OS X 10.11 Settings
OS X 10.11 Settings
Introduction
Here are some of my OS X 10.11 El Capitan settings and preferences. See also: Operating Systems, BIOS Settings, Device Settings, System Info, Installation Order.
OS X 10.11 El Capitan Settings
System Preferences
General
Appearance: [Blue]
[ ] Use dark menu bar and Dock (works with Adobe Flash Professional and Steam)
Highlight color: [Blue]
Sidebar icon size: [Medium]
Show scroll bars: (*) Automatically based on mouse or trackpad (or (*) Always)
Click in the scroll bar to: (*) Jump to the next page
Default web browser: [Google Chrome.app]
[x] Ask to keep changes when closing documents
[x] Close windows when quitting an app
Recent items: [10] Documents, Apps, and Servers
[x] Use LCD font smoothing when available
Desktop & Screen Saver
Desktop
Apple: Desktop Pictures: Galaxy (Finder Sidebar looks better with "Galaxy" than with "Aurora", because I don't like a violet Finder Sidebar)
Apple: Nature: Aurora (this default desktop background for Snow Leopard makes the Finder Sidebar look violet, which I don't like)
Apple: Solid Colors: "Solid Mint" or "Solid Gray Light"
Screen Saver
Screen Savers: Message
[Screen Saver Options...]
Message: [Mac]
Start after: Never (setting "1 Hour" is too soon)
[ ] Show with clock
[Hot Corners...]
Top Left Corner: [Start Screen Saver]
Dock
Size: 4/10
[ ] Magnification: approximately 8/10
Position on screen: (*) Left
Minimize windows using: [Scale effect]
[ ] Double-click a window's title bar to [zoom]
[ ] Minimize windows into application icon
[x] Animate opening applications
[x] Automatically hide and show the Dock
[x] Show indicators for open applications
Mission Control
[x] Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use
[x] When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application
[ ] Group windows by application
[x] Displays have separate Spaces
Dashboard: [Off] (check that this is disabled after upgrading the operating system)
Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts
Mission Control: I don't need this (default: Control + Up Key)
Application windows: I don't need this (default: Control + Down Key)
Show Desktop: F11
Show Dashboard: F12
Language & Region
Preferred languages
Comments: to change the operating system interface language, drag preferred language to the top (for example English or Suomi).
English
Suomi
Svenska
Deutsch
Region: [Finland (Custom)]
First day of week: [Monday]
Calendar: [Gregorian]
Time Format: [x] 24-Hour Time
List sort order: [Universal]
Advanced...
General
Format language: [English]
Number separators: Grouping: [ ] Decimal [,]
Currency: [Euro (€)]
Grouping: [ ] Decimal [,]
Measurement units: Metric
Dates
Short: 05 01 15
Medium: 05 Jan 2015
Long: 5 Jan 2015 (Jan instead of January)
Full: Monday 5 January 2015
Times
Short: 23 : 55
Medium: 23 : 55 (seconds removed)
Long: 23 : 55 : 55 GMT+2
Full: 23 h 55 min 55 s GMT+02:00
Security & Privacy
General
[x] Require password [5 seconds] after sleep or screen saver begings
[x] Disable automatic login
Allow applications downloaded from:
(*) Anywhere
FileVault
Turned on
Firewall
Firewall: On
[Firewall Options...]
(Applications)
x means "Allow incoming connections", otherwise it's "Block incoming connections".
[x] Adium.app
[x] FaceTime.app
[ ] Final Cut Pro.app
[ ] Finder.app
[x] GoogleTalkPlugin.app
[x] GrowlHelperApp.app
[ ] iTunes (I don't share my music or videos on LAN)
[ ] Pinball HD.app (strange)
[ ] Safari (I shouldn't need to enable Safari, because other browsers are not listed here either)
[x] Spotify.app
[x] Steam.app
[ ] VLC.app
[ ] Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections (disabling this may help with socketfilterfw bug)
[x] Enable stealth mode ("Don't respond to or acknowledge attempts to access this computer from the network by test applications using ICMP, such as Ping.")
