Disable the new look in Safari 4

The new tabs in Safari 4 are nice, but I prefer the old classic look. If you’re like me, like I know I am, use these commands in the terminal to disable the new look: 

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop -bool NO
defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeToolbarRedesign -bool NO
defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4LoadProgressStyle -bool NO

MacPorts garbage collection

$ sudo su -
# du -sh /opt
6.4G  /opt
# port clean -f --all installed
---> Cleaning apr
---> Cleaning apr-util
...
# du -sh /opt
6.3G  /opt
# port -f uninstall inactive
--->  Uninstalling autoconf @2.62_0
--->  Uninstalling automake @1.10.1_0
...
# du -sh /opt
5.4G  /opt

Disable the 3D-dock in Leopard

If you hate the fancy 3D-dock in Leopard, or just think that it doesn’t match your current wallpaper (this happens for me a lot), open a Terminal and type these:

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES 
killall Dock

Set Dock switching mode to 'hide others'

To enable this switching mode, open Terminal and type these commands:

$ defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool TRUE
$ killall Dock

From now on, clicking on an application in the Dock will hide all other open apps while switching to the selected application. You will not see this behavior if you use Command-Tab to switch, or click directly on another application’s windows.

> cd to ...

For OS X. Open a Terminal window from Finder.

Disable the OS X dashboard

$ defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -bool YES
$ killall Dock

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