cheatsheets/osx.md

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OS X	2017/sheet

Locations of startup items

~/Library/LaunchAgents 
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
/Library/LaunchAgents/
/Library/LaunchDaemons/

__Running `launchctl list` show you what launch scripts are currently loaded.__

Hide desktop icons

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false
killall Finder

Auto-hide other windows on dock switch

defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool TRUE
killall Dock

defaults delete com.apple.dock single-app
killall Dock

Flush DNS

killall -HUP mDNSResponder   # 10.8+
dscacheutil -flushcache      # 10.7 below

Turn off spotlight

sudo vim /etc/hostconfig  # change SPOTLIGHT=-YES- to SPOTLIGHT=-NO-
mdutil -i off /

Turn on/off proxy

sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Wi-Fi off
sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Ethernet off
sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy Wi-Fi 127.0.0.1 9999
sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy Ethernet 127.0.0.1 9999
sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Wi-Fi on
sudo networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Ethernet on

System utils

• networksetup - Configure network (ip, dns, proxy, etc)
• tmutils - Configure Time Machine (enable/disable, exclude path, delete snapshots, etc)
• mdutils - Manage Spotlight (enable/disable, exclude, etc)
• diskutil - Controll disk (format, eject, unmount, etc)
• launchctl - Controll running "agents"

Usefull utils

• open - open files and directories ([man])[https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/open.1.html]
• textutil - manipulate text files of various formats ([man])[https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/textutil.1.html]
• pbcopy / pbpaste - provide copying and pasting to the pasteboard ([man])[https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/pbcopy.1.html]
• sips - scriptable image processing system ([man])[https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/sips.1.html]
• mdfind - finds files matching a given query ([man])[https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/mdfind.1.html]
• screencapture - capture images from the screen ([man])[https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/screencapture.1.html]
• defaults - access the Mac OS X user defaults system ([man])[https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/defaults.1.html]
• /usr/libexec/airportd
• scutil

INFO: brew (link)[https://brew.sh] is highly recomended utility