OSX For Hackers

fast.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

##
# Install:
#   curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/fast.sh | sh
#
# Share your feedbacks on:
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# Author: @DAddYE (Twitter/Github)
#
echo "#######################################################################"
echo "##            Hack your Dock to be faster without headache           ##"
echo "#######################################################################"
echo
echo "* Your brain work better on a **single** project, so is a great practice"
echo "  focus on a single window at time"
echo
echo "* Assuming that you're not left-handed, I'll changed"
echo "  the position of your dock moving it at the right of your screen"
echo "  since your mouse/touchpad is on the right of your desk is more"
echo "  easy and fast to reach the Dock and all running applications"
echo "  Finally 99% of screens are wide-screen, so there is more space"
echo "  on the right/left of screen... more than bottom."
echo
echo
echo "Now, all is ready but you need to force yourself to:"
echo
echo " * use this env for few hours"
echo " * forget your spaces"
echo " * don't switch between apps with ⌘ + ⇥ (cmd+tab) use dock"
echo " * don't hide apps, switch/click on another one using dock or previous shortcut"
echo
echo "Last, but not last, if you **really** need two or more windows on the same"
echo "screen press ⌥ (option) on a dock icon to show the app in non-single mode"
echo "Translucent icons are **hidden** applications"
echo
echo "Have fun!"
echo "--"
echo "@DAddYE"
echo

defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool true
defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool true
defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string right
killall Dock

hack.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

##
# This is a script with usefull tips taken from:
#   https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
#
# Download and auto-run with:
#   $ curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh | bash
#
# or download and prompt before change defaults:
#   $ curl -O https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack
#   $ chmod +x hack
#   $ ./hack --prompt
#
# Please, share your tips commenting here:
#   https://gist.github.com/2108403
#
# Author: @DAddYE
# Thanks to: @mathiasbynens
#

case $1 in
  "-p" | "--prompt" )
    auto=N
    shift 1
    ;;
  *)
    auto=Y
    ;;
esac

function ask {
  while true; do

    if [ "$2" == "Y" ]; then
      prompt="Y/n"
      default=Y
    elif [ "$2" == "N" ]; then
      prompt="y/N"
      default=N
    else
      prompt="y/n"
      default=
    fi

    echo -n "$1 [$prompt] "

    if [ "$auto" == "Y" ]; then
      echo
    else
      read yn
    fi

    if [ -z "$yz" ]; then
      yn=$default
    fi

    case $yn in
      [Yy]*) return 0 ;;
      [Nn]*) return 1 ;;
    esac
  done
}

if ask "Enable full keyboard access for all controls (e.g. enable Tab in modal dialogs)" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 3
fi

if ask "Enable subpixel font rendering on non-Apple LCDs" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2
fi

if ask "Enable the 2D Dock" N; then
  defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -bool true
fi

if ask "Automatically hide and show the Dock" N; then
  defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true
fi

if ask "Make Dock icons of hidden applications translucent" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool true
fi

if ask "Enable iTunes track notifications in the Dock" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool true
fi

if ask "Disable menu bar transparency" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleEnableMenuBarTransparency -bool false
fi

if ask "Show remaining battery time; hide percentage" N; then
  defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowPercent -string "NO"
  defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowTime -string "YES"
fi

if ask "Always show scrollbars" N; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowScrollBars -string "Auto"
fi

if ask "Allow quitting Finder via ⌘ + Q; doing so will also hide desktop icons" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true
fi

if ask "Disable window animations and Get Info animations in Finder" N; then
  defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true
fi

if ask "Show all filename extensions in Finder" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true
fi

if ask "Use current directory as default search scope in Finder" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string "SCcf"
fi

if ask "Show Path bar in Finder" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true
fi

if ask "Show Status bar in Finder" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true
fi

if ask "Expand save panel by default" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true
fi

if ask "Expand print panel by default" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool true
fi

if ask "Disable the 'Are you sure you want to open this application?' dialog" N; then
  defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool true
fi

if ask "Disable shadow in screenshots" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true
fi

if ask "Enable highlight hover effect for the grid view of a stack (Dock)" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -bool true
fi

if ask "Enable spring loading for all Dock items" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.dock enable-spring-load-actions-on-all-items -bool true
fi

