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;Disable dashboard
:defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES

;Reduce render delay
:defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitInitialTimedLayoutDelay 0.25

;Increase animation speed of sheets
:defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSWindowResizeTime .001

;Disable Spotlight
:edit /etc/hostconfig to change "SPOTLIGHT=-YES-" to "SPOTLIGHT=-NO-"

; Enable Safari Debug Menu
:defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1

;Disable xterm startup when X11 is started
:defaults write org.x.X11_launcher app_to_run /usr/X11/bin/xlsclients
:or
:defaults write org.x.X11_launcher app_to_run /usr/bin/true

;And finally, in XQuartz from macosforge X11 and X11_launcher have been integrated, so you do this
:defaults write org.x.X11 app_to_run /usr/bin/true
:To Renable => defaults write org.x.X11_launcher app_to_run /usr/X11/bin/xterm

; Get rid of X11 quit alert
:defaults write com.apple.x11 no_quit_alert true

;Get rid of the .DS_Store files on share drives (specifically windows shares)
:defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

;Show full path to current directory on Finder Title
:defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES

;Mount external drives without user login (normally they only mount when a user logs in)
:defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/autodiskmount AutomountDisksWithoutUserLogin -bool true

<font color=darkred size=4>When making changes to Finder, make sure to execute a "killall Finder" or "killall Dock"

in terminal to activate changes</font>

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