Enable / Disable / Revert animation-related tweaks to macOS

animations.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

function _nl() {
	read -r LINE
	echo "${LINE:-null}"
}

function _write() {
	defaults write -g NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false
	defaults write -g NSScrollAnimationEnabled -bool false
	defaults write -g NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001
	defaults write -g QLPanelAnimationDuration -float 0
	defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true
	defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool false
	defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0
	defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0
	defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration -float 0
	defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration -float 0
	defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-page-duration -float 0
	defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0
	echo ok
}

function _read() {
	echo -n 'NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled: '; defaults read -g NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled 2>/dev/null | _nl
	echo -n 'NSScrollAnimationEnabled: '; defaults read -g NSScrollAnimationEnabled 2>/dev/null | _nl
	echo -n 'NSWindowResizeTime: '; defaults read -g NSWindowResizeTime 2>/dev/null | _nl
	echo -n 'QLPanelAnimationDuration: '; defaults read -g QLPanelAnimationDuration 2>/dev/null | _nl
	echo -n 'com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations: '; defaults read com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations 2>/dev/null | _nl
	echo -n 'com.apple.dock launchanim: '; defaults read com.apple.dock launchanim 2>/dev/null | _nl
	echo -n 'com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier: '; defaults read com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier 2>/dev/null | _nl
	echo -n 'com.apple.dock autohide-delay: '; defaults read com.apple.dock autohide-delay 2>/dev/null | _nl
	echo -n 'com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration: '; defaults read com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration 2>/dev/null | _nl
	echo -n 'com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration: '; defaults read com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration 2>/dev/null | _nl
	echo -n 'com.apple.dock springboard-page-duration: '; defaults read com.apple.dock springboard-page-duration 2>/dev/null | _nl
	echo -n 'com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration: '; defaults read com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration 2>/dev/null | _nl
}

function _delete() {
	defaults delete -g NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled
	defaults delete -g NSScrollAnimationEnabled
	defaults delete -g NSWindowResizeTime
	defaults delete -g QLPanelAnimationDuration
	defaults delete com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations
	defaults delete com.apple.dock launchanim
	defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier
	defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-delay
	defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration
	defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration
	defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-page-duration
	defaults delete com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration
	echo ok
}

case $1 in
	-h) echo "${0##*/} [-w|-r|-d] write/read/delete"; exit 0;;
	-w) _write; exit;;
	-r) _read; exit;;
	-d) _delete; exit;;
esac