osx-config.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Some things taken from here
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
# forked from https://gist.github.com/brandonb927/3195465

# Set the colours you can use
black='\033[0;30m'
white='\033[0;37m'
red='\033[0;31m'
green='\033[0;32m'
yellow='\033[0;33m'
blue='\033[0;34m'
magenta='\033[0;35m'
cyan='\033[0;36m'


#  Reset text attributes to normal + without clearing screen.
alias Reset="tput sgr0"

# Color-echo.
# arg $1 = message
# arg $2 = Color
cecho() {
  echo "${2}${1}"
  Reset # Reset to normal.
  return
}

# Set continue to false by default
CONTINUE=false

echo ""
cecho "###############################################" $red
cecho "#        DO NOT RUN THIS SCRIPT BLINDLY       #" $red
cecho "#         YOU'LL PROBABLY REGRET IT...        #" $red
cecho "#                                             #" $red
cecho "#              READ IT THOROUGHLY             #" $red
cecho "#         AND EDIT TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS         #" $red
cecho "###############################################" $red
echo ""

echo ""
cecho "Have you read through the script you're about to run and " $red
cecho "understood that it will make changes to your computer? (y/n)" $red
read -r response
case $response in
  [yY]) CONTINUE=true
      break;;
  *) break;;
esac

if ! $CONTINUE; then
  # Check if we're continuing and output a message if not
  cecho "Please go read the script, it only takes a few minutes" $red
else
  # Here we go.. ask for the administrator password upfront and run a
  # keep-alive to update existing `sudo` time stamp until script has finished
  sudo -v
  while true; do sudo -n true; sleep 60; kill -0 "$$" || exit; done 2>/dev/null &

  ###############################################################################
  # General UI/UX
  ###############################################################################

  echo ""
  echo "Would you like to set your computer name (as done via System Preferences >> Sharing)?  (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
        echo "What would you like it to be?"
        read COMPUTER_NAME
        sudo scutil --set ComputerName $COMPUTER_NAME
        sudo scutil --set HostName $COMPUTER_NAME
        sudo scutil --set LocalHostName $COMPUTER_NAME
        sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.smb.server NetBIOSName -string $COMPUTER_NAME
        break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Hide the Time Machine, Volume, User, and Bluetooth icons?  (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
        # Get the system Hardware UUID and use it for the next menubar stuff
        for domain in ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.systemuiserver.*; do
            defaults write "${domain}" dontAutoLoad -array \
          "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/TimeMachine.menu" \
          "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Volume.menu" \
          "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/User.menu"
        done

        defaults write com.apple.systemuiserver menuExtras -array \
          "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Bluetooth.menu" \
          "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/AirPort.menu" \
          "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Battery.menu" \
          "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Clock.menu"
        break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Hide the Spotlight icon? (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
        sudo chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search
        break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Expanding the save panel by default"
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool true
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint2 -bool true

  echo ""
  echo "Automatically quit printer app once the print jobs complete"
  defaults write com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs "Quit When Finished" -bool true

  # Try e.g. `cd /tmp; unidecode "\x{0000}" > cc.txt; open -e cc.txt`
  echo ""
  echo "Displaying ASCII control characters using caret notation in standard text views"
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSTextShowsControlCharacters -bool true

  echo ""
  echo "Save to disk, rather than iCloud, by default? (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Check for software updates daily, not just once per week"
  defaults write com.apple.SoftwareUpdate ScheduleFrequency -int 1

  echo ""
  echo "Removing duplicates in the 'Open With' menu"
  /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

  echo ""
  echo "Disable smart quotes and smart dashes? (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled -bool false
      defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled -bool false
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac


