Make OS X Great Again
Dev tools
macos system settings utility
SHOW HN2018
Make OS X Great Again
Make OS X Great Again – Mac app that fixes the annoying parts of OS X
makeosxgreatagain.com#macos settings#os x tweaks#screenshot location#disable update notifications
How HN took it
0 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.51.
Idea: 0 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 against
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What HN said
Objections
Priced at $10 for a thin wrapper around terminal commands
From 3 comments
$10 for an app that executes a bunch of terminal commands? I have half a mind to whip up something like this in Xcode this afternoon and FOSS it... It certainly does not have…
lostgame on HNIf you would pay $10 for this, you deserve to pay $10 for this.
Brian_K_White on HNEven priced the same as an Apple product, nice.
tenfold on HN
Terminal commands are already free online
From 2 comments
Make great again, would imply there was a time that the OS was overall better than it is today, which is of course rather silly since while there an incredibly long list of small…
heavymark on HN// Disable update notifications: Open System Preferences on your Mac and select “App Store.” Then click “Install macOS Updates (or “Install OS X Updates” for older software). //…
lostgame on HN
Name and tagline 'Make great again' is dated and political
From 3 comments
$10 for an app that executes a bunch of terminal commands? I have half a mind to whip up something like this in Xcode this afternoon and FOSS it... It certainly does not have…
lostgame on HNThat “Make X great again” tag line was funny for a while but I think that’s in the past. I’d choose something else.
dewey on HNMake great again, would imply there was a time that the OS was overall better than it is today, which is of course rather silly since while there an incredibly long list of small…
heavymark on HN
Disabling update prompts risks missing security patches
From 2 comments
> Stop asking for updates I think Apple has a pretty aggressive policy around encouraging updates, and I'd imagine it's because having up-to-date software is an annoying…
bichiliad on HNSure, but I don't tend to trust myself enough to remember to do that on top of everything else I have to. I have to lean pretty heavily on reminders, and I feel like that's not…
bichiliad on HN
Requests
Close apps when clicking the red X button
From 1 comment
If anyone has a way to make the red X button actually close an app like Windows, would be most greatful! Microsoft apps like Outlook tend to work, but most apps don't, the most…
amaccuish on HN
Kill full screen animations and hide full screen apps with cmd-h
From 1 comment
Any chances it could support: ``` - killing full screen animations - hiding full screen apps like any other (cmd-h) - keyboard control for notifications ``` ? I assume those are…
chuchana on HN
Keyboard control for notifications
From 1 comment
Any chances it could support: ``` - killing full screen animations - hiding full screen apps like any other (cmd-h) - keyboard control for notifications ``` ? I assume those are…
chuchana on HN
Questions
Is there a way to make the red X close apps
From 1 comment
If anyone has a way to make the red X button actually close an app like Windows, would be most greatful! Microsoft apps like Outlook tend to work, but most apps don't, the most…
amaccuish on HN
Alternatives named
Free FOSS PsyPrefs project on GitHub
From 2 comments
True to my Word, I've written a FOSS application which executes these terminal commands from a simple GUI. https://github.com/nicoleoic/PsyPrefs/ It's my first FOSS project! :)
lostgame on HNFOSS version: https://github.com/nicoleoic/PsyPrefs/
lostgame on HN
Dotfiles and awesome-macos-command-line scripts
From 3 comments
Make great again, would imply there was a time that the OS was overall better than it is today, which is of course rather silly since while there an incredibly long list of small…
heavymark on HNIMHO that is way too much asked for a UI around commands you can snatch from https://github.com/herrbischoff/awesome-macos-command-line via copy/paste.
marenkay on HN// Disable update notifications: Open System Preferences on your Mac and select “App Store.” Then click “Install macOS Updates (or “Install OS X Updates” for older software). //…
lostgame on HN
RedQuits for closing apps with red X
From 2 comments
If anyone has a way to make the red X button actually close an app like Windows, would be most greatful! Microsoft apps like Outlook tend to work, but most apps don't, the most…
amaccuish on HNHaven't tried it in a while, but there's this: http://www.carsten-mielke.com/redquits.html
thebaer on HN