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71 lines
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title: OS X
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category: macOS
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### Locations of startup items
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~/Library/LaunchAgents
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/System/Library/LaunchAgents/
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/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
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/Library/LaunchAgents/
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/Library/LaunchDaemons/
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__Running `launchctl list` show you what launch scripts are currently loaded.__
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### Hide desktop icons
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defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false
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killall Finder
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### Auto-hide other windows on dock switch
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defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool TRUE
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killall Dock
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defaults delete com.apple.dock single-app
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killall Dock
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### Flush DNS
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killall -HUP mDNSResponder # 10.8+
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dscacheutil -flushcache # 10.7 below
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### Disable spotlight indexing
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mdutil -a -i off # disable indexing for all volumes
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mdutil -i off MOUNT_POINT # disable for specific volume
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touch FOLDER/.metadata_never_index # disable for FOLDER
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### Turn on/off proxy
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sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Wi-Fi off
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sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Ethernet off
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sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy Wi-Fi 127.0.0.1 9999
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sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy Ethernet 127.0.0.1 9999
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sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Wi-Fi on
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sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Ethernet on
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### System utils
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- `networksetup` - Configure network (ip, dns, proxy, etc)
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- `tmutil` - Configure Time Machine (enable/disable, exclude path, delete snapshots, etc)
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- `mdutil` - Manage Spotlight (enable/disable, exclude, etc)
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- `diskutil` - Control disk (format, eject, unmount, etc)
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- `launchctl` - Control running "agents"
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### Useful utils
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- `open` - open files and directories ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/open.1.html))
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- `textutil` - manipulate text files of various formats ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/textutil.1.html))
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- `pbcopy` / `pbpaste` - provide copying and pasting to the pasteboard ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/pbcopy.1.html))
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- `sips` - scriptable image processing system ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/sips.1.html))
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- `mdfind` - finds files matching a given query ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/mdfind.1.html))
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- `screencapture` - capture images from the screen ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/screencapture.1.html))
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- `defaults` - access the Mac OS X user defaults system ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/defaults.1.html))
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- `/usr/libexec/airportd`
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- `scutil`
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__INFO: `brew` ([link](https://brew.sh)) is highly recommended utility__
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