dotfiles/MacOS/README.md

MacOS Commands (built-in)

Password-protected Zip:

zip -e protected.zip /file/to/protect/

Remove dotfiles:

dot_clean .

Show all files in finder:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles 1

Search using Spotlight:

mdfind "file name”

Rebuild Spotlight index:

mdutil -E

Turn off Spotlight indexing:

dutil -i off

Repair Disk permissions:

sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages --repair --standard-pkgs --volume /

Generate SHA-1 digest of a file:

/usr/bin/openssl sha1 download.dmg

Disable sleep temporarily:

caffeinate

Open multiple instances of a program:

open multiple instances open -n /Applications/Safari.app/

Check network speed:

networkQuality

Convert files (txt, html, rtf, rtfd, doc, docx):

textutil -convert html journal.doc