Unveil hidden macOS (OS X) features
The default theme in OS X still has, despite the change in iOS 7, lots of shades and gradient effects incorporated in the theme. This can be disabled by using a terminal command and give the finder window and a few other programs a flatter look. The resulting appearance is flatter and whiter window that’s showing brighter colors and less shadowing
When viewing a file with QuickLook it will appear in the foreground of the screen. When you select a different window, QuickLook will go to the background. It’s possible to keep the QuickLook windows in front.
By default in OS X, users are given a warning when emptying the Trash and removing files from the hard drive. You can disable the warning window before emptying the Trash with following command:
The following command will show the cover flow frame rate (as frames per second) within the Finder alongside each filename when flipping through files.
The Go To Folder command is the most useful features in the OS X Finder. If you want to lock down a Mac a bit more than usual, you can disable the Go To Folder menu option and keyboard shortcut using a defaults write command: defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitGoToFolder -bool true To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Finder. killall Finder Revert to the default setting: defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitGoToFolder -bool false Restart Finder
It is possible to enable AirDrop in a wired network even when your Mac is not supported. After restarting the Finder, Airdrop will appear in Finder’s navigation bar.
If you use Quick Look to view files that features text, you’ll notice that you can’t click and drag to highlight text. This default write command will let you click and drag to highlight text, and use the cmd⌘ + C key combination to copy text.