macOS Tips and Tricks

Brewfile

tap "brewsci/bio"
tap "brewsci/science"
tap "heroku/brew"
tap "homebrew/autoupdate"
tap "homebrew/bundle"
tap "homebrew/cask"
tap "homebrew/cask-fonts"
tap "homebrew/cask-versions"
tap "homebrew/core"
tap "homebrew/services"
tap "mongodb/brew"
brew "adns"
brew "gdbm"
brew "asciinema"
brew "autoconf"
brew "automake"
brew "awscli"
brew "bash-completion"
brew "derailed/k9s/k9s"
brew "dos2unix"
brew "doxygen"
brew "fontconfig"
brew "gd"
brew "gengetopt"
brew "gh"
brew "git-flow-avh"
brew "git-lfs"
brew "glances"
brew "glib"
brew "gnupg"
brew "gpg"
brew "heroku"
brew "helm"
brew "help2man"
brew "hdf5"
brew "htop"
brew "htslib"
brew "hugo"
brew "imagemagick"
brew "krew"
brew "kubectl"
brew "kubectx"
brew "kumactl"
brew "libheif"
brew "mas"
brew "minikube"
brew "mongodb/brew/mongodb-community"
brew "neofetch"
brew "node"
brew "openssl"
brew "pandoc"
brew "pulumi"
brew "pure"
brew "python"
brew "readline"
brew "rename"
brew "rust"
brew "screenfetch"
brew "screenresolution"
brew "speedtest-cli"
brew "ssh-copy-id"
brew "starship"
brew "tree"
brew "unison"
brew "webp"
brew "wget"
brew "wtfutil"
brew "xz"
brew "zsh-autosuggestions"
brew "zsh-syntax-highlighting"
cask "alfred"
cask "amazon-music"
cask "brave-browser"
cask "cloudflare-warp"
cask "datagrip"
cask "devdocs"
cask "docker"
cask "dropbox"
cask "flux"
cask "font-fira-code-nerd-font"
cask "fork"
cask "github"
cask "gitify"
cask "google-chrome"
cask "lens"
cask "mactex"
cask "nordvpn"
cask "postman"
cask "qlcolorcode"
cask "qlimagesize"
cask "qlmarkdown"
cask "qlstephen"
cask "qlvideo"
cask "quicklook-json"
cask "quicklookase"
cask "raindropio"
cask "spotify"
cask "visual-studio-code"
mas "1Password 7", id: 1333542190
mas "1000 OpenType Fonts", id: 664501556
mas "Amphetamine", id: 937984704
mas "Annotate", id: 918207447
mas "Better Rename 9", id: 414209656
mas "Big Mean Folder Machine 2", id: 402440280
mas "Calendar 366 II", id: 1265895169
mas "Chronicle Pro", id: 1280542517
mas "CloudMounter", id: 1130254674
mas "Commander One PRO", id: 1035237815
mas "Deliveries", id: 924726344
mas "DesiGN Certificates Templates", id: 1148881950
mas "Diagrammix", id: 418534796
mas "DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials", id: 1482920575
mas "Due", id: 524373870
mas "Edison Mail", id: 1489591003
mas "EverFont", id: 586170998
mas "Evernote", id: 406056744
mas "Evernote Web Clipper", id: 1481669779
mas "FilePane", id: 847515307
mas "ForkLift", id: 412448059
mas "Free Fonts", id: 647697434
mas "Free Fonts - Christmas Collection", id: 760246983
mas "Gelatin", id: 468374949
mas "Graphics", id: 895042945
mas "Halloween Fonts", id: 700757313
mas "Home Assistant", id: 1099568401
mas "Infographics Lab for Keynote", id: 577411683
mas "Keynote", id: 409183694
mas "LiveQuartz", id: 402387626
mas "Logo Lab for iWork - Templates", id: 1218759300
mas "Logo Pop Free", id: 919007298
mas "MacFonts - Free Fonts Collection", id: 604108855
mas "Magnet", id: 441258766
mas "Markdown Pro", id: 465965038
mas "Marked", id: 448925439
mas "MenuMate", id: 518594271
mas "Mini Design Bundle", id: 642385433
mas "Monity", id: 915542151
mas "Notability", id: 736189492
mas "NuggitExpress", id: 436938594
mas "Numbers", id: 409203825
mas "Ordinatore Pro", id: 508503680
mas "Overlays!", id: 868499627
mas "Pages", id: 409201541
mas "PDF Toolkit", id: 405219581
mas "PDFGenius", id: 522090209
mas "Photos Duplicate Cleaner", id: 592704001
mas "PopClip", id: 445189367
mas "PopHub", id: 928494006
mas "Premium Fonts", id: 642142422
mas "PullRequestMenu", id: 919797974
mas "Resume & CV Lab - Templates", id: 1218255329
mas "RunCat", id: 1429033973
mas "ScreenBrush", id: 1233965871
mas "ScreenFloat", id: 414528154
mas "Sip", id: 507257563
mas "skEditExpress", id: 414950773
mas "Snap", id: 418073146
mas "SQLPro for SQLite", id: 586001240
mas "Stock Icons - Cliparts by GN", id: 479510018
mas "Super Vectorizer", id: 704139979
mas "Tab Space", id: 1473726602
mas "Templates for Photoshop by GN", id: 1204722354
mas "The Duplicate Finder", id: 654667344
mas "TinyNotepad", id: 1449415412
mas "Wallpaper Wizard", id: 410801088
mas "Weather for Status Bar", id: 1448031908
mas "WiFi Explorer", id: 494803304
mas "Will It Fit", id: 521680466
mas "Window Tidy", id: 456609775
mas "Yoink", id: 457622435
mas "Yummy FTP Pro", id: 492068728
mas "Zone", id: 415832062

Dock

# Remove Dock Delay for Auto-Hide & Auto-Show
defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide-delay -float 0 && killall Dock

# Reset Dock Hide/Show Delay defaults
defaults delete com.apple.Dock autohide-delay && killall Dock

# Reduce autohide Dock animation
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.25; killall Dock

# Reset autohide Dock animation defaults
defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier; killall Dock

Finder

# Show the ~/Library folder
chflags nohidden ~/Library

# Show the /Volumes folder
sudo chflags nohidden /Volumes

# When performing a search, search the current folder by default
defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string "SCcf"

# Use list view in all Finder windows 
# Four-letter codes for the other view modes: `icnv`, `clmv`, `glyv`
defaults write com.apple.finder FXPreferredViewStyle -string "Nlsv"

# Expand the following File Info panes: General, Open with, and Sharing & Permissions
defaults write com.apple.finder FXInfoPanesExpanded -dict \
    General -bool true \
    OpenWith -bool true \
    Privileges -bool true

macOS

# Adjust Keyboard settings
defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 2 # normal minimum is 2 (30 ms)
defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 15 # normal minimum is 15 (225 ms)

# Make scroll direction non-natural
defaults write -g com.apple.swipescrolldirection -bool false

# Mouse Right-Click
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse MouseButtonMode TwoButton

# Create Disk Image Volume
hdiutil create -size 500mb -type UDIF -fs 'Journaled HFS+' Test -volname Bretonics