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--- macos_defaults [2022-04-20 16:45:58]
mi [Default shell]
+++ macos_defaults [2024-07-20 14:45:40] (current)
mi [Various settings]
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 =MacOS defaults
+==Hostname
+<code bash>
+# show:
+for n in ComputerName HostName LocalHostName; do echo "$n = $(scutil --get $n)"; done
+# set new hostname:
+host=newname; dom=example.lan
+for n in ComputerName LocalHostName; do sudo scutil --set $n $host; done
+sudo scutil --set HostName $host.$dom
+</code>
 ==Keyboard layout
@@ Line 30: / Line 42: @@
 ==Various settings
-Examples from https://github.com/Integralist/dotfiles/blob/cc906bd14636543e71d9c034d6507f5986a80bbd/bootstrap.sh#L7-L53
+===Bash defaults
+Add to ''~/.profile'' :
+<code bash>
+# Prompt color
+export PS1='\[\e]2; \h: $PWD \a\e[32;1m\]$PWD/$\[\e[0m\] '
+# History
+export HISTSIZE=2000
+export HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T '
+# Additional path for scripts
+PATH=/Users/Shared/bin:$PATH
+</code>
+Other examples from https://github.com/Integralist/dotfiles/blob/cc906bd14636543e71d9c034d6507f5986a80bbd/bootstrap.sh#L7-L53
@@ Line 65: / Line 90: @@
   sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkAuthorization AllowUnknownServers -bool YES
+==Spotlight
+Show if Spotlight indexing is enabled on the connected disks:
+  mdutil -s /Volumes/*
+Disable it on a specific disk:
+  touch /Volumes/YOUR_DISK/.metadata_never_index
+or
+  sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/YOUR_DISK
+Disable it globally (some people on the web say it shouldn't be done globally...):
+  sudo mdutil -a -i off
+or
+  sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
+To re-enabe it:
+  sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
+or
+    sudo mdutil -a -i on
+or for a specific disk:
+    sudo mdutil -i on /Volumes/YOUR_DISK

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