Review macos settings

[AlanGreene]

e.g.: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
https://github.com/holman/dotfiles/blob/master/macos/set-defaults.sh

• prompt for hostname?

• dock

  • remove
    • everything:

      defaults delete com.apple.dock persistent-apps
      defaults delete com.apple.dock persistent-others
      defaults write com.apple.dock show-recents -bool false
      killall Dock
      

    • [-] siri, launchpad, mail, contacts, calendar, notes, reminders, maps, photos, messages, facetime
    • [-] https://github.com/AlanGreene/add_to_dock (also https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/pull/866)
    • [-] https://gist.github.com/AlanGreene/cfbda7c47506e0491335fd1b3e444d07

• setup

  # Close any open System Preferences panes, to prevent them from overriding
  # settings we’re about to change
  osascript -e 'tell application "System Preferences" to quit'
  

  or

  #!/usr/bin/osascript
  tell application "System Preferences" to quit
  

• General

  • dark theme
  • scrollbars

     # Possible values: `WhenScrolling`, `Automatic` and `Always`
     defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowScrollBars -string "WhenScrolling"
    

  • default browser
  • disable "close windows when quitting an app"

• Desktop & screensaver

  • Desktop > Dynamic
  • Screensaver
    • Flurry
    • Hot corners > Top left - Start screensaver
      • hold shift when selecting option to require shift to trigger the hot corner

• Dock

  • Position on screen - right
  • minimize windows into application icon: false
  • automatically hide and show the dock
  • magnification
  • unselect "show recent applications"

    # Don’t show recent applications in Dock
    defaults write com.apple.dock show-recents -bool false
    

• Dock & Menu Bar

  • WiFi: show in menu bar
  • Bluetooth: show in menu bar
  • Airdrop: don't show in menu bar
  • Do not disturb: don't show in menu bar
  • Screen mirrorring: don't show in menu bar
  • Display: don't show in menu bar
  • Sound: show in menu bar, always
  • Now playing: don't show in menu bar
  • Clock
    • show the day of the week
    • show the date
    • digital
    • 24-hour
  • Spotlight: don't show in menu bar
  • Siri: don't show in menu bar (may not be needed if Siri disabled during install)
  • Time machine: don't show in menu bar

• Mission control

  • unselect "automatically rearrange spaces base on most recent use"

• Siri - disable (is this done during initial OS install?)

• Spotlight

  • search results
    • Applications
    • Calculator
    • Conversion
    • System Preferences

• Users & groups

  • login items

• Accessibility

  • zoom
    • use scroll gesture with modifier key (^)
    • follow keyboard focus

    # Use scroll gesture with the Ctrl (^) modifier key to zoom
    defaults write com.apple.universalaccess closeViewScrollWheelToggle -bool true
    defaults write com.apple.universalaccess HIDScrollZoomModifierMask -int 262144
    
    # Follow the keyboard focus while zoomed in
    defaults write com.apple.universalaccess closeViewZoomFollowsFocus -bool true
    

• Screen time - disable (is this done during initial OS install?)

• Extensions: review settings

• Security and privacy

  • General - require password immediately after sleep or screen saver

    defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 1
    defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay -int 0
    

• Software update

  • don't keep up to date automatically
  • advanced
    • check for updates
    • download new updates when available
    • don't install macos updates
    • don't install app updates from app store
    • don't install system data file and security updates

• Bluetooth

  • show in menu bar
  • advanced: allow devices to wake computer

• Sound

  • show volume in menu bar

• Keyboard

  • keyboard
    • key repeat - fast
    • delay until repeat - short

      defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
      
      defaults write -g 'InitialKeyRepeat_Level_Saved' -int 10
      defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1
      defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10
      

  • text
    • disable "correct spelling automatically"
    • disable "capitalise words automatically"
    • disable "add full stop with double space"
    • disable "use smart quotes and dashes"
    • remove "omw" auto replace

      defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticCapitalizationEnabled -bool false
      defaults write -g NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false
      defaults write -g NSAutomaticPeriodSubstitutionEnabled -bool false
      defaults write -g NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled -bool false
      defaults write -g NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled -bool false
      

  • shortcuts
    • [-] screenshots (should I just stick with the defaults instead?)
    • use keyboard to move focus between controls

      # Enable full keyboard access for all controls
      # (e.g. enable Tab in modal dialogs)
      defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 3
      

• Trackpad

  • ???

    # Trackpad: enable tap to click for this user and for the login screen
    defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true
    defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1
    defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1
    
    # Trackpad: map bottom right corner to right-click
    defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadCornerSecondaryClick -int 2
    defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadRightClick -bool true
    defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.trackpad.trackpadCornerClickBehavior -int 1
    defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.trackpad.enableSecondaryClick -bool true
    
    # Disable “natural” (Lion-style) scrolling
    defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.swipescrolldirection -bool false
    

• Mouse

  • ???

• Display

  • Scaled - ???

• Sidecar

  • enable double tab on Apple Pencil

• Date & time

  • Clock - show date

• Sharing

  • computer name
  • enable "remote login"

• Time machine

  • don't backup automatically
  • don't show in menu bar

[AlanGreene]

Spaces: https://github.com/mattorb/dotfiles/blob/master/prefs/osx/spaces.plist

[AlanGreene]

System Preferences
	General
		click in the scroll bar to: jump to the spot that's clicked

		ask to keep changes when closing documents: true

		close windows when quitting an app: false

		recent items: none

	Dock & Menu Bar
		Automatically hide and show the menu bar on desktop

		WiFi show in menu bar: false
		Battery show percentage: true
		Spotlight show in menu bar: false

	Users & Groups
		Login Items
			1Password
			Caffeine
			Docker
			Google Chrome
			iTerm
			Sublime Text
			Rectangle

	Battery
		Power adapter
			wake for network access: false

	Sharing
		remote login: true

[AlanGreene]

Disable System Preferences > Sharing > AirPlay Receiver to stop ControlCenter listening on port 5000

[AlanGreene]

Keyboard shortcuts:

• [shift] + [command] + /
  focus the Help -> Search menu
• [control] + [f2] (may also need [fn] depending on settings)
  focus the Apple menu