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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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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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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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Use plain text as default format in TextEdit

Mr.W — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:03:12 +0000

TextEdit is a simple application for quickly writing text and notes. The text can be edited in RTF (Rich Text Format) mode, as well as plain text. With the following defaults write command you can enable plain text as default format in TextEdit.

Copy and paste the following command in OS X Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.TextEdit RichText -int 0

Revert to the default setting with the following command:

defaults delete com.apple.TextEdit RichText

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Make OS X screenshots without window shadows

Mr.W — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:11:03 +0000

When you take a screenshot on Mac there’s always a shadow around the screenshot by default. Disable the shadow from the screenshot with this Terminal command. Be aware, this command only works on a Mac with macOS High Sierra or newer. Click here for the command for macOS Mojave or newer.

defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow true

To make the command take effect, you need to restart the System UI server:

killall SystemUIServer

Revert to the default setting (screenshots including shadows):

defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow false

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Removing the date and time Stamp from Screenshots

Mr.W — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:26:22 +0000

By default, screenshots (cmd⌘ + shift⇧ + 3) are saved on your desktop along with the date and time they were taken. It’s possible to to remove the date and time stamp from the file names of screenshots, use the following command in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture “include-date” 0; killall SystemUIServer

Revert to the default setting with the following command

defaults write com.apple.screencapture “include-date” 1; killall SystemUIServer

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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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OS X: How to quickly hide the desktop icons

Mr.W — Thu, 07 May 2015 18:00:20 +0000

Do you often have to do a presentation on your Mac and don’t want others to see what’s on your desktop? It’s possible to quickly hide the icons on your desktop. Launch Terminal and enter the following command.

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool FALSE; killall Finder

You still can access your icons (documents) in Finder ▸ Desktop. To unhide the icons, launch Terminal and enter the following command.

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop TRUE; killall Finder

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Disable ‘Preferences’ menu option in OS X Finder

Mr.W — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:27:02 +0000

It is possible to disable the OS X Finder menu option: ‘Finder ▸ Preferences’ (cmd⌘ + ,). This will prohibit setting changes in the OS X Finder application.

defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitFinderPreferences -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 ProhibitFinderPreferences -bool false

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