TITLE: Snippets to tweak macOS Finder.app
DATE: 2020-05-10
AUTHOR: John L. Godlee
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MacOS' Finder.app and the Dock aren't really designed for power
users, but both are so integral to the Desktop Environment that
it's difficult to do without. Fortunately there are a few tweaks
which can be made to make both a bit better. Below is a list of the
various code snippets I've used to adjust Finder, the Dock, and a
couple of other closely related utilities that come bundled with
macOS:
Show full filepath in Finder address bar:
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool
true; killall Finder
Hide path bar in Finder:
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true; killall
Finder
Show hidden files and directories in Finder:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killall
Finder
Enable text selection in QuickLook windows:
defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool
TRUE; killall Finder
Disable QuickLook window animation:
defaults write -g QLPanelAnimationDuration -float 0; killall
Finder