** These are tested to work on Mac OS X (10.5.8) ** Clear Caches # Clearing cache defeats the purpose of caching. However, I've noticed that the mac gets slower as this cache grows.# Clearing the cache, makes everything faster. # I'm guessing, apple didn't implement it properly, or that the disk I/O speeds on the current generation of hard drives makes it slow. rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/* reboot Make Dock transparent in 3D view # Backup the dock, in case you feel like restoring later cd /System/Library/CoreServices; tar -cf Dock.app.tar Dock.app cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources; rm -rf scurve*.png frontline.png && killall Dock Make Dock transparent in 2D view # Backup the dock, in case you feel like restoring later cd /System/Library/CoreServices; tar -cf Dock.app.tar Dock.app cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources; rm -rf bottom?.png && killall Dock Set Dock Size defaults write com.apple.dock largesize -Number 42 && killall Dock 2D Dock Background defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES && killall Dock Dock Pinning Start defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string start && killall Dock Dock Pinning Start defaults delete com.apple.dock pinning && killall Dock Dock show transparent icon for hidden applications defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool true && killall Dock Add Recent Applications to Dock defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }' && killall Dock Show only running apps in Dock defaults write com.apple.dock static-only -bool TRUE && killall Dock Set Login Picture defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow DesktopPicture "/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/vortex.png" Dashboard Disable defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES && killall Dock Dashboard Enable defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO && killall Dock Auto Mount disks on startup sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/autodiskmount AutomountDisksWithoutUserLogin -bool trueDisable Ping defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-dropdown -bool TRUE Spacer Tile on Dock defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}' Disable .DS_Store and other hidden files on network folders defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true |