hack.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh

##
# This is script with usefull tips taken from:
#   https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
#
# install it:
#   curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/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 "Make Dock icons of hidden applications translucent"
defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool true

echo "Show all filename extensions in Finder"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

echo "Use current directory as default search scope in Finder"
defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string "SCcf"

echo "Show Path bar in Finder"
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -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 "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 "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 0.02
 
echo "Set a shorter Delay until key repeat"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 12

echo "Display full POSIX path as Finder window title"
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true

echo "Avoid creating .DS_Store files on network volumes"
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true

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

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

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

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

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