OSX For Hackers

hack.sh

#!/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/2266437/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 "Enable the 2D Dock"
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -bool true

echo "Automatically hide and show the Dock"
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true

echo "Make Dock icons of hidden applications translucent"
defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool true

echo "Disable menu bar transparency"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleEnableMenuBarTransparency -bool false

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 "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 "Show indicator lights for open applications in the Dock"
defaults write com.apple.dock show-process-indicators -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 "Disable press-and-hold for keys in favor of key repeat"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

echo "Set a blazingly fast keyboard repeat rate"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 2

echo "Set a shorter Delay until key repeat"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 12

echo "Disable auto-correct"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false

echo "Enable AirDrop over Ethernet and on unsupported Macs running Lion"
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces -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

echo "Increase window resize speed for Cocoa applications"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001

echo "Avoid creating .DS_Store files on network volumes"
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true

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 "Disable the warning before emptying the Trash"
defaults write com.apple.finder WarnOnEmptyTrash -bool false

echo "Add a context menu item for showing the Web Inspector in web views"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true

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 "Disable send and reply animations in Mail.app"
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableSendAnimations -bool true

echo "Disable Resume system-wide"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false

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 "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