Mathias Bynens' Sensible macOS Defaults

CommunityNews · 20 March 2021 14:41

mathiasbynens/dotfiles.
.files, including ~/.macos — sensible hacker defaults for macOS - mathiasbynens/dotfiles

mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# ~/.macos — https://mths.be/macos

# 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'

# Ask for the administrator password upfront
sudo -v

# Keep-alive: update existing `sudo` time stamp until `.macos` has finished
while true; do sudo -n true; sleep 60; kill -0 "$$" || exit; done 2>/dev/null &

###############################################################################
# General UI/UX                                                               #
###############################################################################

# Set computer name (as done via System Preferences → Sharing)
#sudo scutil --set ComputerName "0x6D746873"

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