MacOS setting preferences

01. System Preferences

Func key:
- System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard > Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys
Keyboard controls:
- System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls
Tab to Click:
- System Preferences > Trackpad > Point & Click > Tap to click
Three finger drag:
- System Preferences > Accessibility > Pointer Control > Trackpad Options… > Enable dragging, three finger drag
Larger menu bar
- System Preferences > Accessibility > Text > Menu bar size > Large
Show date on the menu bar:
- System Preferences > Date & Time > Clock > Show date
Dock automatically hide:
- System Preferences > Dock > Automatically hide and show the Dock
Auto switch input source:
- System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources > Automatically switch to a document's input source
Hot corners:
- System Preferences > Desktop & Dock > Hot Corners:
  - Left top: ⌘ Lock Screen
  - Left bottom: Launchpad
  - Right top: Mission control
  - Right bottom: Desktop
User name on right top corner：
- System Preferences > Control Center > Fast User Switching > Show in Menu Bar: Full Name
Lock screen massage：
- System Preferences > Lock Screen > Show message when locked > Set…
Drag a window from anywhere, not just the top bar：

defaults write -g NSWindowShouldDragOnGesture -bool true

* CMD+CTRL+click/drag

Dock Position:
- System Preferences > Dock > Position on screen: Left
Dock show time:

Set the docking time to 0.5 seconds

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.5 && killall Dock

Set the startup dock response time to minimum

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -int 0 && killall Dock

Restore the default animation time of the startup dock

defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier && killall Dock

Restore the default startup dock response time

defaults delete com.apple.Dock autohide-delay && killall Dock

Launchpad customized rows and columns

Set number of columns

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-columns -int 7

Set the number of rows

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows -int 6

Restart Dock to take effect

killall Dock

Restore the default number of columns and rows

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows Default

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-columns Default

Restart the Dock to take effect

killall Dock

Disable .DS_store file

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores -bool true

Disable bouncing notification

Disable

defaults write com.apple.dock no-bouncing -bool TRUE

killall Dock

# Restore

defaults delete com.apple.dock no-bouncing

02. System Software

Finder

Preferences
- General -> Show these on the desktop -> Select None
  - I try to keep my desktop completely clean.
- General -> New Finder windows show -> Home Folder
  - I prefer to see my home folder in each new finder window instead of recent documents
- Advanced -> Show all filename extensions -> Yes
- Advanced -> Show warning before changing an extension -> No
- Advanced -> When performing a search -> Search the current folder
View
- Show Status Bar
- Show Path Bar
- Show Tab Bar

03.Third party software

Allow installation of Apps from any source

sudo spctl --master-disable

* System Preferences > Privacy & Security > Security > Allow applications downloaded from: any source

HomeBrew

Installing

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

installing in China

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gitee.com/ineo6/homebrew-install/raw/master/install.sh)"

configure

echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zprofile

eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

cask

brew install cask

Battery

brew install --cask battery

battery maintain 80

APP broken:

xattr -cr /Applications/MessAuto.app

Double Wechat:

open -n /Applications/WeChat.app/Contents/MacOS/WeChat