osx_commands.md

##use a lighter text rendering style defaults write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 1

disable smooth scrolling

defaults write -g NSScrollAnimationEnabled -bool false

remove the animations for opening and closing windows

defaults write -g NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false

remove the animations for opening and closing Quick Look windows

defaults write -g QLPanelAnimationDuration -float 0

don't use iCloud as the default location in save dialogs

defaults write -g NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false

don't show an open panel when opening an application like TextEdit or Preview

defaults write -g NSShowAppCentricOpenPanelInsteadOfUntitledFile -bool false

expand save and print dialogs by default

defaults write -g NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true
defaults write -g PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool true

disable automatic spell checking

defaults write -g NSAllowContinuousSpellChecking -bool false

increase the tracking speed above the maximum value selectable from System Preferences (3.0)

defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling -float 5.0

don't blink the caret

defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOff -float 0
defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOn -float 999999999999

don't treat period or colon as part of words

en_US_POSIX corresponds to the "United States (Computer)" setting that was shown in System Preferences in 10.8 and earlier. defaults write -g AppleTextBreakLocale en_US_POSIX

display ASCII control characters in caret notation

defaults write -g NSTextShowsControlCharacters -bool true

add a context menu item for showing the web inspector to web views

defaults write -g WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true

make the speed when scrolling by dragging faster

defaults write -g NSAutoscrollResponseMultiplier -float 3

don't include shadows in screenshots of windows

defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true

don't show crash report dialogs

defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType none

don't show a warning when opening files downloaded from the Internet

this does not disable the warnings shown when opening an application for the first time
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false

don't verify disk images and don't run fsck on quarantined disk images

defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify -bool true
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages auto-fsck -bool true

don't open a Finder window when extracting an archive

defaults write com.apple.archiveutility dearchive-reveal-after -bool false

don't open a Finder window when mounting a volume

defaults write com.apple.finder OpenWindowForNewRemovableDisk -bool false

change the default fonts in Safari

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2StandardFontFamily Georgia
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFontSize 16
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2FixedFontFamily Menlo
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFixedFontSize 14

use a custom implementation for full screen windows in Skim

defaults write net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim SKUseLegacyFullScreen -bool true

hide the sides of the drawers in full screen in Skim

defaults write net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim SKHideClosedFullScreenSidePanels -bool true