Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Mac OS X Tip: Popular Terminal Commands

Show hidden files in Finder


defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE


Change TRUE back to FALSE to hide files


Both commands require the Finder to be restarted


 


Enable Safari debug menu


defaults write com.apple.safari IncludeDebugMenu 1


Change 1 to 0 to disable


 


Disable Dashboard


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


Change YES to NO to enable


Both commands require you to restart the dock by typing killall Dock in the Terminal


 


Changes all mail to plain text


defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText -bool TRUE


Change TRUE to FALSE to undo


 


Disable unexpectedly quit dialog from application crash


defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType none


Change none to prompt to enable




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