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macos
The open-source components of macOS. Using the "GitHub File Diff" Chrome/Firefox extension is recommended as most commits are too large to view fully. (by apple-open-source)
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Apple announces new accessibility features, including Eye Tracking
https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/main/.macos
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The first conformant M1 GPU driver
You might be interested in this: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/main/.macos
I don't advise just running Mathias' config as is, but read through it and see if anything seems to be something you want in yours, make the changes, and save it somewhere for the next time you're setting up a Mac.
There's some stuff in there about speeding up certain animations (look for `# Speed up Mission Control animations`), and about not reordering "spaces" (desktops, full-screen apps, search for `# Don’t automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use`) based on use which I think may also affect cmd+tab ordering? Not sure, but it's a setting I always change anyway because the default doesn't make sense for power users.
About the trolling thing, sorry, I was genuinely not sure if you were arguing in good faith or just making stuff up, as most of the things you were saying were just plain incorrect or dishonest, from comparing desktop computer performance to low-powered laptops, to incorrect statements about features macOS truly excels at.
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How to create a dotfile for all your Mac system preferences
Another resource is the .macos script from Mathias Bynens' dotfiles, which is the repo from the person in the article who gave the method for uncovering such system settings.
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huge list of bash aliases
initially borrowed from these dots and then tailored to my needs.
- And that's a fact
- Dotfiles for macOS: Automating setting up a new Mac
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macOS Ventura is now available
I added a PR to fix rsync, mosh, and some other tools, since they will be broken out of the box.
But it seems this project has fallen behind on PRs.
If you would like to have this fix, you can do this after cloning the repo:
git clone https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles && cd dotfiles -
Has anyone made the switch from developing in Windows to macOS? Any general or specific advice about the switch?
Set some sane defaults for the OS. Browse through this script and pick and choose things that you may like.
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Setting Mac hot corners in the terminal
https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos https://blog.jiayu.co/2018/12/quickly-configuring-hot-corners-on-macos/
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Is there a way to save system preferences?
macos setup script by Mathias Bynens
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