A single executable shell script that applies all the macOS performance tweaks

revert-intel-performance.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

echo "Reverting macOS UI/perf tweaks…"

# Remove (revert) UI settings to defaults
defaults delete -g AppleReduceTransparency 2>/dev/null || true
defaults delete -g AppleReduceMotion 2>/dev/null || true
defaults delete -g NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled 2>/dev/null || true

# Dock defaults
defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier 2>/dev/null || true
defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-delay 2>/dev/null || true
defaults delete com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration 2>/dev/null || true

# Finder defaults
defaults delete com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations 2>/dev/null || true

# Resume defaults
defaults delete -g NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows 2>/dev/null || true

# Smart text defaults
defaults delete -g NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled 2>/dev/null || true
defaults delete -g NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled 2>/dev/null || true
defaults delete -g NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled 2>/dev/null || true

# Spotlight back on (requires sudo)
echo "Re-enabling Spotlight indexing (requires sudo)…"
sudo mdutil -i on / || true

# Photos analysis resume
defaults write com.apple.photoanalysisd analysis-paused -bool false
killall photoanalysisd photolibraryd 2>/dev/null || true

# Restart affected services
killall Dock 2>/dev/null || true
killall Finder 2>/dev/null || true

echo "Done. Log out/in (or reboot) for all defaults to fully apply."

sonoma-intel-performance.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

echo "Applying macOS Sonoma Intel performance optimizations…"

# Reduce GPU-heavy UI effects
defaults write -g AppleReduceTransparency -bool true
defaults write -g AppleReduceMotion -bool true

# Disable window animations
defaults write -g NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false

# Dock responsiveness
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0

# Finder responsiveness
defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true

# Disable Resume system-wide
defaults write -g NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false

# Disable smart text features
defaults write -g NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false
defaults write -g NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled -bool false
defaults write -g NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled -bool false

# Restart affected services
killall Dock 2>/dev/null || true
killall Finder 2>/dev/null || true

# Spotlight indexing off (requires sudo)
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
  echo "Disabling Spotlight (requires sudo)…"
  sudo mdutil -i off /
  sudo mdutil -E /
else
  mdutil -i off /
  mdutil -E /
fi

# Pause Photos analysis
defaults write com.apple.photoanalysisd analysis-paused -bool true
killall photoanalysisd photolibraryd 2>/dev/null || true

echo "Done. Log out and back in for all changes to take effect."