This repo contains a few tips and tricks for "fixing" an OS X installation to my preferences.
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean true
killall Dock
Why? The OS X dashboard gets in the way of switching desktops with CTRL-LEFT.
Source: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/91722/can-i-disable-dashboard-in-mountain-lion/91723#91723
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true
Why? OS X (specifically, Finder) will create a .DS_Store in every single directory you open in Finder.
This remembers the state of the Finder window (e.g. what folders are expanded, etc).
Two problems with this:
- It pollutes your network share.
- If the folder state is complex, over a slow link, the initial "connect to server" can appear to freeze for several minutes.
Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1629
No matter whether accessed via smb:// or cifs://, or whether using Finder or the terminal, all SMB/CIFS access to a Windows 8 share was unusably slow.
sudo dmesg showed some of the following (truncated for Google):
smb_fid_get_kernel_fid: No smb2 fid found for fid ...
smb_iod_reconnect: Reconnected share ...
Finally fixed by adding the following to ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf:
[default]
smb_neg=smb1_only