Privacy
Location Services
[x] Enable Location Services
[x] Safari.app
Contacts
[ ] Color.app
[ ] SeaMonkey.app
[ ] Thunderbird.app
Diagnostics & Usage
[x] Send diagnostic & usage data to Apple
[x] Share crash data with app developers
Spotlight
Search Results
[x] Spotlight Suggestions
[x] Documents
[x] Folders
[x] PDF Documents
[x] Spreadsheets
[x] Presentations
[x] Images
[x] Music
[x] Movies
[x] Applications
[x] Other
[x] Developer
[ ] Conversion
[ ] Calculator
[ ] Definition
[ ] Mail & Messages
[ ] Contacts
[ ] Events & Reminders
[ ] System Preferences (unnecessary)
[ ] Fonts
[ ] Bing Web Searches
[ ] Allow Spotlight Suggestions in Spotlight and Look up
Privacy
Prevent Spotlight from searching these locations
Constant indexing
If you find constant indexing sounds annoying, you can drag all your hard drives to this window.
You can use the "minus" button for your hard drives, when you need to find something. Re-indexing may take only about 10 minutes if you have made many rules, like below.
Privacy List Error
If you get "(Privacy List Error) The item couldn't be added or removed because of an unknown error", drag all your hard drives to this window, and then add or remove folders.
mdutil
man mdutil
Location of index files
sudo du -m /.Spotlight-V100
1 /.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1
0 /.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2
1 /.Spotlight-V100
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support ("Are you sure you want to prevent Spotlight...")
Macintosh HD/Library/Audio
Macintosh HD/Library/Automator
Macintosh HD/Library/Caches
Macintosh HD/Library/Developer
Macintosh HD/Library/Dictionaries
Macintosh HD/Library/Extensions
Macintosh HD/Library/Fonts
Macintosh HD/Library/Fonts Disabled
Macintosh HD/Library/Frameworks
Macintosh HD/Library/Google
Macintosh HD/Library/Image Capture
Macintosh HD/Library/Internet Plug-Ins
Macintosh HD/Library/iTunes
Macintosh HD/Library/Java
Macintosh HD/Library/Keychains
Macintosh HD/Library/LaunchAgents
Macintosh HD/Library/LaunchDaemons
Macintosh HD/Library/Logs
Macintosh HD/Library/Messages
Macintosh HD/Library/Modem Scripts
Macintosh HD/Library/Perl
Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences
Macintosh HD/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools
Macintosh HD/Library/Python
Macintosh HD/Library/QuickTime
Macintosh HD/Library/Ruby
Macintosh HD/Library/Scripts
Macintosh HD/Library/StartupItems
Macintosh HD/Library/Tcl
Macintosh HD/Library/Updates
Macintosh HD/Library/Video
Macintosh HD/Library/Widgets
Tip: make /opt directory visible, so you can select it: chflags nohidden /opt/
Macintosh HD/opt/local/var/cache
Macintosh HD/opt/X11/var/cache
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Accounts
Macintosh HD/System/Library/CacheDelete
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Caches
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Extensions
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Frameworks
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Java
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Kernels
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Keychains
Macintosh HD/System/Library/LaunchAgents
Macintosh HD/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
Macintosh HD/System/Library/LinguisticData
Macintosh HD/System/Library/LoginPlugins
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Messages
Macintosh HD/System/Library/OpenSSL
Macintosh HD/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks
Macintosh HD/System/Library/QuickTime
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Receipts
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Services
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Sounds
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Spotlight
Macintosh HD/System/Library/StagedFrameworks
Macintosh HD/System/Library/StartupItems
Macintosh HD/System/Library/SyncServices
Macintosh HD/System/Library/SystemConfiguration
Macintosh HD/System/Library/SystemProfiler
Macintosh HD/System/Library/Tcl
Macintosh HD/System/Library/TextEncodings
Macintosh HD/System/Library/UserEventPlugins
Macintosh HD/System/Library/WidgetResources
Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/Unity
Users/tomihasa/android-sdks
Users/tomihasa/AndroidStudioProjects
Users/tomihasa/git
Users/tomihasa/Jagex
Users/tomihasa/Downloads
Tip: make ~/Library directory visible, so you can select it: chflags nohidden ~/Library/
Users/tomihasa/Library/Accounts
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Adobe
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/AndroidStudio[version]
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/App Store
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Atom
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.Opera
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/CrashReporter
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Studio
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Firefox
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/GIMP
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Google