if ask "Show indicator lights for open applications in the Dock" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.dock show-process-indicators -bool true
fi

if ask "Don't animate opening applications from the Dock" N; then
  defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool false
fi

if ask "Enable Single Application mode" N; then
  defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool true
fi

if ask "Display ASCII control characters using caret notation in standard text views" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSTextShowsControlCharacters -bool true
fi

if ask "Disable press-and-hold for keys in favor of key repeat" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
fi

if ask "Set a blazingly fast keyboard repeat rate" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0.02
fi

if ask "Set a shorter Delay until key repeat" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 18
fi

if ask "Disable auto-correct" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false
fi

if ask "Disable opening and closing window animations" N; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false
fi

if ask "Enable AirDrop over Ethernet and on unsupported Macs running Lion" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces -bool true
fi

if ask "Disable disk image verification" Y; then
  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
fi

if ask "Automatically open a new Finder window when a volume is mounted" Y; then
  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
fi

if ask "Display full POSIX path as Finder window title" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true
fi

if ask "Increase window resize speed for Cocoa applications" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001
fi

if ask "Avoid creating .DS_Store files on network volumes" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true
fi

if ask "Disable the warning when changing a file extension" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false
fi

if ask "Show item info below desktop icons" Y; then
  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
fi

if ask "Enable snap-to-grid for desktop icons" Y; then
  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:arrangeBy grid" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
fi

if ask "Disable the warning before emptying the Trash" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.finder WarnOnEmptyTrash -bool false
fi

if ask "Require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 1
  defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay -int 0
fi

if ask "Enable tap to click on Trackpad" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true
fi

if ask "Map bottom right Trackpad corner to right-click" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadCornerSecondaryClick -int 2
  defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadRightClick -bool true
fi

if ask "Disable Safari’s thumbnail cache for History and Top Sites" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2
fi

if ask "Enable Safari’s debug menu" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true
fi

if ask "Make Safari’s search banners default to Contains instead of Starts With" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.Safari FindOnPageMatchesWordStartsOnly -bool false
fi

if ask "Remove useless icons from Safari's bookmarks bar" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.Safari ProxiesInBookmarksBar "()"
fi

if ask "Add a context menu item for showing the Web Inspector in web views" Y; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true
fi

if ask "Only use UTF-8 in Terminal.app" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.terminal StringEncodings -array 4
fi

if ask "Disable the Ping sidebar in iTunes" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar -bool true
fi

if ask "Disable all the other Ping stuff in iTunes" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePing -bool true
fi

if ask "Make ⌘ + F focus the search input in iTunes" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.iTunes NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Target Search Field" "@F"
fi

if ask "Disable send and reply animations in Mail.app" N; then
  defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool true
  defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableSendAnimations -bool true
fi

if ask "Copy email address without brackets" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.mail AddressesIncludeNameOnPasteboard -bool false
fi

if ask "Disable Resume system-wide" N; then
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false
fi

if ask "Enable only Safari resume" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.Safari NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool true
fi

if ask "Disable the 'reopen windows when logging back in' option" Y; then
  # 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
fi

if ask "Enable Dashboard dev mode (allows keeping widgets on the desktop)" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode -bool true
fi

if ask "Reset Launchpad" Y; then
  [ -e ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ] && rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db
fi

if ask "Show the ~/Library folder" Y; then
  chflags nohidden ~/Library
fi

if ask "Hide the /opt folder" Y; then
  sudo chflags hidden /opt
fi

if ask "Disable local Time Machine backups" Y; then
  hash tmutil &> /dev/null && sudo tmutil disablelocal
fi

if ask "Remove Dropbox’s green checkmark icons in Finder" Y; then
  file=/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/check.icns
  [ -e "$file" ] && mv -f "$file" "$file.bak"
  unset file
fi

if ask "Fix for the ancient UTF-8 bug in QuickLook (http://mths.be/bbo)" Y; then
  echo "0x08000100:0" > ~/.CFUserTextEncoding
fi

if ask "Add ghost apps to dock" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{ "tile-type" = "spacer-tile"; }'
  defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{ "tile-type" = "spacer-tile"; }'
fi

if ask "Apple Finder Show all files -dot files-" Y; then
  defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true
fi

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