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Stop Photos from opening automatically on your Mac

Mr.W — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:38:37 +0000

Nothing is more annoying that Photos will opens automatically when you connect an iPhone, iPad or other devices to your Mac. Use the following command in Terminal to change this and prevent Photos from opening automatically.

defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug -bool true

Revert to the default setting with the following command

defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug

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Adding ‘Quit’ option to Finder on a Mac

Mr.W — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:45:06 +0000

Did you know you can add the Quit option to the Finder’s application menu? This allows you to easily quit the application. After quitting you can restart Finder by clicking on the Finder icon in the Dock.

You can enable a the quit option by entering the following command in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true; killall Finder

To revert to the original settings:
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool false; killall Finder

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Show one application at a time

Mr.W — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 18:18:26 +0000

In macOS and OS X it’s possible to show one application at a time. You can enable a ‘single application’ mode by entering the following command in Terminal:

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

When you click on an application in the Dock you’ll only see the windows of that application. All other windows are hidden in the background. You’ll be able to focus more on that one application without being distracted by any other applications in the background.

To revert to the original settings:

defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool no;killall Dock

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Speed up Time Machine backups

Mr.R — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 18:26:40 +0000

Time Machine backups are great, but very slow when a large amount of data/files needs to be transferred (such as the initial back-up). As desgined by Apple the Time Machine background proces is running in a very low CPU priority, giving all other running applications en services priority.

With the following Terminal command you can temporary speed up the Time Machine backups:

sudo sysctl debug.lowpri_throttle_enabled=0

The command prevents Time Machine’s backup process assuming a low CPU priority, allowing backups to complete more quickly.

The command is not persistent and will become inactive after a reboot. If you want revert to the default setting without a reboot:

sudo sysctl debug.lowpri_throttle_enabled=1

Searching for more Time Machine tweaks? Check this!

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Enable the expand save panel by default

Mr.W — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 18:21:56 +0000

Sometimes it can happen when saving a document that you have to click first on the triangle next to the Location field to open the expanded save window. This can be very confusing, with the following command you can enable the expand save panel by default.

Copy and paste the following command in OS X Terminal:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode2 -bool true

Revert to the default setting with the following commands:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool false
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode2 -bool false

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Stop the power button from putting your Mac in stand-by (sleep) mode

Mr.W — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:31:26 +0000

Since OS X 10.9 mavericks, the behavior of the power button has been changed. When you press the power button for about 2 seconds, it will put macOS (OS X) in stand-by (sleep) mode.

With the following command you can use the power button function as in previous versions of OS X. By showing a dialog box for turning off the Mac and more.

Disable power button from putting your mac in Stand-by mode

Copy and paste the following command in OS X/macOS Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.loginwindow PowerButtonSleepsSystem -bool no

Hit the enter key and immediately the behavior of the power button will change. When you press the power button, the dialog box will appear with the potential to turn off your Mac and more.

Copy and paste the following command in OS X/macOS Terminal to revert to the original settings:

defaults write com.apple.loginwindow PowerButtonSleepsSystem -bool yes

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Reset OS X/macOS Dock to default settings

Mr.W — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 17:59:19 +0000

There is a Terminal command that you can use to quickly make your dock look like new again. Do you experience problems with the Dock on your Mac? The best you can do is to reset it to default settings.

The following Terminal command will reset your dock by removing any icons that you’ve added and removed. It’ll also reset the size of the dock, magnification settings, and its location.

Resetting the Dock to factory settings

Copy and paste the following command in OS X/macOS Terminal:

defaults delete com.apple.dock; killall Dock

Hit the enter key and the Dock will quit and relaunch itself into the default settings. Of course you can rearrange and adjust it again.

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Fix for not working Exposè/Mission Control

Mr.R — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 20:00:36 +0000

Using the the F3-key should normally activate Exposè/Mission Control. In some circumstances nothing happens when you hit the F3-key or the four finger up gesture.

To solve this problem apply the following defaults write command:

defaults write com.apple.dock mcx-expose-disabled -bool FALSE

Restart the OSX Dock:

killall Dock

F3 and the four finger up gesture will work again.

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Display the file extensions in Finder

Mr.W — Thu, 17 May 2018 11:11:22 +0000

File extensions (.jpg, .txt, .pdf, etc) are normally hidden by default in OS X. You can either set all extensions to be displayed through the following command:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Finder.

killall Finder

Revert to the default setting:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool false

Restart Finder

killall Finder

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Enable a larger Dock Icon size than default

Mr.W — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 19:11:55 +0000

Through the system preferences you can adjust the size of the Dock icons. Unfortunately, you can’t go larger than 256 pixels. With the following command you can change the size in different sizes.

defaults write com.apple.dock largesize -float SIZE

Change SIZE in a desired number and restart the Dock with the following command

killall Dock

Restore the default setting or change the size in System Preferences (Dock)

defaults write com.apple.dock largesize -float 128

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