Search Field" "@F" | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable send and reply animations in Mail.app" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool true | |
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableSendAnimations -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Copy email address without brackets" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.mail AddressesIncludeNameOnPasteboard -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable the 'reopen windows when logging back in' option" Y; then | |
# This works, although the checkbox will still appear to be checked. | |
defaults write com.apple.loginwindow TALLogoutSavesState -bool false | |
defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginwindowLaunchesRelaunchApps -bool false | |
fi | |
if ask "Enable Dashboard dev mode (allows keeping widgets on the desktop)" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Reset Launchpad" Y; then | |
find ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock -name "*.db" -maxdepth 1 -delete | |
fi | |
if ask "Show the ~/Library folder" Y; then | |
chflags nohidden ~/Library | |
fi | |
if ask "Hide the /opt folder" Y; then | |
sudo chflags hidden /opt | |
fi | |
if ask "Disable local Time Machine backups" Y; then | |
hash tmutil &> /dev/null && sudo tmutil disablelocal | |
fi | |
if ask "Prevent Time Machine from prompting to use new hard drives as backup volume" Y; then | |
defaults write com.apple.TimeMachine DoNotOfferNewDisksForBackup -bool true | |
fi | |
if ask "Kill affected applications" Y; then | |
for app in Safari Finder Dock Mail SystemUIServer; do | |
killall "$app" >/dev/null 2>&1 | |
done | |
echo | |
echo "** \033[33mSome changes needs a reboot to take effect\033[0m **" | |
echo | |
fi |
Hey, just got a new macbook and looked this up. Thanks for adding the prompts. Cheers!
Thanks, but this script literally did the opposite of everything I told it to do
For example, I told it not to speed up my mouse, told it not to enable 2d dock, and told it not to move my dock to the right side of the screen
All of those things actually happened
Thank You!! Really nice, but the opposite of everything would be great!
https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh url is incorrect
It should be https://gist.githubusercontent.com/DAddYE/2108403/raw/hack.sh
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Found a small bug. All questions are evaluating to true regardless of the answer. To fix it, line 56 (https://gist.github.com/2108403#file-hack-sh-L56) needs to change from this:
$yz
to this:
$yn