https://github.com/yannbertrand/macos-defaults

Incomplete list of macOS `defaults` commands with demos ✨
https://github.com/yannbertrand/macos-defaults

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Incomplete list of macOS `defaults` commands with demos ✨

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/yannbertrand/macos-defaults
• Owner: yannbertrand
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-01-09T10:03:00.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-13T01:12:51.000Z (about 1 month ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-13T15:59:35.451Z (about 24 hours ago)
• Topics: hacktoberfest, macos, macos-commands, macos-defaults, macos-setup, vuepress
• Language: HTML
• Homepage: https://macos-defaults.com
• Size: 21.4 MB
• Stars: 1,275
• Watchers: 22
• Forks: 67
• Open Issues: 40
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: license
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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# Welcome to macOS-defaults 👋

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**Stability: 2 - Stable**

https://macos-defaults.com

`defaults` commands allow you to programmatically set System Settings of your Mac. 🤖⚙️🔧

An up-to-date list of [macOS `defaults` commands](https://macos-defaults.com) with demos. ✨

## Add a command

Feel free to open an issue if you know an unlisted command.

It's also possible to add the command yourself by creating a Pull Request. Please take [a look at the contribution guidelines](https://macos-defaults.com/contributing.html).

### How to discover a `defaults` command

Using this [bash script](diff.sh) (`bash ./diff.sh`), you'll be able to find out which key changed when you change a system or app settings.

After you find the key with your options, simply run `defaults find ${keyname}` to find the domain it is saved in.

# macOS-defaults recorder 📷

Some screenshots and videos were recorded programmatically in the past. Take a look at [the `record` folder in the project history](https://github.com/yannbertrand/macos-defaults/tree/a48f54fe1aab9dd5251cb08a984f4ccf19af6778/record) to learn more about it.

# macOS-defaults builder 🤖

This project used to help compare Static Site Generators (SSG). We now removed this part but you can still find an old comparison between a few of them (Docsify, Docusaurus, VuePress and GitHub markdown) [in the project history](https://github.com/yannbertrand/macos-defaults/tree/1716cb77e7c17f8317e18e9b9418cc834bb3486c/build).

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