# Enable full keyboard access for all controls (e.g. enable Tab in modal dialogs)

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 3

 

# Enable subpixel font rendering on non-Apple LCDs

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2

 

# 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

 

# Make Dock icons of hidden applications translucent

defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool true

 

# Enable iTunes track notifications in the Dock

defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool true

 

# Add a spacer to the left side of the Dock (where the applications are)

#defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{tile-data={}; tile-type="spacer-tile";}'

# Add a spacer to the right side of the Dock (where the Trash is)

#defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{tile-data={}; tile-type="spacer-tile";}'

 

# 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"

 

# 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

 

# Show all filename extensions in Finder

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

 

# Show status bar in Finder

defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true

 

# Expand save panel by default

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true

 

# Expand print panel by default

defaults write NSGlobalDomain PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool true

 

# Disable the “Are you sure you want to open this application?” dialog

defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false

 

# Disable shadow in screenshots

defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true

 

# Enable highlight hover effect for the grid view of a stack (Dock)

defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -bool true

 

# Enable spring loading for all Dock items

defaults write com.apple.dock enable-spring-load-actions-on-all-items -bool true

 

# 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

 

# Remove the auto-hiding Dock delay

defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide-delay -float 0

 

# 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

 

# Disable press-and-hold for keys in favor of key repeat

defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

 

# Set a blazingly fast keyboard repeat rate

defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0

 

# Disable auto-correct

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false

 

# Disable opening and closing window animations

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false

 

# Enable AirDrop over Ethernet and on unsupported Macs running Lion

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces -bool true

 

# 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

 

# 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

 

# 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

 

# Avoid creating .DS_Store files on network volumes

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true

 

# Disable the warning when changing a file extension

defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false

 

# Show item info below desktop icons

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

 

# Enable snap-to-grid for desktop icons

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:arrangeBy grid" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

 

# 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

 

# Enable tap to click (Trackpad)

defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true

 

# 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

 

# Disable Safari’s thumbnail cache for History and Top Sites

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2

 

# Enable Safari’s debug menu

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true

 

# 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 "()"

 

# Add a context menu item for showing the Web Inspector in web views

defaults write NSGlobalDomain WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true

 

# Enable the debug menu in Address Book

defaults write com.apple.addressbook ABShowDebugMenu -bool true

 

# Enable the debug menu in iCal

defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu -bool true

 

# Only use UTF-8 in Terminal.app

defaults write com.apple.terminal StringEncodings -array 4

 

# Disable the Ping sidebar in iTunes

defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar -bool true

 

# Disable all the other Ping stuff in iTunes

defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePing -bool true

 

# 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

 

# Copy email addresses as `foo@example.com` instead of `Foo Bar <foo@example.com>` in Mail.app

defaults write com.apple.mail AddressesIncludeNameOnPasteboard -bool false

 

# Disable Resume system-wide

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false

 

# 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

 

# Enable Dashboard dev mode (allows keeping widgets on the desktop)

defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode -bool true

 

# Reset Launchpad

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

 

# Show the ~/Library folder

chflags nohidden ~/Library

 

# Disable local Time Machine backups

hash tmutil &> /dev/null && sudo tmutil disablelocal

 

# 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

 

# Kill affected applications

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