Defaults

This page explains Apple’s Defaults utility and has a handy list of commands you can run from the terminal window. For example:

'defaults write com.apple.Dock mineffect suck'

is a 'mystery' dock scaling effect which sucks in windows like a Hoover.

'defaults write com.apple.finder Desktop.HasTrash 1'

should put the Trash on the desktop instead of the Dock. Having said that, I can’t seem to get it to work. If anyone can, let me know.

Posted 10 years, 1 month ago

Can’t get the above command to work either Matt. I checked the plist file in the PropertyListEditor and the appropriate line had been changed alright, but no trash can on the desktop...

I tried a few others, which seem to work - ‘suck’ is an interesting variation on the ‘genie’ or ‘scale’ minimise window effect.

Good find.

phil · 10 years, 1 month ago