Various things to run in Terminal on a new Mac (Updated)

chris Mac , Technology

  • Get rid of the annoying network stores:

    defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

  • stop telling me shit I already know:

    defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO

  • Put Screenshots in their own Directory on the Desktop

mkdir ~/Desktop/Screenshots defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/Screenshots


* Set a Login Message:

  `sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow LoginwindowText "Room17: Unauthorized Access Prohibited"`

* Disable saving to iCloud

  `defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool FALSE`

* Disable Dashboard

  `defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean TRUE`

* Disable MobileBackups in TimeMachine

`sudo tmutil disablelocal`