  ###############################################################################
  # General Power and Performance modifications
  ###############################################################################

  echo ""
  echo "Disable hibernation? (speeds up entering sleep mode) (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
      sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Remove the sleep image file to save disk space? (y/n)"
  echo "(If you're on a <128GB SSD, this helps but can have adverse affects on performance. You've been warned.)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
      sudo rm /Private/var/vm/sleepimage
      echo "Creating a zero-byte file instead"
      sudo touch /Private/var/vm/sleepimage
      echo "and make sure it can't be rewritten"
      sudo chflags uchg /Private/var/vm/sleepimage
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Disable the sudden motion sensor? (it's not useful for SSDs/current MacBooks) (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
      sudo pmset -a sms 0
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Disable system-wide resume? (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write com.apple.systempreferences NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Speeding up wake from sleep to 24 hours from an hour"
  # http://www.cultofmac.com/221392/quick-hack-speeds-up-retina-macbooks-wake-from-sleep-os-x-tips/
  sudo pmset -a standbydelay 86400

  echo ""
  echo "Disabling the annoying backswipe in Chrome"
  defaults write com.google.Chrome AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool false


  ################################################################################
  # Trackpad, mouse, keyboard, Bluetooth accessories, and input
  ###############################################################################

  echo ""
  echo "Increasing sound quality for Bluetooth headphones/headsets"
  defaults write com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent "Apple Bitpool Min (editable)" -int 40

  echo ""
  echo "Enabling full keyboard access for all controls (enable Tab in modal dialogs, menu windows, etc.)"
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 3

  echo ""
  echo "Disabling press-and-hold for special keys in favor of key repeat"
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

  echo ""
  echo "Setting a blazingly fast keyboard repeat rate"
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0

  echo ""
  echo "Disable auto-correct? (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

########
## test value to match preference
#######

  echo ""
  echo "Setting trackpad & mouse speed to a reasonable number"
  defaults write -g com.apple.trackpad.scaling 2
  defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling 2.5

  echo ""
  echo "Turn off keyboard illumination when computer is not used for 5 minutes"
  defaults write com.apple.BezelServices kDimTime -int 300

  echo ""
  echo "Disable display from automatically adjusting brightness"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
      sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.iokit.AmbientLightSensor "Automatic Display Enabled" -bool false
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Disable keyboard from automatically adjusting backlight brightness in low light? (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
      sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.iokit.AmbientLightSensor "Automatic Keyboard Enabled" -bool false
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  ###############################################################################
  # Screen
  ###############################################################################

  echo ""
  echo "Requiring password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins"
  defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 1
  defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay -int 0

  echo ""
  echo "Where do you want screenshots to be stored? (hit ENTER if you want ~/Desktop as default)"
  read screenshot_location
  if [ -z "$1" ]
  then
    echo ""
    echo "Setting location to ~/Desktop"
    defaults write com.apple.screencapture location -string "$HOME/Desktop"
  else
    echo ""
    echo "Setting location to ~/$screenshot_location"
    defaults write com.apple.screencapture location -string "$HOME/$screenshot_location"
  fi

  echo ""
  echo "What format should screenshots be saved as? (hit ENTER for PNG, options: BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, TIFF) "
  read screenshot_format
  if [ -z "$1" ]
  then
    echo ""
    echo "Setting screenshot format to PNG"
    defaults write com.apple.screencapture type -string "png"
  else
    echo ""
    echo "Setting screenshot format to $screenshot_format"
    defaults write com.apple.screencapture type -string "$screenshot_format"
  fi

  echo ""
  echo "Enabling subpixel font rendering on non-Apple LCDs"
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2

  echo ""
  echo "Enabling HiDPI display modes (requires restart)"
  sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool true

  ###############################################################################
  # Finder
  ###############################################################################

  ## set to false -- hide all for desktop
  echo ""
  echo "Show icons for hard drives, servers, and removable media on the desktop? (y/n)"
  case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write com.apple.finder ShowExternalHardDrivesOnDesktop -bool true
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Show hidden files in Finder by default? (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Show dotfiles in Finder by default? (y/n)"
  read -r response
  case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Show all filename extensions in Finder by default?"
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

  echo ""
  echo "Show status bar in Finder by default?"
  defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true

  echo ""
  echo "Display full POSIX path as Finder window title?"
  defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true

  echo ""
  echo "Disable the warning when changing a file extension?"
  defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false

  echo ""
  echo "Use column view in all Finder windows by default? (y/n)"
  case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write com.apple.finder FXPreferredViewStyle Clmv
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Avoid creation of .DS_Store files on network volumes?"
  defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true

  echo ""
  echo "Disable disk image verification? (y/n)"
  case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify -bool true
      defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify-locked -bool true
      defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify-remote -bool true
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Allowing text selection in Quick Look/Preview in Finder by default"
  defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool true

  echo ""
  echo "Enabling snap-to-grid for icons on the desktop and in other icon views"
  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:arrangeBy grid" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :FK_StandardViewSettings:IconViewSettings:arrangeBy grid" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
  /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :StandardViewSettings:IconViewSettings:arrangeBy grid" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist


