macOS-specific

caffeinate

• caffeinate: prevent your Mac from sleeping until the process exits
• caffeinate -t N: prevent sleep for N seconds

chflags

Hide/unhide files & folders

See [[#stat]] to check if a file/folder is hidden

chflags hidden file.txt
chflags nohidden file.txt

defaults

Remove dock autohide delay

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0;killall Dock

Dim Dock icons of hidden apps

defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -boolean yes; killall Dock

Add a spacer to the Dock

• Applications (left) side:

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{tile-type="spacer-tile";}'; killall Dock

• Documents (right) side:

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{tile-data={}; tile-type="spacer-tile";}'; killall Dock

tccutil

Reset app permissions

• Get the app's Bundle ID:

osascript -e 'id of app "Name of App"'

• Reset permissions
  • you can replace All with a category name, like Photos

sudo tccutil reset All bundle_id

Homebrew

• brew leaves: show packages that aren't dependencies of any other installed package
  • -r: only show leaves that were manually installed
  • -p: only show leaves that were installed as dependencies of another package
    • these can be safely uninstalled, since the package that depended on them is no longer installed
• brew cleanup -s: remove unused and outdated cache files

Moom

• adjust spacing for Stage Manager

defaults read com.manytricks.Moom "Grid Spacing: Apply To Edges: Gaps" {0,0,0,75}