cheatsheets/osx.md

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title: OS X
category: macOS
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### 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.__
### Hide desktop icons
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false
killall Finder
### 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
### Flush DNS
killall -HUP mDNSResponder # 10.8+
dscacheutil -flushcache # 10.7 below
### 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
### 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
### System utils
- `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"
### Useful utils
- `open` - open files and directories ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/open.1.html))
- `textutil` - manipulate text files of various formats ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/textutil.1.html))
- `pbcopy` / `pbpaste` - provide copying and pasting to the pasteboard ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/pbcopy.1.html))
- `sips` - scriptable image processing system ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/sips.1.html))
- `mdfind` - finds files matching a given query ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/mdfind.1.html))
- `screencapture` - capture images from the screen ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/screencapture.1.html))
- `defaults` - access the Mac OS X user defaults system ([man](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/defaults.1.html))
- `/usr/libexec/airportd`
- `scutil`
__INFO: `brew` ([link](https://brew.sh)) is highly recommended utility__