Locations of startup items
~/Library/LaunchAgents
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
/Library/LaunchAgents/
/Library/LaunchDaemons/
__Running `launchctl list` show you what launch scripts are currently loaded.__
Hide desktop icons
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false
killall Finder
Auto-hide other windows on dock switch
defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool TRUE
killall Dock
defaults delete com.apple.dock single-app
killall Dock
Flush DNS
killall -HUP mDNSResponder # 10.8+
dscacheutil -flushcache # 10.7 below
Turn off spotlight
sudo vim /etc/hostconfig # change SPOTLIGHT=-YES- to SPOTLIGHT=-NO-
mdutil -i off /
Turn on/off proxy
sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Wi-Fi off
sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Ethernet off
sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy Wi-Fi 127.0.0.1 9999
sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy Ethernet 127.0.0.1 9999
sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Wi-Fi on
sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Ethernet on
System utils
networksetup
- Configure network (ip, dns, proxy, etc)tmutils
- Configure Time Machine (enable/disable, exclude path, delete snapshots, etc)mdutils
- Manage Spotlight (enable/disable, exclude, etc)diskutil
- Control disk (format, eject, unmount, etc)launchctl
- Control running “agents”
Useful utils
open
- open files and directories (man)textutil
- manipulate text files of various formats (man)pbcopy
/pbpaste
- provide copying and pasting to the pasteboard (man)sips
- scriptable image processing system (man)mdfind
- finds files matching a given query (man)screencapture
- capture images from the screen (man)defaults
- access the Mac OS X user defaults system (man)/usr/libexec/airportd
scutil
INFO: brew
(link) is highly recommended utility
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