This seems to be a copy of Mathias Bynen's Dotfiles (https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx, 'sensible hacker defaults for OS X'), with a few minor changes. Specifically, comments explainung each line have been changed to echo statements, and the following lines have been inserted:
echo "Use current directory as default search scope in Finder"
defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string "SCcf"
echo "Show Path bar in Finder"
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true
echo "Show Status bar in Finder"
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true
echo "Set a shorter Delay until key repeat"
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 12
Also, some commands have been commented out:
# Automatically hide and show the Dock
# defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true
# Show remaining battery time; hide percentage
# defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowPercent -string "NO"
# defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowTime -string "YES"
# echo "Always show scrollbars"
# defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowScrollBars -string "Auto"
# Disable window animations and Get Info animations in Finder
# defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true
# Don’t animate opening applications from the Dock
# defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool false
# Disable opening and closing window animations
# defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false
# Empty Trash securely by default
# defaults write com.apple.finder EmptyTrashSecurely -bool true
# Remove useless icons from Safari’s bookmarks bar
# defaults write com.apple.Safari ProxiesInBookmarksBar "()"
# Disable send and reply animations in Mail.app
# defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool true
# defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableSendAnimations -bool true
# Disable Resume system-wide
# defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false
#Fix for the ancient UTF-8 bug in QuickLook (http://mths.be/bbo)
# Commented out, as this is known to cause problems when saving files in Adobe Illustrator CS5 :(
#echo "0x08000100:0" > ~/.CFUserTextEncoding
Yeah… But still it’s a bit confusing. It’s almost an exact copy, and no real functionality has been added (except for the four commands jamessb mentioned). I feel like I’m missing something — this is something you would expect to see in a fork, rather than a separate gist.
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This seems to be a copy of Mathias Bynen's Dotfiles (https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx, 'sensible hacker defaults for OS X'), with a few minor changes. Specifically, comments explainung each line have been changed to echo statements, and the following lines have been inserted:
Also, some commands have been commented out:# This is script with usefull tips taken from:
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
Yeah… But still it’s a bit confusing. It’s almost an exact copy, and no real functionality has been added (except for the four commands jamessb mentioned). I feel like I’m missing something — this is something you would expect to see in a fork, rather than a separate gist.
Oh well, glad to see my dotfiles are of use!
I reckon the original author didn't expect it to get any traffic, and just made it for themselves. Thanks for collating all these anyway!
Yeah, I don't understand why this gist has been created. Just learn from Mathias's dotfiles repo which also has other useful settings.
I don't understand why this gist has been created
Alas, so someone else can take credit for it with plausible deniability.