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/iCloud
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Java
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Microsoft
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Mozilla
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/NetBeans
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Oracle
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/org.videolan.vlc
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/SeaMonkey
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Skype
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Steam/appcache
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Steam/config
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Steam/depotcache
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Steam/logs
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Steam/music
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Steam/Steam.AppBundle
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/downloading
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/sourcemods
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/temp
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/workshop
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Telltale Games
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/TextWrangler
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Unity
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Unity Technologies
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Unity.<game name>
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/VLC
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Xcode
Users/tomihasa/Library/Application Support/Xtorrent
Users/tomihasa/Library/Caches
Users/tomihasa/Library/Cookies
Users/tomihasa/Library/Dictionaries
Users/tomihasa/Library/Frameworks
Users/tomihasa/Library/Google
Users/tomihasa/Library/IdentityServices
Users/tomihasa/Library/iMovie
Users/tomihasa/Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Adobe PDF, Java, Silverlight)
Users/tomihasa/Library/iTunes
Users/tomihasa/Library/Keychains
Users/tomihasa/Library/Logs
Users/tomihasa/Library/Messages
Users/tomihasa/Library/MonoDevelop-Unity-5.0
Users/tomihasa/Library/Mozilla
Users/tomihasa/Library/Preferences
Users/tomihasa/Library/Safari
Users/tomihasa/Library/Saved Application State
Users/tomihasa/Library/Spelling
Users/tomihasa/Library/Suggestions
Users/tomihasa/Library/TextWrangler
Users/tomihasa/Library/Thunderbird
Users/tomihasa/Library/Unity
Users/tomihasa/Library/Voices
Users/tomihasa/Music/Audio Music Apps
Users/tomihasa/Pictures/iPod Photo Cache
Users/tomihasa/work/bin
Disc 2/Audacity Projects
Disc 2/Backups
Disc 2/Final Cut Pro Documents
Disc 2/Media
Disc 2/Torrent Complete
Disc 2/Torrent Incomplete
Disc 2/Torrent Index
Disc 2/Unity
In Finder search for all programming books and drag & drop all of them to "System Preferences, Spotlight, Privacy" window, because the programming examples contain cache and other unnecessary files.
In Finder search for _Arkisto (name for your own archive folder) and drag & drop all of them to "System Preferences, Spotlight, Privacy" window.
This can cause problems (avoid): In Finder you can search for Contents and drag & drop all of them to "System Preferences, Spotlight, Privacy" window.
Drag & drop from "Applications: <Application>: Package Contents" to the "System Preferences, Spotlight, Privacy" window:
(Right-click an app and select "Show Package Contents":)
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.app, Contents
Android Studio.app, Contents
App Store.app, Contents
Aquamacs.app, Contents
Atom.app, Contents
Cyberduck.app, Contents
Dashboard.app, Contents
Final Cut Pro.app, Contents
Firefox.app, Contents
GIMP.app, Contents
Google Chrome.app, Contents
iBooks.app, Contents
iTunes.app, Contents
Launchpad.app, Contents
LibreOffice.app, Contents
Mail.app, Contents
Maps.app, Contents
Messages.app, Contents
Microsoft Office 2011.app
Additional Tools
Office
Microsoft Silverlight, Show Original (this is already in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins)
Notes.app, Contents
Opera.app, Contents
Photos.app, Contents
Picasa.app, Contents
Preview.app, Contents
QuickTime Player.app, Contents
Reminders.app, Contents
Safari.app, Contents
Smart Switch
Smart Switch.app, Contents
Steam.app, Contents
System Preferences.app, Contents
TextEdit.app, Contents
TextWrangler.app, Contents
Time Machine.app, Contents
Utilities
Acticity Monitor.app, Contents
Bluetooth File Exchange.app, Contents
Console.app, Contents
Keychain Access.app, Contents
System Information.app, Contents
Terminal.app, Contents
X11.app, Contents
VLC.app, Contents
WinZip.app, Contents
Xcode.app, Contents
Drag & drop from the below folders to the "System Preferences, Spotlight, Privacy" window:
(Right-click an app and select "Show Package Contents":)
Users/tomihasa/Applications/<choose app>
Users/tomihasa/Applications/Chrome Apps
Tip: rename a folder by adding ".noindex" (without quotes) to the end of the name, so it will not get indexed (info).
