Review macos settings

[AlanGreene]

e.g.: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos https://github.com/holman/dotfiles/blob/master/macos/set-defaults.sh

• [ ] prompt for hostname?

• [x] dock

  • [x] remove
  • [x] everything:

    defaults delete com.apple.dock persistent-apps
    defaults delete com.apple.dock persistent-others
    defaults write com.apple.dock show-recents -bool false
    killall Dock

  • [-] siri, launchpad, mail, contacts, calendar, notes, reminders, maps, photos, messages, facetime
  • [-] https://github.com/AlanGreene/add_to_dock (also https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/pull/866)
  • [-] https://gist.github.com/AlanGreene/cfbda7c47506e0491335fd1b3e444d07

• [x] setup

  # Close any open System Preferences panes, to prevent them from overriding
  # settings we’re about to change
  osascript -e 'tell application "System Preferences" to quit'

  or

  #!/usr/bin/osascript
  tell application "System Preferences" to quit

• [x] General

  • [x] dark theme
  • [x] scrollbars

    # Possible values: `WhenScrolling`, `Automatic` and `Always`
    defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowScrollBars -string "WhenScrolling"

  • [x] default browser
  • [x] disable "close windows when quitting an app"

• [ ] Desktop & screensaver

  • [ ] Desktop > Dynamic
  • [ ] Screensaver
  • [ ] Flurry
  • [x] Hot corners > Top left - Start screensaver
    • [ ] hold shift when selecting option to require shift to trigger the hot corner

• [x] Dock

  • [x] Position on screen - right
  • [ ] minimize windows into application icon: false
  • [x] automatically hide and show the dock
  • [x] magnification
  • [x] unselect "show recent applications"

    # Don’t show recent applications in Dock
    defaults write com.apple.dock show-recents -bool false

• [ ] Dock & Menu Bar

  • [ ] WiFi: show in menu bar
  • [ ] Bluetooth: show in menu bar
  • [ ] Airdrop: don't show in menu bar
  • [ ] Do not disturb: don't show in menu bar
  • [ ] Screen mirrorring: don't show in menu bar
  • [ ] Display: don't show in menu bar
  • [ ] Sound: show in menu bar, always
  • [ ] Now playing: don't show in menu bar
  • [x] Clock
  • [x] show the day of the week
  • [x] show the date
  • [x] digital
  • [x] 24-hour
  • [ ] Spotlight: don't show in menu bar
  • [x] Siri: don't show in menu bar (may not be needed if Siri disabled during install)
  • [ ] Time machine: don't show in menu bar

• [x] Mission control

  • [x] unselect "automatically rearrange spaces base on most recent use"

• [ ] Siri - disable (is this done during initial OS install?)

• [x] Spotlight

  • [x] search results
  • [x] Applications
  • [x] Calculator
  • [x] Conversion
  • [x] System Preferences

• [ ] Users & groups

  • [ ] login items

• [x] Accessibility

  • [x] zoom
  • [x] use scroll gesture with modifier key (^)
  • [x] follow keyboard focus

    
    # Use scroll gesture with the Ctrl (^) modifier key to zoom
    defaults write com.apple.universalaccess closeViewScrollWheelToggle -bool true
    defaults write com.apple.universalaccess HIDScrollZoomModifierMask -int 262144

  Follow the keyboard focus while zoomed in

  defaults write com.apple.universalaccess closeViewZoomFollowsFocus -bool true

• [ ] Screen time - disable (is this done during initial OS install?)

