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OSX For Hackers
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#!/usr/bin/env sh | |
## | |
# This is script with usefull tips taken from: | |
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx | |
# | |
# install it: | |
# curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh | sh | |
# | |
echo "Enable full keyboard access for all controls (e.g. enable Tab in modal dialogs)" | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 3 | |
echo "Enable subpixel font rendering on non-Apple LCDs" | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2 | |
echo "Make Dock icons of hidden applications translucent" | |
defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool true | |
echo "Enable iTunes track notifications in the Dock" | |
defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool true | |
echo "Allow quitting Finder via ⌘ + Q; doing so will also hide desktop icons" | |
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true | |
echo "Show all filename extensions in Finder" | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true | |
echo "Use current directory as default search scope in Finder" | |
defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string "SCcf" | |
echo "Show Path bar in Finder" | |
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true | |
echo "Show Status bar in Finder" | |
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true | |
echo "Expand save panel by default" | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true | |
echo "Expand print panel by default" | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool true | |
echo "Disable the “Are you sure you want to open this application?” dialog" | |
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false | |
echo "Disable shadow in screenshots" | |
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true | |
echo "Enable highlight hover effect for the grid view of a stack (Dock)" | |
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -bool true | |
echo "Enable spring loading for all Dock items" | |
defaults write enable-spring-load-actions-on-all-items -bool true | |
echo "Display ASCII control characters using caret notation in standard text views" | |
# Try e.g. `cd /tmp; unidecode "\x{0000}" > cc.txt; open -e cc.txt` | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSTextShowsControlCharacters -bool true | |
echo "Set a blazingly fast keyboard repeat rate" | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0.02 | |
echo "Set a shorter Delay until key repeat" | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 12 | |
echo "Enable AirDrop over Ethernet and on unsupported Macs running Lion" | |
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces -bool true | |
echo "Disable disk image verification" | |
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 | |
echo "Automatically open a new Finder window when a volume is mounted" | |
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 | |
echo "Display full POSIX path as Finder window title" | |
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true | |
# Increase window resize speed for Cocoa applications | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001 | |
echo "Disable the warning when changing a file extension" | |
defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false | |
echo "Show item info below desktop icons" | |
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist | |
echo "Enable snap-to-grid for desktop icons" | |
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:arrangeBy grid" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist | |
echo "Require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins" | |
defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 1 | |
defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay -int 0 | |
echo "Enable tap to click (Trackpad)" | |
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true | |
echo "Disable Safari’s thumbnail cache for History and Top Sites" | |
defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2 | |
echo "Enable Safari’s debug menu" | |
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true | |
echo "Make Safari’s search banners default to Contains instead of Starts With" | |
defaults write com.apple.Safari FindOnPageMatchesWordStartsOnly -bool false | |
# Remove useless icons from Safari’s bookmarks bar | |
# defaults write com.apple.Safari ProxiesInBookmarksBar "()" | |
echo "Add a context menu item for showing the Web Inspector in web views" | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true | |
echo "Only use UTF-8 in Terminal.app" | |
defaults write com.apple.terminal StringEncodings -array 4 | |
echo "Disable the Ping sidebar in iTunes" | |
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar -bool true | |
echo "Disable all the other Ping stuff in iTunes" | |
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePing -bool true | |
echo "Make ⌘ + F focus the search input in iTunes" | |
defaults write com.apple.iTunes NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Target Search Field" "@F" | |
echo "Disable the “reopen windows when logging back in” option" | |
# 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 | |
echo "Enable Dashboard dev mode (allows keeping widgets on the desktop)" | |
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode -bool true | |
echo "Reset Launchpad" | |
[ -e ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ] && rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db | |
echo "Show the ~/Library folder" | |
chflags nohidden ~/Library | |
echo "Kill affected applications" | |
for app in Safari Finder Dock Mail SystemUIServer; do killall "$app" >/dev/null 2>&1; done |
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