Notifications
Do Not Disturb
[ ] From 23:00 to: 07:00
[x] When the display is sleeping
[x] When mirroring to TVs and projectors
(Application list)
Calendar
Alert style: Alerts (Alerts won't disappear, Banners will)
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[x] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Messages
Alert style: Alerts
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[x] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Reminders
Alert style: Alerts
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[x] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
FaceTime (in case I get contacted with this app)
Alert style: Alerts
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[x] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Adium (in case I get contacted with this app)
Alert style: Alerts
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[ ] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Firefox (Firefox has working RSS feeds)
Alert style: Banners
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[ ] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Google Chrome (a website may try to send a notification, but the browser has the final say)
Alert style: Banners
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[ ] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Skype (instant messaging)
Alert style: Banners
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[x] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Colloquy (IRC)
Alert style: Alerts
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[ ] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Creative Cloud (Adobe Flash Professional, etc.)
Alert style: None
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[ ] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Game Center
Alert style: None
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[ ] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Alert style: None
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[ ] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
iTunes
Alert style: None
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[ ] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Cyberduck
Alert style: None
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[ ] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
TextWrangler
Alert style: None
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[ ] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
Safari
Alert style: Banners (social media)
[ ] Show notifications on lock screen
[x] Show in Notification Center: [5 Recent Items]
[x] Badge app icon
[x] Play sound for notifications
CDs & DVDs
When you insert a blank CD: [Ask what to do]
When you insert a blank DVD: [Ask what to do]
When you insert a music CD: [Ignore]
When you insert a picture CD: [Ignore]
When you insert a video DVD: [Open DVD Player]
Displays
HP ZR24w
Resolution: (*) Best for display (1920 x 1200)
MacBook Pro 15.4" Antiglare
Resolutions: 1680 x 1050
Brightness: approx. 4/10
[ ] Automatically adjust brightness
Energy Saver
Comment
Energy Saver does not make computer sleep if there are unfinished print jobs in "EPSON AL-CX11.app"
Battery (MacBook Pro)
Computer sleep: 1 h 30 minutes
Display sleep: 1 hour
[x] Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible
[ ] Slightly dim the display when using this power source
[x] Automatically reduce brightness before display goes to sleep
[ ] Restart automatically if the computer freezes
[x] Show battery status in the menu bar
Power Adapter
Computer sleep: Never
Display sleep: 1 hour
[ ] Put the hard disks to sleep when possible (disable for Mac Pro, Enable for MacBook Pro)
[ ] Wake for Ethernet access (Mac Pro once turned on when waking was on)
[x] Allow power button to put the computer to sleep (Mac Pro)
[ ] Start up automatically after a power failure (Mac Pro)
Keyboard
Keyboard
Key Repeat Rate: 5/7
Delay Until Repeat: 4/6
[ ] Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys
[x] Adjust keyboard brightness in low light (MacBook Pro)
Text
[ ] Correct spelling automatically
Spelling: [Suomi (Voikko)] (or: Automatic by Language)
[ ] Use smart quotes and dashes
for Double Quotes: ["abc"]
for Single Quotes: ['abc']
Shortcuts
Screen Shots
[x] Save picture of screen as a file
[x] Copy picture of screen to the clipboard
[x] Save picture of selected area as a file
[x] Copy picture of selected area to the clipboard
Mouse (Logitech Notebook Optical Mouse Plus+)
[ ] Move content in the direction of finger movement when scrolling or navigating
Tracking Speed: approx. 8/10
Scrolling Speed: 8/8 (Mac Pro: 8/8, MacBook Pro: 6/8)
Double-Click Speed: 9/11
Primary mouse button: (*) Left
Trackpad
Point & Click
[ ] Look up & data detectors
[x] Secondary click: [Click in bottom right corner]
[x] Tap to click
Tracking speed: 4/10
Scroll & Zoom
[ ] Scroll direction: natural
[x] Zoom in or out
[x] Smart zoom
[ ] Rotate
More Gestures
[ ] Swipe between pages (not wise when editing a page (Google Sites), blog post or forum post)
[x] Swipe between full-screen apps
[ ] Notification Center
[ ] Mission Control
[ ] App Exposé
[ ] Launchpad
[x] Show Desktop
Printers & Scanners
[ ] Share this printer on the network
Default printer: [EPSON AL-CX11]
Default paper size: [A4]
Sound
Sound Effects
Play sound effects through: [Digital Out] (MacBook Pro: Internal Speakers)
Alert volume: 4/4 (I can hear Facebook notifications about posts in Facebook Groups in Firefox and Safari)
[ ] Play user interface sound effects
[ ] Play feedback when volume is changed
[x] Show volume in menu bar
Output
Digital Out (Mac Pro)
Internal Speakers (MacBook Pro)
Input
Line In (Mac Pro)
Internal microphone (MacBook Pro)
[x] Use ambient noise reduction (MacBook Pro)
iCloud
[ ] Photos (This might be enabled! See all the options here! The minus sign "-" in the box [-] before "Photos" may lead you to thinking your photos are not in the iCloud, but they might be!)
