MacOS Sierra Tweaks

mac-sierra-tweaks

Speed Up Mission Control Animations in MacOS Sierra:
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0.1
// and restart Dock with "killall Dock"
// Go back to default speed:
defaults delete com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration; killall Dock

Set Key Repeat:
defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10 # normal minimum is 15 (225 ms)
defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1 # normal minimum is 2 (30 ms)
// login/logoff is neded
// Suggested: repeat rates to 40 ms,  initial repeat rates to 150 ms

Always show scrollbar:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowScrollBars -string "Always"

Save to disk by default (not iCloud):
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false

Auto restart if system freezes:
sudo systemsetup -setrestartfreeze on

Never go into sleep:
sudo systemsetup -setcomputersleep Off > /dev/null

Disable press-and-hold for keys in favor of key repeat:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Enable AirDrop over Ethernet and on unsupported Macs running Lion:
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces -bool true


Don’t automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use:
defaults write com.apple.dock mru-spaces -bool false

Enable tap to click for this user and for the login screen for Trackpad:
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true
defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1
defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1

Show icons for hard drives, servers, and removable media on the desktop:
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowExternalHardDrivesOnDesktop -bool true
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowHardDrivesOnDesktop -bool true
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowMountedServersOnDesktop -bool true
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowRemovableMediaOnDesktop -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 item info near icons on the desktop and in other icon views:
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :FK_StandardViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :StandardViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

Remove Dropbox’s green checkmark icons in Finder:
file=/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/emblem-dropbox-uptodate.icns
[ -e "${file}" ] && mv -f "${file}" "${file}.bak"

# Wipe all (default) app icons from the Dock
# This is only really useful when setting up a new Mac, or if you don’t use
# the Dock to launch apps.
# defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array