Mac OS X
Gary April 25th, 2008
Customize hidden settings
These are my top preferred settings for Mac OS X, which can be changed using the defaults command line tool in Terminal.
Show Hidden Files
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
Don’t create .DS_Store clutter on Network and Windows (non-native) volumes
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices \
DSDontWriteNetworkStores true
Save dialog expanded by default
defaults write -g \
NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool TRUE
Set default picture for Desktop and Login Screen
sudo defaults write \
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow \ DesktopPicture "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Vacation Photo.jpg"
Screen captures in TIFF [or PNG] format
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type tif
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png
Screen Sharing additional toolbar buttons
defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing \ 'NSToolbar Configuration ControlToolbar' \ -dict-add 'TB Item Identifiers' \ '(Scale,Control,Share,Curtain,Capture,FullScreen,GetClipboard,SendClipboard,Quality)'
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