The Finder crashed:killall -KILL Finder

The Dock crashed:killall -KILL Dock    or

launchctl stop com.apple.Dock.agent
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Spaces crashed:killall -KILL Dock

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The Menubar crashed/refuses to be clickable:killall -KILL SystemUIServer

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To turn Dashboard off:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
To turn Dashboard on:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO
After any of these commands use the following to apply changes:
killall Dock
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Screenshot Format (replace with jpg, pdf, png…)

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type pdf
killall SystemUIServer
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Copy text from Preview

defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool TRUE; killall
Finder
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Show / Hide Hidden Files

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
Relaunch Finder
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Edit Hosts File

sudo nano /private/etc/hosts
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Enable / Disable local TimeMachine

sudo tmutil disablelocal
sudo tmutil enablelocal
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Prevent sleep
caffeinate
Prevent sleep for xsecconds
caffeinate -i -t 3600
from http://snazzylabs.com/tutorial/five-advanced-tricks-for-mac-users/
or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI4x0wvogco
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Frequency your Mac checks for Updates (-int xdays)

defaults write com.apple.SoftwareUpdate ScheduleFrequency -int 1
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Encrypt a file
encrypt (change path): openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -e -in {path-in} -out {path-
out}
decrypt (change path): openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -in {path-in} -out {path-
out}
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