Useful utils
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open- open files and directories (man) -
textutil- manipulate text files of various formats (man) -
pbcopy/pbpaste- provide copying and pasting to the pasteboard (man) -
sips- scriptable image processing system (man) -
mdfind- finds files matching a given query (man) -
screencapture- capture images from the screen (man) -
defaults- access the Mac OS X user defaults system (man) /usr/libexec/airportdscutil
INFO: brew (link) is highly recommended utility
System utils
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networksetup- Configure network (ip, dns, proxy, etc) -
tmutil- Configure Time Machine (enable/disable, exclude path, delete snapshots, etc) -
mdutil- Manage Spotlight (enable/disable, exclude, etc) -
diskutil- Control disk (format, eject, unmount, etc) -
launchctl- Control running "agents"
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
Disable spotlight indexing
mdutil -a -i off # disable indexing for all volumes
mdutil -i off MOUNT_POINT # disable for specific volume
touch FOLDER/.metadata_never_index # disable for FOLDER
Flush DNS
killall -HUP mDNSResponder # 10.8+
dscacheutil -flushcache # 10.7 below
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
Hide desktop icons
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false
killall Finder
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.
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