Mac OS Terminal Tricks
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Shutdown immediately |
sudo halt |
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Restart immediately |
sudo reboot |
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Shutdown in 10 minutes |
sudo shutdown -h +10 |
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Shutdown at 8 pm |
sudo shutdown -h 20:00 |
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Shutdown immediately |
sudo shutdown -h now |
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Reboot immediately |
sudo shutdown -r now |
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Remote log 3 day lookup |
log show --last 3d --predicate 'processImagePath CONTAINS "screensharingd" AND eventMessage CONTAINS "Authentication"' |
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Disable Caps Lock Indicator on macOS Sonoma |
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add 'redesigned_text_cursor:Enabled' bool false" /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist Then reboot |
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Fix Mac menu bar icons hidden by the MacBook notch (M2, M3) |
Read the current defaults: defaults -currentHost read -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing defaults -currentHost read -globalDomain NSStatusItemSelectionPadding Write the defaults by providing an integer value: defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing -int 12 defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSelectionPadding -int 8 Remove the values to restore the default behavior: defaults -currentHost delete -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing defaults -currentHost delete -globalD |