macdef

macdef

change and save defaults settings for Mac.

// under development...

$ brew install macdef

$ macdef completion (bash or zsh) > ? #TODO

$ macdef update # update definitions in .macdef/definitions/

$ macdef set dock/showhidden true # completions are shown from definitions
$ macdef set dock/static-only true
$ macdef set dock/autohide true
$ macdef set dock/orientation bottom
$ macdef set finder/AppleShowAllExtensions true

$ cat $HOME/.macdef/macdef.toml
[[items]]
name = "showhidden"
category = "dock"
type = "bool"
value = "true"

[[items]]
name = "orientation"
category = "dock"
type = "string"
value = "bottom"

$ macdef apply # apply changes to your Mac using macdef.toml

$ macdef export # show settings using shell script
# Dock
defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool true # dock/showhidden
defaults write com.apple.Dock static-only -boolean true # dock/static-only
defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide -boolean true # dock/autohide
defaults write com.apple.dock orientation bottom

# Finder
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

.macdef
├── definitions
│   ├── 10.11
│   │   └── dock.toml
│   └── 10.12
│       ├── dock.toml
│       └── finder.toml
└── macdef.toml

$ cat $HOME/.macdef/definitions/10.12/dock.toml
[[items]]
name = "showhidden"
description = "Show hidden apps"
type = "bool"
commands = [
  "defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool {{0}}"
]

[[items]]
name = "static-only"
description = "Only show applications that are running"
type = "bool"
commands = [
  "defaults write com.apple.Dock static-only -bool {{0}}"
]

[[items]]
name = "autohide"
description = "Hide Dock"
type = "bool"
commands = [
  "defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide -bool {{0}}"
]

[[items]]
name = "orientation"
description = "Dock position"
type = "string literal"
values = [
  "bottom",
  "left"
]
commands = [
  "defaults write com.apple.dock orientation {{0}}"
]

Install

1. brew tap macdef
2. brew install macdef