#!/usr/bin/env sh ## # This is script with useful tips taken from: # https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx # # install it: # curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2263406/osx.sh | sh # echo "Enable HiDPI resolutions in Display Preference Pane" sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool true 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 "Write screenshots to sane location" mkdir -p ~/Pictures/Screenshots defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Pictures/Screenshots echo "Make the dock tiny/invisible, who needs it?" # this is a bit of a catch-all. # change all settings that could possibly work to disable the dock defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide-delay -float 1000 defaults write com.apple.Dock tilesize -float 1 defaults write com.apple.dock largesize -float 0 echo "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 "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 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 press-and-hold for keys in favor of key repeat" defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false echo "Set a fast keyboard repeat rate" defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 2 echo "Set a shorter Delay until key repeat" defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 20 echo "Disable auto-correct" defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false echo "Disable opening and closing window animations" defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false echo "Disable expose animation duration" defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -int 0 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 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 "Disable the warning before emptying the Trash" defaults write com.apple.finder WarnOnEmptyTrash -bool false 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 echo "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 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 "Disable rubber-band scrolling" defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -int 0 echo "Show the ~/Library folder" chflags nohidden ~/Library echo "Kill affected applications" for app in Safari Finder Dock Mail SystemUIServer; do killall "$app" >/dev/null 2>&1; done