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Resets some defaults in Lion, namely clearing the Launchpad, showing the user Library folder and some other stuff.
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#################################### Keyboard #################################### | |
# Enable full keyboard access for all controls (e.g. enable Tab in modal dialogs) | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 3 | |
#################################### Trackpad #################################### | |
# Enable tap to click on a Magic Trackpad | |
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true | |
# Enable tap to click for the active user | |
defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1 | |
# Enable tap to click on the login screen | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1 | |
#################################### Dock #################################### | |
# Pin Dock to the end. | |
defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string end | |
# Automatically hide and show the Dock | |
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true | |
# Remove the auto-hiding Dock delay | |
defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide-delay -float 0 | |
# Enable highlight hover effect for the grid view of a stack (Dock) | |
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -bool true | |
# Enable spring loading for all Dock items | |
defaults write com.apple.dock enable-spring-load-actions-on-all-items -bool true | |
# Hide indicator lights for open applications in the Dock | |
defaults write com.apple.dock show-process-indicators -bool false | |
# Show new list / stack style. | |
defaults write com.apple.dock use-new-list-stack -boolean true | |
#################################### Menu Bar #################################### | |
# Disable menu bar transparency | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleEnableMenuBarTransparency -bool false | |
# Show fast user switching menu as: icon | |
defaults write -g userMenuExtraStyle -int 2 | |
# Show remaining percentage ; hide battery time | |
defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowPercent -string "YES" | |
defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowTime -string "NO" | |
#################################### Finder #################################### | |
# Allow quitting Finder via ? + Q; doing so will also hide desktop icons | |
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true | |
# Disable window animations and Get Info animations in Finder | |
defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true | |
# Show all filename extensions in Finder | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true | |
# Show status bar in Finder | |
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true | |
# 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 | |
# 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 | |
# Show the ~/Library folder | |
chflags nohidden ~/Library | |
# Hide other folders | |
chflags hidden ~/Music ~/Movies ~/Pictures | |
#################################### iTunes #################################### | |
# Disable the Ping sidebar in iTunes | |
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar -bool true | |
# Disable all the other Ping stuff in iTunes | |
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePing -bool true | |
# Make ? + F focus the search input in iTunes | |
defaults write com.apple.iTunes NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Target Search Field" "@F" | |
#################################### Safari #################################### | |
# Enable Safari’s debug menu | |
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true | |
# 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 "()" | |
# Add a context menu item for showing the Web Inspector in web views | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true | |
# Disable Safari’s thumbnail cache for History and Top Sites | |
defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2 | |
#################################### Other Apps #################################### | |
# Enable the debug menu in Address Book | |
defaults write com.apple.addressbook ABShowDebugMenu -bool true | |
# Enable the debug menu in iCal | |
defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu -bool true | |
# Only use UTF-8 in Terminal.app | |
defaults write com.apple.terminal StringEncodings -array 4 | |
# 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 | |
# Enable Dashboard dev mode (allows keeping widgets on the desktop) | |
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode -bool true | |
# Enable QuickTime autoplay on open. | |
defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX MGPlayMovieOnOpen 1 | |
#################################### Global #################################### | |
# Change screenshot default folder | |
mkdir -p ~/Pictures/Screenshots | |
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Pictures/Screenshots | |
# Expand save panel by default | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true | |
# Expand print panel by default | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool true | |
# Disable the “Are you sure you want to open this application?” | |
# defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false | |
# 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 | |
# Increase window resize speed for Cocoa applications | |
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001 | |
# Avoid creating .DS_Store files on network volumes | |
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true | |
# Disable the warning when changing a file extension | |
defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false | |
# Show item info below desktop icons | |
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist | |
# Enable snap-to-grid for desktop icons | |
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:arrangeBy grid" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist | |
# 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 | |
# 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 | |
# Fix for the ancient UTF-8 bug in QuickLook (http://mths.be/bbo) | |
# Commented out, as this is known to cause problems when saving files in Adobe Illustrator CS5 :( | |
echo "0x08000100:0" > ~/.CFUserTextEncoding | |
# Reset Launchpad | |
[ -e ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ] && rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db | |
# Kill affected applications | |
for app in Safari Finder Dock SystemUIServer Terminal; do killall "$app" >/dev/null 2>&1; done |
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