MacOS tips and tricks¶

Show/hide the hidden files¶

Temporary keyboard shortcut to toggle¶

Cmd+Shift+.

Always show or hide¶

# To show
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

# To hide
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

# Restart Finder after that
killall Finder

Add space to dock¶

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

Screenshot¶

Restart SystemUIServer after below changes

killall SystemUIServer

Change default location¶

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/screenshots

Change default name¶

defaults write com.apple.screencapture name "name"

Delete all executable files in command line¶

find . -maxdepth 1 -perm -111 -delete

List all apps installed from App Store¶

find /Applications -path '*Contents/_MASReceipt/receipt' -maxdepth 4 -print | sed 's#.app/Contents/_MASReceipt/receipt#.app#g; s#/Applications/##'

Remove shadow from window screenshot¶

defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true ; killall SystemUIServer