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~/.osx — a collection of sensible defaults for OS X Lion

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Re: ~/.osx — a collection of sensible defaults for OS X Lion

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Post by drivebyacct2 »

mathias wrote: post #17
drivebyacct2 wrote: post #16

does defaults write com.apple.TextEdit NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false work as well? This feature is infuriating and buggy.

Yes, that works. If — like me — you hate the Resume feature so much, you can disable it system-wide in System Preferences. I’m still looking for a command that does this :)

Thank you very, very much. I hadn't even thought to look for such an option. It still took Googling to find it. Much, much better. :)

Re: ~/.osx — a collection of sensible defaults for OS X Lion

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Post by jbredeche »

If anybody else ran into the problem on OS X Lion where, even after turning on devmode on the Dashboard, you couldn't get widgets to show up on the desktop: first go to the Mission Control preference pane and uncheck "Show Dashboard as a space". Took me a while to figure that out.

Re: ~/.osx — a collection of sensible defaults for OS X Lion

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Post by modeless »

antipax wrote: post #2

Cool. I don't know that I'd call them sensible in general, though, even if they are sensible for you. Disabling disk image verification permanently, for instance, is probably a bad idea. Expanded save/load panel by default is awesome, though. So thanks!

Have you ever once gotten a warning from disk image verification that saved you enough time to justify all the time you've spent waiting for it?

Re: ~/.osx — a collection of sensible defaults for OS X Lion

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Post by abrowne »

pkamb wrote: post #26
CrLf wrote: post #21

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -bool true It is interesting how many people don't like the 3D dock. Maybe Apple should think about this.

Side-dock is the only way to go.

Yeah, I don't know if I could use OS X without

  defaults write com.apple.dock pinning start
and either

  defaults write com.apple.dock orientation right
or

  defaults write com.apple.dock orientation left

Re: ~/.osx — a collection of sensible defaults for OS X Lion

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Post by Zev »

modeless wrote: post #25
antipax wrote: post #2

Cool. I don't know that I'd call them sensible in general, though, even if they are sensible for you. Disabling disk image verification permanently, for instance, is probably a bad idea. Expanded save/load panel by default is awesome, though. So thanks!

Have you ever once gotten a warning from disk image verification that saved you enough time to justify all the time you've spent waiting for it?

Yes. Many times.

Re: ~/.osx — a collection of sensible defaults for OS X Lion

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Post by CJefferson »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #22
mathias wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, that works. If — like me — you hate the Resume feature so much, you can disable it system-wide in System Preferences. I’m still looking for a command that does this :)

Thank you very, very much. I hadn't even thought to look for such an option. It still took Googling to find it. Much, much better. :)

Why not then tell people where it is then! :)

After I googled for it as well, I can tell you it is in General (top left icon), near the bottom.

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