a few helpful little terminal commands. Subscribe Rate and comment. Here is the list of commands if you could not see in the video:
- Change Dock back to 2d
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
killall Dock
- Add Gradient behind Stacks
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean YES
killall Dock
- Add Message at login
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
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
- Allow you to quit the Finder
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool YES
killall Finder
- Make terminal talk
say o (replace o 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.a pp
killall Spotlight
(to re enable it replace ‘0′ to ‘755′)
- Make your screensaver as your wallpaper
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.f ramework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app /Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background
- Show Hidden Files
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
Games in terminal-
type in emacs and press enter.
prees ESC + x
then type in either snake, pong, tetris, or doctor.
to switch between games press ESC + x and type in the game.
Screensaver background-
type in the following code:
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.f ramework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app /Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &
making the script run at login-
type the code into automator and save the workflow as an application and make it open at login.
\- Slow Motion Effects
Minimize/Maximize, use Expose or Stacks but hold shift while clicking on it.
- Freeze minimizing
Open the terminal type killall Dock but don’t hit enter yet. Now hold shift while minimizing and then hit enter on the Dock to make it freeze.
- Text edit easter egg
If you use Quicklook or Coverflow to see the icon larger (In Application Folder) also use Mac’s Zooming by holding control and scrolling (You might need to turn it on first in the System Preferences)
- New Minimizing Effect
Go to Terminal and type defaults write.apple.dock mineffect -string suck
- Invert the screen
Hold command + control + option(alt) + 8
- Games in the Terminal!
Go to terminal and type emacs and hit enter. Then hold esc + x (but hold x a little earlier) then at the bottom of the dock it will say MX in blue.
Now type either Snake, Pong, Textris, Life or Doctor.
- Weather Dashboard Widget easter egg
Hold command and option and click on the sun it will change the location to ‘no where’
- Windows Shared Network Easter Egg
Connect your PC to you Mac and in the Finder the icon for it will be the Blue Screen of Death, haha nice one Steve Jobs!
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**Just Noticed A Few Spelling Mistakes I Was Rushing To Get The Video Done And Dont See The Point Of Uploading It Again , Sorry :(**
The 11th terminal lesson
Sorry for the bad graphics! First iMovie project, so I’m not very experienced.
The tenth terminal lesson
Learn how to make your Apple Mac sings through Terminal, just see what happens when I paste the scripts, I’ve put them here, and I explain what’s the functions of many scripts:
In this video from Macbinder.com We’ll show you how to view system files which are normally hidden in OSX
This is a summary of how Mac OS X handles RAM usage as well as an overview of how to check swap file size using the terminal command sysctl vm.
Whats in my dock? watch this video to find out!! oh, and PLZ reply so i can see whats in your dock too!
This was an assignment from my intro to digital media class. Nothing too advanced. I had to cover basic concepts like how to open spotlight, but it gets the point across.