  ###############################################################################
  # Dock & Mission Control
  ###############################################################################

  echo "Wipe all (default) app icons from the Dock? (y/n)"
  echo "(This is only really useful when setting up a new Mac, or if you don't use the Dock to launch apps.)"
  case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Setting the icon size of Dock items to 36 pixels for optimal size/screen-realestate"
  defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 36

  echo ""
  echo "Speeding up Mission Control animations and grouping windows by application"
  defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0.1
  defaults write com.apple.dock "expose-group-by-app" -bool true

  echo ""
  echo "Set Dock to auto-hide and remove the auto-hiding delay? (y/n)"
  case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true
      defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0
      defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac


  ###############################################################################
  # Safari & WebKit
  ###############################################################################

  echo ""
  echo "Hiding Safari's bookmarks bar by default"
  defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowFavoritesBar -bool false

  echo ""
  echo "Hiding Safari's sidebar in Top Sites"
  defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowSidebarInTopSites -bool false

  echo ""
  echo "Disabling Safari's thumbnail cache for History and Top Sites"
  defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2

  echo ""
  echo "Enabling Safari's debug menu"
  defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true

  echo ""
  echo "Making Safari's search banners default to Contains instead of Starts With"
  defaults write com.apple.Safari FindOnPageMatchesWordStartsOnly -bool false

  echo ""
  echo "Removing useless icons from Safari's bookmarks bar"
  defaults write com.apple.Safari ProxiesInBookmarksBar "()"

  echo ""
  echo "Allow hitting the Backspace key to go to the previous page in history"
  defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2BackspaceKeyNavigationEnabled -bool true

  echo ""
  echo "Enabling the Develop menu and the Web Inspector in Safari"
  defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDevelopMenu -bool true
  defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDeveloperExtrasEnabledPreferenceKey -bool true
  defaults write com.apple.Safari "com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DeveloperExtrasEnabled" -bool true

  echo ""
  echo "Adding a context menu item for showing the Web Inspector in web views"
  defaults write NSGlobalDomain WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true


  ###############################################################################
  # Terminal
  ###############################################################################

  echo ""
  echo "Enabling UTF-8 ONLY in Terminal.app and setting the Pro theme by default"
  defaults write com.apple.terminal StringEncodings -array 4
  defaults write com.apple.Terminal "Default Window Settings" -string "Pro"
  defaults write com.apple.Terminal "Startup Window Settings" -string "Pro"


  ###############################################################################
  # Time Machine
  ###############################################################################

  echo ""
  echo "Prevent Time Machine from prompting to use new hard drives as backup volume? (y/n)"
    case $response in
    [yY])
      defaults write com.apple.TimeMachine DoNotOfferNewDisksForBackup -bool true
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac

  echo ""
  echo "Disable local Time Machine backups? (This can take up a ton of SSD space on <128GB SSDs) (y/n)"
    case $response in
    [yY])
      hash tmutil &> /dev/null && sudo tmutil disablelocal
      break;;
    *) break;;
  esac


  ###############################################################################
  # Kill affected applications
  ###############################################################################

  echo ""
  cecho "Done!" $cyan
  echo ""
  echo ""
  cecho "################################################################################" $white
  echo ""
  echo ""
  cecho "Note that some of these changes require a logout/restart to take effect." $red
  cecho "Killing some open applications in order to take effect." $red
  echo ""

  find ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock -name "*.db" -maxdepth 1 -delete
  for app in "Activity Monitor" "Address Book" "Calendar" "Contacts" "cfprefsd" \
    "Dock" "Finder" "Mail" "Messages" "Safari" "SystemUIServer" \
    "Terminal" "Transmission"; do
    killall "${app}" > /dev/null 2>&1
  done
fi