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MacOS Sonoma Turn Off or Disable Click Wallpaper to Reveal Desktop Unless in Stage Manager
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disable_click_to_show_desktop.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euox
##
# Disable click to show desktop
# run with `bash disable_click_show_desktop.sh`
# or `chmod +x disable_click_show_desktop.sh && ./$_`
##
function read_winmgr_default () {
# Read the current setting. "EnableStandardClickToShowDesktop" should be
# missing if unset, but present if disabled. It can also be present and enabled...
/usr/bin/defaults read com.apple.WindowManager
}
function disable_click_desktop () {
# Disable single click desktop to hide all windows and show desktop only in
# Stage Manager.
/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.WindowManager EnableStandardClickToShowDesktop 0
}
# Disable clicking on desktop to hide windows, then read the setting, without checking
disable_click_desktop
read_winmgr_default
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