[ ] Keychain (why would I want to save my passwords on a remote server?)
[x] Find My Mac (MacBook Pro, WiFi required)
Internet Accounts
iCloud
Gmail
Network
Mac Pro: Static IP Address (with ASUS DSL-N55U, 6/2014)
Configure IPv4: [Using DHCP] Comment: ASUS DSL-N55U manual recommends DHCP setting instead of a manual address.
Comment: this was changed to "Using DHCP" maybe because I switched from ZyXEL to ASUS.
IP Address: [192.168.1.46]
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1
DNS Server: 109.204.194.2, 109.204.194.3
Comment: DNS server was changed to "198.168.1.1" maybe because I switched from ZyXEL to ASUS.
Bluetooth
Comment: you need to enable "Bluetooth Sharing" also for download/upload between devices. You do not need to enable "File Sharing".
Mac Pro and MacBook Pro: sending file does not work, but browsing Public folder (from Bluetooth menu) does work.
Does not work with: iPod Touch 3rd gen. with iOS 5 (additional app needed: try Intuitive Commander using WiFi) (11/2012), HTC HD7 with Windows Phone 7.5 (11/2012).
Works with: Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, both ways, from Xperia's Album app to Mac Pro: about 100 - 200 KB/s (12/2012), Nokia Asha 300 (11/2012).
Tip: See also Sharing settings: Bluetooth Sharing.
Tip: Use "+" only on one Mac computer to start discovering a Bluetooth device.
Tip: Use cogwheel icon: "Show More Info".
Tip: Android: ColorNote: open a document in ColorNote, "Send", "Bluetooth", "Choose Bluetooth device". The "Choose Bluetooth device" list might be empty first, so switch to another app and switch back to ColorNote.
[x] On (Mac may wake up from sleep if this is turned on)
[x] Discoverable (disabled after I have setup my Bluetooth devices)
[x] Show Bluetooth status in the menu bar (there you can see "Send File" and "Browse Device")
Advanced...
[ ] Open Bluetooth Setup Assistant at startup when no input device is present (enabled for Mac Mini)
[ ] Open Bluetooth Setup Assistant at startup if no mouse or trackpad is detected (enabled for Mac Mini)
[ ] Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer (enabled for Mac Mini)
[ ] Reject incoming audio requests
Sharing
[ ] DVD or CD Sharing
Note: this is for local network.
[ ] Screen Sharing
Note: this is for VNC.
[ ] File Sharing (not necessary for Bluetooth sharing)
Note: this is for local network.
Finder: Preferences: Connected servers.
Works with ZyXEL P-2812HNU-F1 when Mac Pro is on LAN on MacBook Pro is on WLAN (4/2013).
[ ] Printer Sharing
Note: this is for local network.
[ ] Remote Login
Note: using SSH.
[ ] Remote Management
Note: using Apple Remote Desktop.
[ ] Remote Apple Events
[ ] Internet Sharing
Note: share your Internet connection with other computers.
