MAC Terminal Tricks & HACKS

[Computergizmo]

As i was scowering youtube for my friends xUrbex on youtube, i happened to find these cool terminal Codes and a tutorial on how to work them!

The Codes Are Below with Video


TYPE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CODES IN TERMINAL.

- Change Dock back to 2d



defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
killall Dock


- Add Gradient behind Stacks

"will add video soon"

defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean YES
killall Dock

- Add Message at login

"will add video soon"

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwind ow LoginwindowText "Your Message"

Replace "Your Message" with the message of your choice, don't make it to long. If you want to revert it do the following.

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwind ow LoginwindowText ""



- Add Expose icon on Desktop

"will add video soon"


defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-floater -bool YES
killall Dock

- Increase Max Magnification on the Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock largesize -int 512

- Increase Desktop icon Size
defaults write com.apple.finder DesktopViewOptions -dict IconSize -integer 512
killall Finder

- Change format of Screenshot Images



defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg

- Disable Dashboard




defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
killall Dock


- Drag Dashboard Widget to Desktop




defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

You have to restart for this to work

- Allow you to quit the Finder
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool YES
killall Finder

- Make terminal talk




say hello (replace hello with the word you want it to say)



- Make programs hidden Transparent
defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool YES
killall Dock

- Make the Dock spring loaded
defaults write com.apple.dock enable-spring-load-actions-on-all-items -boolean YES

- Recently used Application Stack to Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'

- Pin the Dock Elseware
left: defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string start
right: defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string end

- Disable Spotlight
sudo chmod 0 /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app
killall Spotlight

(to re enable it replace '0' to '755')

- Make your screensaver as your wallpaper
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background

- Show Hidden Files
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

That is all of the ones i could find, i will get another list soon with a lot of Terminal Commands!

[Fahad]

We will add the video version of this soon

[Computergizmo]

Nice Fahad! i like the edit