macOS
macOS is my favorite desktop operating system.
I do wish to expand my horizons and try out Linux more. I doubt I will ever be able to move to another operating system as I have too much invested in optimizing and using macOS but I do want to take the best of all worlds. Linux is open source, has an increasingly large community of users and developers and one thing that I love about UNIX systems is that by using these systems you effectively become a developer. Because otherwise you are simply missing out on the full experience.
You can clean install by going to Recovery mode (restart with cmd+r pressed). Then Disk Utility > Select disk > Erase (Format it) > Close Disk Utility > Select option Reinstall MacOS (Choose macOS ver. to install).
In save dialogues I can press these keys:
Returnor⌘ + S= SaveESC= Cancel
I can also press
/or~to quickly go to some directory from a save dialogue. And I can press⌘ + ↑to go toparent directory.Recovery mode: Power off the machine, press the power button and immediately hold Cmd-R.
Both Windows and MacOS are at a point where clean installs are unnecessary.
I can appreciate someone wanting to do a clean install if they've installed and removed many apps and just want to clear out everything spread around all the system and hidden folders, even if it doesn't really affect performance and won't save a ton of disk space. There is something cathartic about a clean install.
/usr/local/binis a good place to put raw binaries available in the path, that are not installed with Nix.
Control Mac Keyboard Brightness - Programmatically flash the keyboard lights and control display brightness on Macs.
maclaunchmaclaunch - Manage your macOS startup items.
Objective-See - Simple, yet effective macOS security tools.
AppUpdater - Simple app-updater for macOS, checks your GitHub releases for a binary asset once a day and silently updates your app.
Brooklyn - Screensaver inspired by Apple's Event on October 30, 2018.
PureDarwin - Community project to make Darwin more usable. (HN)
BlockBlock - Continually monitors common persistence locations and displays an alert whenever a persistent component is added to the OS.
Impact - Crash detection and recording library for Apple platforms.
gon - CLI and Go Library for macOS Notarization.
macOS Headers - Consistently maintained dump of most macOS Headers.
AppMover - Framework for moving your application bundle to Applications folder on launch.
Lilu - Arbitrary kext and process patching on macOS.
osx-hid-inspector - Command line tool for macOS for inspecting human input devices (HID).
mas-cli - Simple command line interface for the Mac App Store. Designed for scripting and automation.
apply-user-defaults - Small utility to set macOS user defaults declaratively from a YAML file.
Zero.sh - Radically simple personal bootstrapping tool for macOS.
DefaultApp - Template for starting macOS projects. (Code) (HN)
BlackHole - Modern MacOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.
skhd - Simple hotkey daemon for macOS.
Proxy Audio Driver - Virtual audio driver for macOS to sends all audio to another output.
Icons.app - App for macOS which is designed to generate consistent sized icons of an existing application in various states, jiggling (shaking) etc.
Syphon - macOS technology to allow applications to share video and still images with one another in realtime, instantly.
Mac Bare Metal - Enterprise-class IaaS for macOS.
React Native for macOS - Build native macOS apps with React. (HN)
netboot.nix - Create full netboot images in 15 seconds.
Swizzle - Extensible tweak to create simple tweaks for any app, from within any app.
AquaticPrime - Mac software licensing code using cryptographically signed license files.
SimpleVM - Sample code for Virtualization framework.
macOS icon pack - Beautiful open source icons for Big Sur. (Code)
macOS Simple KVM - Tools to set up a quick macOS VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM.
