Sensible macOS Defaults

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  • dotfiles

    :wrench: .files, including ~/.macos — sensible hacker defaults for macOS

    For clarity, I should point out that I don't believe that all of these defaults are "sensible" for every user. I gave the submission it's title because that is how the creator refers to the file.[0]

    [0] https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/tree/master#sensib...

  • macOS-Defaults

    A centralized place for the awesome work started by @mathiasbynens on .macos

    Mostly manpages and experimentation. Here are some: https://github.com/kevinSuttle/macOS-Defaults/blob/master/RE...

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • Secrets

    Discontinued Preference pane to access hidden user defaults (by ecnepsnai)

    There used to be a preference pane app called Secrets by Blacktree that had a lot of hidden preference things in it. I found [this](https://github.com/ecnepsnai/Secrets) repository but it hasn’t been updated in five years, so.

  • Karabiner-Elements

    Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.

    Cap locks should be control the way god intended it! :)

    You can use the hidutil if you want to script changes yourself:

    https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2450...

    Or Karabiner Elements:

    https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/blob/master/R...

    I have an Filco Japanese keyboard and the default settings on macOS even when the keyboard is set to Japanese (QWERTY JIS) gets the 英数 (alphanumeric) key, and かな (kana) key wrong (and they are supported on the built in laptop keyboard).

  • dotfiles

    My dotfiles for macOS and Linux (by Bogidon)

    Forked from these a while ago for the macOS part of dotfiles. My dotfiles support both macOS and Linux, and most of my configurations are also extensible on the local machine only though ~/.zshrc_local, ~/.gitconfig_local, etc.

    Here they are in case you're into the dotfile trading thing: https://github.com/bogidon/dotfiles

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