macOS Hacks

Scripts, tunning and hacks macOS

Install Git

$ xcode-select --install

Disable gatekeeper en macOs

$ sudo spctl --master-disable

Resign app on macOS

$ codesign --sign - --force --deep /path/to/app.app

Resign broken app

$ sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/TheApp.app

$ sudo xattr -cr /Applications/TheApp.app

Disable font smothing in macOS Big Sur

$ defaults -currentHost write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 0
$ defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool NO

Restart Bluetooth on Monterrey

$ sudo pkill bluetoothd

Disable app power managament macOS

$ defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAppSleepDisabled -bool YES

Show startup BIOS messages en macOS

• Enable: $ sudo nvram boot-args="-v"
• Disable: $ sudo nvram boot-args=

Improve SMB speed

$ sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf

add: net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0

Save and done!

Also (By Apple):

$ defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool TRUE

Relogin to apply

Tunning del ZSH con OhMyZSH

Instalar desde https://ohmyz.sh/

Editar ~/.zshrc y modicar o añadir las lineas a estos valores

ZSH_THEME="bira"

plugins=(git macos)

export EDITOR=nano
#.s. for nano
export VISUAL="$EDITOR"
#.s. for VisualCode
#export VISUAL="code --wait"

alias ll='ls -lha'

Set Nano as default terminal editor

Editar el archivo ~/.bash_profile o ~/.zshrc según interprete de consola. Añadir:

export EDITOR=nano
export VISUAL="$EDITOR"

Start and End key in macOS Extended Keyboards

Open a terminal:

$ cd ~/Library
$ mkdir KeyBindings
$ cd KeyBindings
$ nano DefaultKeyBinding.dict

Add all text:

{
"\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLine:"; /* Home */
"\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLine:"; /* End */
"$\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:"; /* Shift + Home */
"$\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:"; /* Shift + End */
"^\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfDocument:"; /* Ctrl + Home */
"^\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfDocument:"; /* Ctrl + End */
"$^\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfDocumentAndModifySelection:"; /* Shift + Ctrl + Home */
"$^\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfDocumentAndModifySelection:"; /* Shift + Ctrl + End */
}

Ajustar el comportamiento de la exploración de SMB en macOS High Sierra 10.13

• Fuente: https://support.apple.com/es-es/HT208209
• Acelerar la exploración en comparticiones de red: $ defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool TRUE
• Forzar al Finder para que recopile primero todos los metadatos: $ defaults write com.apple.desktopservices UseBareEnumeration -bool FALSE
• Desactivar el almacenamiento en caché del directorio: $ echo "[default]" | sudo tee -a /etc/nsmb.conf echo "dir_cache_off=yes" | sudo tee -a /etc/nsmb.conf

Flush DNS Caches

$ sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder;sudo killall mDNSResponderHelper;sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;

Clear Finder Icons Cache

$ sudo rm -rfv /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store; sudo find /private/var/folders \( -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -or -name com.apple.iconservices \) -exec rm -rfv {} \; ; sleep 3; sudo touch /Applications/*; killall Dock; killall Finder;

Cron Jobs after Catalina+

Need to grant Full Disk Access to Cron, Crontab

• Go to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Privacy > Full Disk Access
• And press +
• Navigate to the /usr/sbin folder with Finder. (You can do that with CMD + SHIFT + G and entering the path.)
• Add cron app binary
• Navigate to the /usr/bin folder with Finder. (You can do that with CMD + SHIFT + G and entering the path.)
• Add crontab app binary

You can do the same with rsync if needed. To show the executable path use which ex: $ which rsync