---
categories:
- folder: dock
name: Dock
description:
The Dock is a prominent feature of macOS.
It is used to launch applications and to switch between running applications.
By default you can find it on the bottom of your screen.
You can customize it as you like.
image:
filename: "dock.png"
width: 740
height: 41
keys:
- key: orientation
domain: com.apple.dock
title: Position
description: Set the Dock position
param:
type: string
values: [left, bottom, right]
examples:
- value: left
image:
filename: "left.png"
width: 740
height: 463
text: Put the Dock on the left of the screen
- value: bottom
default: true
image:
filename: "bottom.png"
width: 740
height: 463
text: Put the Dock on the bottom of the screen
- value: right
image:
filename: "right.png"
width: 740
height: 463
text: Put the Dock on the right of the screen
versions: [Big Sur, Catalina]
after: killall Dock
- key: autohide
domain: com.apple.dock
title: Autohide
description: Autohides the Dock. You can toggle the Dock using `⌥ alt`+`⌘ cmd`+`d`.
param:
type: bool
examples:
- value: false
default: true
text: Always display the Dock
- value: true
text: Autohide the Dock when the mouse is out
versions: [Big Sur, Catalina]
after: killall Dock
- key: autohide-delay
domain: com.apple.dock
title: Autohide delay
description: Change the Dock opening delay.
param:
type: float
examples:
- value: 0.5
default: true
video:
filename: "0.5.mp4"
width: 742
height: 202
text: By default, the Dock only opens if the mouse doesn't move for 0.5 seconds
- value: 0
video:
filename: "0.mp4"
width: 742
height: 202
text: Remove the autohide delay, the Dock appears instantly
versions: [Big Sur, Catalina]
requirements:
- folder: dock
key: autohide
name: com.apple.dock autohide
value: true
after: killall Dock
- folder: screenshots
name: Screenshots
description:
"On a Mac, you can take screenshots using:
- `⌘ cmd`+`⇧ shift`+`3` for fullscreen.
- `⌘ cmd`+`⇧ shift`+`4` for a selection. Then use `space` to capture an entire app.
- `⌘ cmd`+`⇧ shift`+`5` to open the Screenshot app.
There is a few keys you can customize."
keys:
- key: disable-shadow
domain: com.apple.screencapture
title: Disable shadow
description:
Disable screenshot shadow when capturing an app (`⌘ cmd`+`⇧ shift`+`4` then `space`).
param:
type: bool
examples:
- value: false
default: true
image:
filename: "false.png"
width: 740
height: 574
text: Add a shadow to screenshots
- value: true
image:
filename: "true.png"
width: 740
height: 550
text: Remove the default shadow from screenshots
versions: [Big Sur, Catalina]
- key: include-date
domain: com.apple.screencapture
title: Include date
description: Include date and time in screenshot filenames.
param:
type: bool
examples:
- value: true
default: true
text: Screenshot 2020-01-09 at 13.27.20.png
- value: false
text:
- Screenshot.png
- Screenshot 1.png
versions: [Big Sur, Catalina]
- key: location
domain: com.apple.screencapture
title: Set location
description: Set default screenshot location.
param:
type: string
examples:
- value: ~/Desktop
default: true
- value: ~/Pictures
versions: [Big Sur, Catalina]
after: killall SystemUIServer
- folder: finder
name: Finder
description:
The Finder is the default file manager on macOS.
It is responsible for the launching of other applications,
and for the overall user management of files, disks, and network volumes.
In a tradition dating back to the Classic Mac OS of the 1980s and 1990s,
the Finder icon is the smiling screen of a computer, known as the Happy Mac logo.
Some of its features can be customized.
keys:
- key: QuitMenuItem
domain: com.apple.finder
title: Quit
description: Add a quit option to the Finder.
param:
type: bool
examples:
- value: false
default: true
text: Hide the Finder "Quit" option
- value: true
text: Display the Finder "Quit" option
versions: [Big Sur]
after: killall Finder
- key: AppleShowAllExtensions
domain: NSGlobalDomain
title: Show extensions
description: Show all file extensions in the Finder.
param:
type: bool
examples:
- value: false
default: true
text: Do not show all file extensions inside the Finder
- value: true
text: Show all file extensions inside the Finder
versions: [Big Sur]
after: killall Finder
- folder: mission-control
name: Mission Control
description:
"Formerly known as Spaces, Mission Control allows a user to do the following:
- `⌃ ctrl`+`↑ up` view all open application windows.
- `⌃ ctrl`+`↓ down` view all open application windows of a specific application.
- `⌘ cmd`+`F3 Mission Control` hide all application windows and show the desktop.
- `⌃ ctrl`+`← left`/`→ right` manage application windows across multiple virtual desktops.
- manage application windows across multiple monitors."
keys:
- key: mru-spaces
domain: com.apple.dock
title: Rearrange automatically
description: Choose whether to rearrange Spaces automatically.
param:
type: bool
examples:
- value: true
default: true
text: Do reorder Spaces based on most recent use
- value: false
text: Keep the Spaces arrangement
versions: [Big Sur]
after: killall Dock
- folder: feedback-assistant
name: Feedback Assistant
description:
The Feedback Assistant app allows user to submit reports for developer or public betas.
keys:
- key: Autogather
domain: com.apple.appleseed.FeedbackAssistant
title: Autogather
description:
Choose whether to autogather large files when submitting a feedback report.
Can result in a slow Mac and important upload metrics.
param:
type: bool
examples:
- value: true
default: true
text: Feedback Assistant gathers large files when submitting a report
- value: false
text: Do not autogather large files when submitting a report
versions: [Big Sur]
- folder: misc
name: Miscellaneous
description: All the others `defaults` that don't deserve their own category.
keys:
- key: DevMode
domain: com.apple.helpviewer
title: Help Menu position
description: Choose whether the Help Menu should be always-on-top.
param:
type: bool
examples:
- value: false
default: true
text: By default, the Help Menu is always-on-top
- value: true
text: The Help Menu can go behind other windows
versions: [Big Sur]