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/2108403/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

# 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 "Always show scrollbars"
# defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowScrollBars -string "Auto"

echo "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

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 "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

# Don’t animate opening applications from the Dock
# defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool false

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 "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

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

# 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"

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

# 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 "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"
hash tmutil &> /dev/null && 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

#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

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

DO NOT RUN THIS ONE:

echo "Disable the “Are you sure you want to open this application?” dialog"
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false

I ran it, and now I have all sorts of problems running new apps on my machine. This is broken/buggy on OS X.

What sort of issues? It's been working fine for me.

@broodium This:

http://code.google.com/p/theunarchiver/issues/detail?id=464

I just tested this and can also confirm it. This setting should definitely be removed from this Gist.

@nomulous I’d appreciate it if you would file bug reports like these over at the original repository: http://mths.be/osx

@nomulous and @broodium Didn’t http://code.google.com/p/theunarchiver/issues/detail?id=464#c35 fix (well, work around) the issue?

Does Dropbox tweak still work? I had to run this script again once I updated Dropbox, and it no longer works

@tjoozey It should work. Just run the command and make sure to run killall Finder afterwards. If that doesn’t help, report the issue here and I’ll take a closer look: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/issues/new

THANKS

Tried to use this on Lion (10.7.4), and it works great for the most part, but I'm seeing an issue with the
press and hold default, set by
defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
– currently on line 86.
I found success in using
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
as suggested here. Without thoroughly testing the other settings, I am happy with the result!

Thanks for a great script!

@zackdouglas -g is an alias to NSGlobalDomain, so both commands are equivalent.

That was my hypothesis, too; but sure enough, using the written out form had no effect.

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On Jul 23, 2012 12:24 PM, "Mathias Bynens" < ***@***.***> wrote: @zackdouglas `-g` is an alias to `NSGlobalDomain`, so both commands are equivalent. --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://gist.github.com/2260182

Out of curiosity, setting .osx to hide hidden files via false instead of true, then re-running ./.osx does not actually hide the files. Any idea why? Im sure its something super simple.

Try
killall Finder
in the Terminal

hey guys, what does it mean? "Enable spring loading for all Dock items"

Zeokat yes, command killall did the job. Thanks.

I just spent a lot of time tracking down a hang in Xcode that's caused by these lines in this script:

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

The symptom: Xcode 7.3.x (and maybe more) reliably hangs in a new Single-View iOS Application (in Swift, if that matters) with code completion turned on, as I typed a known symbol in a standard method of a controller (navigationItem, if you want to try this at home). Something in the tooltip that Xcode draws, or attempts to draw, locks up when rendering glyphs with this setting enabled.

I recommend commenting these lines out at least, if not removing them altogether. The following gets you out of the bad state, if you're in it:

defaults delete NSGlobalDomain NSTextShowsControlCharacters

What does this do?

Does this settings to automatically open a Finder window every time an external hard disk or storage drive is connected (volume is mounted) in MacOS Monterey (12.0.1) work for you?

# 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 
It doesn't work for me. Every time I insert an external hard drive it doesn't launch a Finder window.

how does it work on Monterey? somebody tried?