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/2357277/hack.sh | sh
#

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 "Allow quitting Finder via ⌘ + Q; doing so will also hide desktop icons"
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true

echo "Disable window animations and Get Info animations in Finder"
defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -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 "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 "Don’t animate opening applications from the Dock"
defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool false

#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 0.02

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 "Disable opening and closing window animations"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false

echo "Enable AirDrop over Ethernet and on unsupported Macs running Lion"
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces -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 "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 "Reset Launchpad"
[ -e ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ] && rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db

echo "Show the ~/Library folder"
chflags nohidden ~/Library

echo "Disable local Time Machine backups"
sudo tmutil disablelocal

echo "Remove Dropbox’s green checkmark icons in Finder"
file=/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/check.icns
[ -e "$file" ] && mv -f "$file" "$file.bak"
unset file

echo "Kill affected applications"
for app in Safari Finder Dock Mail SystemUIServer; do killall "$app" >/dev/null 2>&1; done