Stop Finder from writing .DS_Store files on Network Drives!

May 10, 2025•40 words

By default, finder does this to store your view (and potentially other) settings in directories you browse to.

To stop it from doing this for network drives, execute the following:

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true
killall Finder

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Change MacOS Computer Name across all components

May 10, 2025•71 words

Here's definitively how to change your system name in MacOS across all components. These instructions for modern versions, worked perfectly on Sequoia 15.4.1 # Friendly name (shown in Finder/AirDrop) sudo scutil --set ComputerName "odyssey-redux" # Hostname (shown in Terminal prompts, network identification) sudo scutil --set HostName "odyssey-redux" # Bonjour/local network name (e.g. My-MacBook.local) sudo scutil --set LocalHostName "odyssey-redux" # Flush DNS cache to make sure changes stic...

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Disable Media keys and other devices opening Media apps on MacOS

May 13, 2025•133 words

I connected my Airpods Max's and Music launched. I don't want anything to happen when I connect a device. Turns out there's two pieces at work, the remote-control daemon looking for media keys, and the ImageCapture service looking at devices plugged in. Here's how to disable both. # disable the remote‐control daemon for your user launchctl disable gui/$(id -u)/com.apple.rcd # make it stick across reboots launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.rcd.plist # stop devices launc...

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