• [ ] Extensions: review settings

• [x] Security and privacy

  • [x] General - require password immediately after sleep or screen saver

    defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 1
    defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay -int 0

• [x] Software update

  • [x] don't keep up to date automatically
  • [x] advanced
  • [x] check for updates
  • [x] download new updates when available
  • [x] don't install macos updates
  • [x] don't install app updates from app store
  • [x] don't install system data file and security updates

• [ ] Bluetooth

  • [ ] show in menu bar
  • [ ] advanced: allow devices to wake computer

• [ ] Sound

  • [ ] show volume in menu bar

• [x] Keyboard

  • [x] keyboard
  • [x] key repeat - fast

  • [x] delay until repeat - short

    defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
    
    defaults write -g 'InitialKeyRepeat_Level_Saved' -int 10
    defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1
    defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10

  • [x] text
  • [x] disable "correct spelling automatically"
  • [x] disable "capitalise words automatically"
  • [x] disable "add full stop with double space"
  • [x] disable "use smart quotes and dashes"
  • [x] remove "omw" auto replace

    defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticCapitalizationEnabled -bool false
    defaults write -g NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false
    defaults write -g NSAutomaticPeriodSubstitutionEnabled -bool false
    defaults write -g NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled -bool false
    defaults write -g NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled -bool false

  • [x] shortcuts
  • [-] screenshots (should I just stick with the defaults instead?)
  • [x] use keyboard to move focus between controls

    # Enable full keyboard access for all controls
    # (e.g. enable Tab in modal dialogs)
    defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 3

• [x] Trackpad

  • ???

    
    # Trackpad: enable tap to click for this user and for the login screen
    defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true
    defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1
    defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1

  Trackpad: map bottom right corner to right-click

  defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadCornerSecondaryClick -int 2 defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadRightClick -bool true defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.trackpad.trackpadCornerClickBehavior -int 1 defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.trackpad.enableSecondaryClick -bool true

  Disable “natural” (Lion-style) scrolling

  defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.swipescrolldirection -bool false

• [ ] Mouse

  • ???

• [ ] Display

  • [ ] Scaled - ???

• [ ] Sidecar

  • [ ] enable double tab on Apple Pencil

• [ ] Date & time

  • [ ] Clock - show date

• [ ] Sharing

  • [ ] computer name
  • [x] enable "remote login"

• [ ] Time machine

  • [ ] don't backup automatically
  • [ ] don't show in menu bar

[AlanGreene]

Spaces: https://github.com/mattorb/dotfiles/blob/master/prefs/osx/spaces.plist

[AlanGreene]

• [x] https://github.com/paulmillr/dotfiles/blob/master/etc/macos-settings.sh

• [x] https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos

• [x] some of these likely duplicated (commented out commands are already done or no longer wanted)

  
  # defaults write -g PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool TRUE

Finder > Preferences > Show all filename extensions

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

Finder > Preferences > Show wraning before changing an extension

defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false

Finder > View > As List

defaults write com.apple.finder FXPreferredViewStyle -string "Nlsv"

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Documents/Screenshots/

defaults write com.apple.screencapture name

TextEdit use plain text as default

defaults write com.apple.TextEdit RichText -int 0

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true

save to disk by default (instead of iCloud)

defaults write -g NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false

Set Default Finder Location to Home Folder

defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTarget -string "PfLo" && \

defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTargetPath -string "file://${HOME}"

Avoids creation of .DS_Store and AppleDouble files.

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true

Avoids creation of .DS_Store and AppleDouble files.

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores -bool true

Enable Remote Login

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist

defaults write com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs "Quit When Finished" -bool true

defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 1

defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay -int 0

disable spotlight indexing

mdutil -i off -d /path/to/volume

[AlanGreene]

System Preferences
    General
        click in the scroll bar to: jump to the spot that's clicked

        ask to keep changes when closing documents: true

        close windows when quitting an app: false

        recent items: none

    Dock & Menu Bar
        Automatically hide and show the menu bar on desktop

        WiFi show in menu bar: false
        Battery show percentage: true
        Spotlight show in menu bar: false

    Users & Groups
        Login Items
            1Password
            Caffeine
            Docker
            Google Chrome
            iTerm
            Sublime Text
            Rectangle

    Battery
        Power adapter
            wake for network access: false

    Sharing
        remote login: true

[AlanGreene]

Disable System Preferences > Sharing > AirPlay Receiver to stop ControlCenter listening on port 5000

[AlanGreene]

Keyboard shortcuts:

• [shift] + [command] + / focus the Help -> Search menu
• [control] + [f2] (may also need [fn] depending on settings) focus the Apple menu