OSX For Hackers

hack.sh

# Verbatim copy of: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
# install it:
#   curl -sL https://gist.github.com/raw/2108403/6991bfd5934471cccd7ae4ebc56aa023ce57d7a0/hack.sh | sh

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 Enable the 2D Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -bool true

# Automatically hide and show the Dock
# defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true

echo Make Dock icons of hidden applications translucent
defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool true

echo Enable iTunes track notifications in the Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool true

# Disable menu bar transparency
# defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleEnableMenuBarTransparency -bool false

# Show remaining battery time; hide percentage
# defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowPercent -string "NO"
# defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowTime -string "YES"

# Always show scrollbars
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowScrollBars -string "Always"

echo Allow quitting Finder via ⌘ + Q; doing so will also hide desktop icons
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true

# Disable window animations and Get Info animations in Finder
# defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true

echo Show all filename extensions in Finder
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -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 the “Are you sure you want to open this application?” dialog
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false

echo Disable shadow in screenshots
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true

echo Enable highlight hover effect for the grid view of a stack (Dock)
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -bool true

echo Enable spring loading for all Dock items
defaults write enable-spring-load-actions-on-all-items -bool true

echo Show indicator lights for open applications in the Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock show-process-indicators -bool true

# Don’t animate opening applications from the Dock
# defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool false

echo Display ASCII control characters using caret notation in standard text views
# Try e.g. `cd /tmp; unidecode "\x{0000}" > cc.txt; open -e cc.txt`
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSTextShowsControlCharacters -bool true

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

echo Set a blazingly fast keyboard repeat rate
defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0

echo Disable auto-correct
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false

# Disable opening and closing window animations
# defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false

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

# Increase window resize speed for Cocoa applications
# defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001

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

echo Enable snap-to-grid for desktop icons
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:arrangeBy grid" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

echo Disable the warning before emptying the Trash
defaults write com.apple.finder WarnOnEmptyTrash -bool false

# Empty Trash securely by default
# defaults write com.apple.finder EmptyTrashSecurely -bool true

# Require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins
defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 1
defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay -int 0

echo Enable tap to click (Trackpad)
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true

echo Map bottom right Trackpad corner to right-click
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadCornerSecondaryClick -int 2
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadRightClick -bool true

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

# 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 the Ping sidebar in iTunes
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar -bool true

echo Disable all the other Ping stuff in iTunes
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePing -bool true

echo Make ⌘ + F focus the search input in iTunes
defaults write com.apple.iTunes NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Target Search Field" "@F"

# Disable send and reply animations in Mail.app
# defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool true
# defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableSendAnimations -bool true

# 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 Enable Dashboard dev mode (allows keeping widgets on the desktop)
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode -bool true

echo Reset Launchpad
[ -e ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ] && rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db

echo Show the ~/Library folder
chflags nohidden ~/Library

echo Disable local Time Machine backups
hash tmutil &> /dev/null && sudo tmutil disablelocal

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

#Fix for the ancient UTF-8 bug in QuickLook (http://mths.be/bbo)
# Commented out, as this is known to cause problems when saving files in Adobe Illustrator CS5 :(
#echo "0x08000100:0" > ~/.CFUserTextEncoding

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