Useful Mac Commands

Useful-Mac-Commands.sh

# disable sleep when lid closed
sudo pmset -b sleep 0; sudo pmset -b disablesleep 1

# re-enable sleep when lid closed
sudo pmset -b sleep 5; sudo pmset -b disablesleep 0

# prevent Photos opening when SD inserted
defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug -bool YES

# speed up Time Machine backups
sudo sysctl debug.lowpri_throttle_enabled=0

# show setup
# disable spotlight
sudo mdutil -a -i off

# disable display sleep, disk spindown, system sleep
sudo pmset -a displaysleep 0 disksleep 0 sleep 0

# disable screen saver
defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver idleTime 0

# disable Time Machine
sudo tmutil disable

# disable Software Update
sudo softwareupdate --schedule off

# disable Dashbaord (pre-Catalina)
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES

# restart finder
killall Dock