

GlobalPreferences AppleFontSmoothing -int 0 GlobalPreferences AppleSmoothFontsSizeThreshold -int 16 Set the font anti-aliasing minimum sizes, globally or per-application: $ defaults -currentHost delete -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing

$ defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 0ĭelete the setting completely (restore default) This is mostly needed for non-Apple displays. $ defaults -currentHost read -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothingĬhange the font smoothing (0=off, 1=light, 2=Medium/flat panel, 3=strong/blurred) $ defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -boolean true Monitor font smoothing $ defaults write -g NSNavPanelIconViewIconSizeForOpenMode -number $ defaults write "Quit When Finished" -bool true Quit Printer App after Print Jobs complete: $ defaults write -g WebAutomaticTextReplacementEnabled -boolean true $ defaults write -g WebAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled -boolean trueĮnable automatic text replacement everywhere: $ defaults write -g WebContinuousSpellCheckingEnabled -boolean trueĮnable automatic dash replacement everywhere: $ defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool trueĮnable continuous spell checking everywhere: Holding down a character key will popup a small menu showing accent characters à, á, â etc (default in recent macOS versions): $ defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false Holding down a character key will repeat the character: $ defaults write -g AppleDisplayScaleFactor -float $ defaults write -g NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool falseĮxpand 'Save As…' dialog boxes by default:ĭefaults write -g NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -boolean trueĭefaults write -g NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode2 -bool trueĮxpand print panel dialog boxes by default:ĭefaults write -g PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -boolean trueĭefaults write -g PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint2 -bool true $ defaults write -g NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add 'Save As.' to disk (not to iCloud) by default: Restore the the 'Save As' menu item (Equivalent to adding a Keyboard shortcut in the System Preferences.app ) $ defaults write LSQuarantine -bool NO Every App Turn off the “Application Downloaded from Internet” quarantine warning: $ defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ Kernel Flags -string $ defaults delete wvous-show-windows-in-other-spaces
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In Expose, show other spaces' windows (default): $ defaults write wvous-show-windows-in-other-spaces -bool FALSE In Expose, only show windows from the current space: $ defaults write mcx-expose-disabled -boolean true System Preferences ➞ Accessibility ➞ Display ➞ "Reduce Transparency"ĭefaults write reduceTransparency -bool true $ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/ DesktopPicture "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Aqua Blue.jpg"ĭisable transparency in the menu bar and elsewhere $ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/ LoginwindowText "Your Message" $ defaults write DisableConsoleAccess -bool true $ defaults write DSDontWriteUSBStores -bool true $ defaults write DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool trueĭisable creation of Metadata Files on USB Volumes (avoids creation of. $ defaults write RestartDisabled -bool trueĭisable creation of Metadata Files on Network Volumes (avoids creation of. $ defaults write ShutDownDisabled -bool true

$ defaults write .3fdrag-4fNavigate -boolean-neg Map navigation swipe to 3 fingers (turn this off to get 4-finger navigation swipe) $ defaults write /Library/Preferences/ ForceAutoOrientation -boolean GlobalPreferencesĮnable multitouch trackpad auto orientation sensing (for all users) This includes the 'System Preferences' app. If you change a default in a domain that belongs to a running application, the application won't see the change and might even overwrite the default. All settings are case sensitive.Ī boolean value can be given as -bool TRUE, FALSE, YES or NO (not case sensitive).Īpplications do access the defaults system while they're running, so don't modify the defaults of a running application. Some of these changes require a logout/restart to take effect.

Many of these values can harm your system if used improperly.īefore making changes with defaults write, use defaults read and make a note of any current settings.ĭefaults delete can be used to remove a preference completely. The preferences below can be applied using defaults How-to: System preference settings for macOS
