Mach Rider

Rev up your mac just the way you like it by getting right in the terminal and making direct command changes which can lead to quite a customized user experience. By changing certain factory settings the mac world can be your oyster if you have know-how to make changes that with increase your productivity.

A few favorites:

• Change screen shots as .jpg or something other than .png
• Show hidden files

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Terminal Commands

show hidden files mac:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES; killall -HUP Finder

hide hidden files:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO; killall -HUP Finder