I've written several entries of Terminal commands. I collected all of them inside tags named Terminal; Feel free to look at them. Since I've got brand new Terminal commands inside my collection, I would like to share inside this article.
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow DesktopPicture "/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/vortex.png"
I use vortex.png for this sample command lines.
defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-floater -bool YES killall Dock

defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-floater -bool NO killall Dock
Blue rounded button will appear on the top-right corner of the screen.
defaults write com.appe.dock wvous-showcorners -bool YES killall Dock
defaults write com.appe.dock wvous-showcorners -bool NO killall Dock
A semicircle transparent button will appear on the top-left corner of the screen. Clicking this button will turn off currently active Exposé state. It will do nothing if Exposé is not turned on.
defaults write -g NSRecentDocumentsLimit -int 0
0 can be changed to any number.

defaults write com.apple.Dock mineffect genie killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.Dock mineffect scale killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.Dock mineffect suck killall Dock

defaults delete com.apple.Dock mineffect killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string start killall Dock

defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string end killall Dock
defaults delete com.apple.dock pinning killall Dock
The effect of pin point can be seen when you scale up/down your Dock.
defaults write com.apple.Safari AutoOpenSafeDownloads -bool NO
defaults write com.apple.Safari AutoOpenSafeDownloads -bool YES
defaults delete com.apple.Safari AutoOpenSafeDownloads
defaults write com.apple.Terminal OptionClickToMoveCursor -bool YES
defaults delete com.apple.Terminal OptionClickToMoveCursor
defaults write -g AppleScrollBarVariant -string DoubleMin killall Finder
defaults write -g AppleScrollBarVariant -string DoubleMax killall Finder
defaults write -g AppleScrollBarVariant -string DoubleBoth killall Finder

defaults write -g AppleScrollBarVariant -string Single killall Finder
defaults write com.apple.dock trash-full -bool NO killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock trash-full -bool YES killall Dock
With these command lines, you will set your trash regardless the trash is currently empty or full.
defaults write com.apple.addressbook ABShowDebugMenu -bool YES
defaults delete com.apple.addressbook ABShowDebugMenu

defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool YES killall Finder
defaults delete com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations killall Finder
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool YES killall Finder

defaults delete com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem killall Finder
defaults write com.apple.Finder AnimateSnapToGrid -bool NO killall Finder
defaults delete com.apple.Finder AnimateSnapToGrid killall Finder
defaults write com.apple.Safari AlwaysShowTabBar -bool YES

defaults write com.apple.Safari AlwaysShowTabBar -bool NO
defaults delete com.apple.Safari AlwaysShowTabBar
Relaunch Safari to see the effect.
defaults write com.apple.Safari AppleAntiAliasingThreshold -int 8 defaults write com.apple.Safari AppleSmoothFontsSizeThreshold -int 8
defaults write com.apple.Safari AppleAntiAliasingThreshold -int 2 defaults write com.apple.Safari AppleSmoothFontsSizeThreshold -int 2
defaults delete com.apple.Safari AppleAntiAliasingThreshold defaults delete com.apple.Safari AppleSmoothFontsSizeThreshold
defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType crashreport
defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType none
defaults delete com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType
I also find this free tool for OS X, CLIX, that provides handy command line interface for your Mac. CLIX also guides you through the whole process of using command lines.
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About half of these have simple keyboard shortcuts or are in the system preferences. This is slowly moving to windows - why do it easily, if it can be made in a difficult way?
how do you enter a line break in terminal ?
So I was busy playing around with my expose blue button, when somehow i got it stuck behind the upper menu bar! would there be a way to disable it or perhaps reset the button to the center of the screen? thanks!
Hi Ken, you can try using the following command lines :
defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-floater-pos 0
killall Dock
Your Expose blue button will come back to its initial position which is top right corner below your menu bar.
I'm just now learning about Terminal. I'm having trouble entering the "suck effect" for the dock. Do I enter, "com.apple.dock mineffect -string suck killall Dock" ? Cuz that command won't work on my iBook G4 running Tiger.
@Nate Just type the following to get the 'suck' effect. defaults write com.apple.Dock mineffect scale [press enter] killall Dock [press enter] Done! :) @Webmaster The code you provided for the suck effect doesn't work for me though. I get the following error. defaults write com.apple.dock mineffdefaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string suck 2008-02-23 09:08:19.537 defaults[5707:10b] Unexpected argument com.apple.dock; leaving defaults unchanged. The command on macosxhints works though. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010324091350279
Eh, what happened to my linebreaks?
You need to use html code for line break to add line break on the comment. ^^
@Nate: Or rather than pressing enter you could just put a ; between the two commands.
Hi ! I want to know if exist a terminal code to eliminate the focus window-shadow in leopard ? Thanks !
defaults read com.apple.finder defaults read Those will show you a lot of the stuff you can change using the defaults command. Of course you change defaults at your peril!
That should be: defaults read com.apple.finder defaults read Those will show you a lot of the stuff you can change using the defaults command. Of course you change defaults at your peril!
Also there's widget Developer mode... type
com.apple.dashboard devmode YES; killall Dashboard
Now go to dashboard, begin dragging a widget, and hit F12. This will bring the widget out of the dashboard and into Finder (Like Windows' crappy Sidebar widgets.)
Apple 4ever
When using Finder or other apps and then use the open or save File command menu window the "Recent Places" Show 5 locations Is it possible to have 10 or more items/places/locations?
Hi Alberto, it's possible to do that. Just go to System Preferences - Appearance, and you can see clearly the settings there.
actually Im talking about this window Recent Places http://michieli.org/download/0012%20Mac%20OS%20X%20Recent%20places.png Maybe some unix command? Thanks again
Nice post. Thanks for the info ..
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I'm a Normal, just investigating Terminal, but keen to learn. I successfully used the command in order to get rid of Tool Tips in Safari [defaults write com.apple.safari - etc etc]. It felt GREAT getting shot of ToolTips, but even better at having some control over my destiny! My question is - Is it possible to find a list/lists of OTHER such commands [eg 'default' commands or why], in order to tweak my Mac? Over to you, Geeks!
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