How to macOS

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A collection of useful command that are rarely used (maybe once a year or for fresh OS installations) and so, hardly remembered.

This is not a beginners guide. These commands want to help medium/high experienced users that need more control over basic system settings.

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Reset Launchpad Layout

defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true; killall Dock

Delete all .DS_Store files on your computer

If you want to set defaul view in fider, this will be applied to new visited directories only. By deleting all .DS_Store files, every directory history will be deleted as well.

sudo find / -name .DS_Store -delete; killall Finder

Mount Root Partition with Read and Write permissions

sudo mount -uw /

Install Homebrew package manager

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

Install updated Bash and set as default shell for Terminal

brew update && brew install bash && sudo chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash $(whoami)

Speed-up dock's animation

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0; defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.5; killall Dock

Jump through page sections by clicking on the scrollbar

defaults write -globalDomain AppleScrollerPagingBehavior -bool true

Show all filename extensions

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

Hide warning before changing a file's extension

defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false

Allow quitting Finder via ⌘ + Q

Enable closing finder unless is the only app running. Once closed the desktop icons will not be visible

defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true

Delete Time Machine snapshots

List all snapshots

tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

delete snapshot

sudo tmutil deletelocalsnapshots "insert-date-here"