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--- macos_defaults [2022-11-04 01:17:38]
mi [Spotlight]
+++ 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
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 ==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
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 ==Spotlight
-**Update:** The info below may not be valid anymore on current MacOS systems?
 Show if Spotlight indexing is enabled on the connected disks:
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   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...):

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