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How to add a blank space to your Dock?

Mr.W — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:00:05 +0000

Do you want to keep the Dock in OS X organized? You can do this with a blank space. This way, you can divide your Dock in different groups. Copy and paste the following command in a Terminal window. After the restart, the space will be added to the Dock, which you can move to any place.

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}'; killall Dock

You can remove the empty space in the same way as deleting an app from the Dock.

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How to reset the DNS cache in OS X

Mr.W — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 18:25:00 +0000

OS X always keeps a local cache of resolved DNS queries (IP address) for future reference. But sometimes it may be necessary to clear (flush) the cache. You can do this with a terminal command, this will refresh the local DNS cache.

When you need to do this?
For example if you hit lot of 404 server error code

Launch Terminal and enter the following command for

OSX 10.10

sudo discoveryutil udnsflushcaches

OSX 10.9

dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

OSX 10.7 – 10.8

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

OSX 10.5 – 10.6

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

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Disable the ruler in TextEdit by default

Mr.W — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:00:51 +0000

If you regularly use TextEdit, you will notice that TextEdit displays the ruler by default when creating or opening rich text documents. It’s not possible to turn off the ruler by default in Preferences. Offcorse you can You can disable the ruler in TextEdit with the following OS X Terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.TextEdit ShowRuler 0

If you want to use the ruler you can use ⌘R or choosing Format > Text > Show Ruler from the menu.

Revert to default setting:

defaults delete com.apple.TextEdit ShowRuler

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Setup a size limit for Time Machine backup volumes

Mr.R — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:00:11 +0000

Time Machine will standard use all the available disk space on an external drive or a external server volume. You can setup a limit how much disk space Time Machine may use. Use this defaults write Terminal command: defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine MaxSize 405600 Where MaxSize 405600 is the MB equivalent of 400GB (400 * 1024) ... Read more

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Enable momentum scrolling for Magic Mouse

Mr.W — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:22:26 +0000

The Mouse System Preferences pane does not include an option to enable momentum scrolling. The setting is a hidden preference. Use following command in Terminal to enable momentum scrolling.

defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse MouseMomentumScroll -bool yes

Revert to the default setting:

defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse MouseMomentumScroll -bool no

Screencast:

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Enable spring loaded Dock items

Mr.W — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 18:00:59 +0000

Spring-loaded Dock items are supposed to save you time by allowing you to drag a file over the folder/icon. Hover it for a few seconds and the application/folder will open. Use the following command to enable these feature:

defaults write com.apple.dock enable-spring-load-actions-on-all-items -bool true

Restart Dock with the following command:

killall Dock

Revert to the default setting:

defaults write com.apple.dock enable-spring-load-actions-on-all-items -bool false

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=altO2yV0MtQ&t=5m9s

Spring Loaded item starts at 05:09

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Disable the Spaces Animation in Mac OS X

Mr.W — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:00:31 +0000

Anytime you navigate between Spaces in OS X there’s a animation, this is nice but it makes switching between Spaces slower. You can disable the animation with the following command: defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off -bool YES To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Dock killall Dock Revert to the default setting: ... Read more

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Disable the Dock animations

Mr.W — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:00:20 +0000

Disable all Dock animations when opening an application from the Dock. Use the following OS X Terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool false

Restart Dock with the following command:

killall Dock

Revert to the default setting:

defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool true

Restart Dock

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Enable the Recent Items Menu in the Dock

Mr.W — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:00:11 +0000

You can add a ‘Recent Items menu’ to the OS X Dock. The default is set to “Recent Applications” but once the Dock item exists you can adjust it to feature other recent items too. Use the following defaults write command.

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'

Restart Dock with the following command:

killall Dock

If you want to remove the Recent Items menu, just drag it out of your Dock.

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Disable the warning before emptying the Trash

Mr.W — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:45:59 +0000

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:

defaults write com.apple.finder WarnOnEmptyTrash -bool false

Revert to the default setting:

defaults write com.apple.finder WarnOnEmptyTrash -bool true

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