OSX For Hackers

hack.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh

#
# install it:
#   curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2324912/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 the 2D Dock"
#defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -bool true

# 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 "Enable iTunes track notifications in the Dock"
defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool true

# Disable menu bar transparency
#defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleEnableMenuBarTransparency -bool false

# Show remaining battery time; hide percentage
defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowPercent -string "NO"
defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowTime -string "YES"

echo "Show all filename extensions in Finder"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true
echo "Show all files, including dotfiles, in Finder"
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles 1

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 "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 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

# 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 "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 "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

# Empty Trash securely by default
# defaults write com.apple.finder EmptyTrashSecurely -bool true

#echo "Enable tap to click (Trackpad)"
#defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true

#echo "Map bottom right Trackpad corner to right-click"
#defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadCornerSecondaryClick -int 2
#defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadRightClick -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

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

#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