mac.md

Collection of Mac OS X configurations:

Disable shadows in screenshots

defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true
killall SystemUIServer

Single window mode:

defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool true
killall Dock

Show all (hidden) files in Finder

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

Clamshell on Lion/Mountain Lion

• Disable internal screen - sudo nvram boot-args="iog=0x0"
• Reenable - sudo nvram -d boot-args

Finder- Full path in titlebar

defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES
killall Finder

Disable Notificationcenter

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist

killall NotificationCenter

To load again:

launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist

QTKitServer revving my CPU at times, to kill

QTKitServer
killall STOP quicklookd
killall STOP QTKitServer

Disable window animations

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false

Seagate/Samsung only Paragon NTFS driver

• Seagate Driver
• Samsung Driver