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a few helpful little terminal commands. Subscribe Rate and comment. Here is the list of commands if you could not see in the video:- Change Dock back to 2ddefaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YESkillall Dock- Add Gradient behind Stacks\ndefaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean YES\nkillall Dock\n\n- Add Message at login\nsudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwind ow LoginwindowText \"Your Message\"\n\nReplace \"Your Message\" with the message of your choice, don\'t make itto long. If you want to revert it do the following.\n\nsudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwind ow LoginwindowText \"\"\n- Add Expose icon on Desktop\ndefaults write com.apple.dock wvous-floater -bool YES\nkillall Dock\n\n- Increase Max Magnification on the Dock\ndefaults write com.apple.dock largesize -int 512\n\n- Increase Desktop icon Size\ndefaults write com.apple.finder DesktopViewOptions -dict IconSize -integer 512\nkillall Finder \n\n- Change format of Screenshot Images\ndefaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg\n\n- Disable Dashboard\ndefaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES\nkillall Dock \n\n- Drag Dashboard Widget to Desktop\ndefaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES \n\n- Allow you to quit the Finder\ndefaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool YES\nkillall Finder- Make terminal talk\nsay hello (replace hello with the word you want it to say)\n\n- Make programs hidden Transparent\ndefaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool YES\nkillall Dock\n\n- Make the Dock spring loaded\ndefaults write com.apple.dock enable-spring-load-actions-on-all-items -boolean YES\n\n- Recently used Application Stack to Dock\ndefaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add \'{ \"tile-data\" = { \"list-type\" = 1; }; \"tile-type\" = \"recents-tile\"; }\'\n\n- Pin the Dock Elseware\nleft: defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string start\nright: defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string end\n\n- Disable Spotlight\nsudo chmod 0 /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.a pp\nkillall Spotlight\n\n(to re enable it replace \'0\' to \'755\')\n\n- Make your screensaver as your wallpaper\n/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.f ramework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app /Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background \n\n- Show Hidden Files\ndefaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE \n\nGames in terminal-\ntype in emacs and press enter.\nprees ESC + x\nthen type in either snake, pong, tetris, or doctor.\nto switch between games press ESC + x and type in the game.\n\nScreensaver background-\ntype in the following code:\n/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.f ramework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app /Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background&making the script run at login-\ntype the code into automator and save the workflow as an application and make it open at login.\n\n\\- Slow Motion Effects\nMinimize/Maximize, use Expose or Stacks but hold shift while clicking on it.\n\n- Freeze minimizing\nOpen the terminal type killall Dock but don\'t hit enter yet. Now hold shift while minimizing and then hit enter on the Dock to make it freeze.\n\n- Text edit easter egg\nIf you use Quicklook or Coverflow to see the icon larger (In Application Folder) also use Mac\'s Zooming by holding control and scrolling (You might need to turn it on first in the System Preferences)\n\n- New Minimizing Effect\nGo to Terminal and type defaults write.apple.dock mineffect -string suck\n\n- Invert the screen\nHold command + control + option(alt) + 8\n\n- Games in the Terminal!\nGo to terminal and type emacs and hit enter. Then hold esc + x (but hold x a little earlier) then at the bottom of the dock it will say MX in blue.\nNow type either Snake, Pong, Textris, Life or Doctor.\n\n- Weather Dashboard Widget easter egg\nHold command and option and click on the sun it will change the location to \'no where\'\n\n- Windows Shared Network Easter Egg\nConnect your PC to you Mac andin the Finder the icon for it will be the Blue Screen of Death, haha nice one Steve Jobs!

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