[x] Bluetooth Sharing (you can leave this on, because you only turn on Bluetooth when in use and may not remember to turn on "Bluetooth Sharing" every time Bluetooth is enabled)
When receiving items: [Accept and Save] (saves time when you don't need to response to each file individually with a trusted device)
[x] Require pairing
Folder for accepted items: [Downloads]
When other devices browse: [Ask What to Do]
[x] Require pairing
Folder others can browse: [Public]
Users & Groups
Current User
Password tab
[Change Password...]
Contacts Card: [Open...]
[ ] Allow user to reset password using Apple ID
[x] Allow user to administer this computer
[ ] Enable parental controls [Open Parental Controls...]
Login Items tab
(Uncheck an item when it is not in use (or even remove it). "Python path" should be fine as it is only a script.)
[ ] iTunesHelper
[x] _PythonPath
[ ] AdobeResourceSynchronizer
[ ] fuspredownloader (Samsung Kies; not needed, because I have Samsung Smartswitch)
Guest User
(not in use)
Login Options
Automatic login: [Off]
Display login window as: (*) List of users
[x] Show the Sleep, Restart, and Shut Down buttons
[ ] Show Input menu in login window
[ ] Show password hints
[ ] Show fast user switching menu as [Full Name]
[ ] Use VoiceOver in the login window
Network Account Server: [Join...]
Parental Controls
(not in use)
App Store
[x] Automatically check for updates (Not with mobile connection, because updates can take over 1 Mbps of bandwidth and accessing even email can be laggy.)
[ ] Download newly available updates in the background (With this option off Mac Pro's hard drive might be less noisy.)
[x] Install system data files and security updates
[Check Now]
Date & Time
Date & Time
[x] Set date and time automatically: [Apple Europe (time.euro.apple.com)]
Time Zone
Time Zone: Eastern European Summer Time
Closest City: [Tampere - Finland]
Clock
[x] Show date and time in menu bar
Time options:
(*) Digital
[x] Use a 24-hour clock
Date options:
[x] Show the day of the week
[x] Show date
Accessibility
Display
[x] Reduce transparency (Depends. Try using this setting with a solid color Desktop background. People have noticed less GPU usage with this disabled.)
Finder
View
Customize Toolbar
Back/Forward, Path (all I ever use is these two "button groups", this way I get more space for Spotlight search box on MacBook Pro)
Preferences
General
Show these items on the desktop:
[ ] Hard disks
[x] External disks
[x] CDs, DVDs, and iPods
[ ] Connected servers
New Finder windows show:
[Desktop] ("All My Files" is like a Spotlight search, which is slower)
[ ] Open folders in tabs instead of new windows
[x] Spring-loaded folders and windows
Sidebar
[ ] All My Files
[ ] iCloud Drive
[ ] Applications (I use the Applications shortcut instead)
[x] Desktop
[ ] Documents (I use the Documents shortcut instead)
[x] Downloads (I use the Downloads shortcut instead)
[ ] Movies (I don't watch local movies)
[ ] Music (I use iTunes to play/search for music)
[ ] Pictures (I visit my image folders instead)
[ ] tomihasa
[ ] Back to My Mac
[ ] Connected servers
[ ] Bonjour computers
[ ] Tomi's Mac Pro
[x] Hard disks
[x] External disks
[x] CDs, DVDs, and iPods
Launchpad
Dock: icons
Finder
Google Chrome
TextWrangler
Network Utility
Launchpad
Terminal
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Documents (drag and drop an alias to Dock) (do not right-click Desktop icon on Finder's Sidebar and choose "Add to Dock")
Applications
Muistiinpanoja (drag and drop an alias to Dock)
Desktop (right-click Desktop icon on Finder's Sidebar and choose "Add to Dock") (do not drag and drop an alias to Dock: this icon gets broken)
Downloads (right-click Desktop icon on Finder's Sidebar and choose "Add to Dock") (do not drag and drop an alias to Dock: this icon gets broken)
Dock: reduce transparency
See System Preferences, Accessibility, Display (Reduce transparency)
Show Network Utility on Dock
See Networking Application Settings
Show hidden files
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
killall Finder
Unhide a certain folder
chflags nohidden ~/Library/
Last modified: March 17th, 2020
Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)
URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/os-x-10-11-settings