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Sensible macOS Defaults

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Re: Sensible macOS Defaults

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Post by bengale »

I'm not sure I agree with much of these, which makes sense because this is definitely not 'sensible defaults' it is just someones preferred settings.

I wouldn't copy this unless you know for sure this is how you want your system configured.

Re: Sensible macOS Defaults

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Post by simias »

Terretta wrote: post #2

Not all of these changes are ‘sensible’ by default. Some original settings are useful belt-and-suspenders for flow blindness.

Yeah "sensible defaults" doesn't make a lot of sense, it's way too opinionated. I could see using that as a starting template for some of my own preferences though. It's like reading somebody's vimrc, even if you don't care about 90% of it you might still find a few interesting tidbits that make your life easier.

Re: Sensible macOS Defaults

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Post by mrtksn »

Wouldn't be better to call this "cheat sheet"?

macOS already has sensible defaults, that's how people who have no interest in dealing with computers can use their machines for years with no issues or servicing(unless a latte is spilled over the keyboard).

Then, you can customise behaviour for some specific things to fit your workflow.

The problem with diverging from defaults without putting much thought on it is that if you don't use it frequently you forget about it and when weird bugs happen it gets very hard to debug because a common issue with a straightforward solution may no longer apply to you and you have no idea why since you cannot make the connection because you don't remember changing it.

Re: Sensible macOS Defaults

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Post by wincy »

cassianoleal wrote: post #3
Terretta wrote: post #2

Not all of these changes are ‘sensible’ by default. Some original settings are useful belt-and-suspenders for flow blindness.

Indeed. More like "random person on the Internet's preferred macOS settings".

I for one definitely think the whole world should set their timezone to Brussels.

Seriously though, I like not having scrollbars everywhere, I use two fingers for right click on the track pad, I do it without thinking, if I turn off natural scrolling I get incredibly confused.

Some of the stuff I can get behind, like this

    # Enable full keyboard access for all controls
    # (e.g. enable Tab in modal dialogs)
    defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 3
I get annoyed when secure keyboard entry turns on and doesn't turn off properly in iTerm as it messes up Dash's snippets.

I'm sure this is the sensible defaults for this one really picky person, and it's interesting to see all the choices, but I would definitely advise against someone running this on their workstation blindly.

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