Forked from MacChuck/DisableIconPreviewHighSierra.sh
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Disables icon previews and preview column for all users in macOS High Sierra.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # This disables the Column View icon in Finder for all users | |
| # Change file separators so we don't get hung up on spaces | |
| OIFS=$IFS | |
| IFS=$'\n' | |
| # Iterate through all users | |
| for user in $(dscl . list /Users UniqueID | awk '$2 >= 500 {print $1}'); do | |
| userHome=$(dscl . read /Users/"$user" NFSHomeDirectory | sed 's/NFSHomeDirectory://' | grep "/" | sed 's/^[ \t]*//') | |
| # Delete the existing column preview setting | |
| /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Delete StandardViewOptions:ColumnViewOptions:ShowIconThumbnails" "$userHome/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist" | |
| /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Delete StandardViewOptions:ColumnViewOptions:ColumnShowIcons" "$userHome/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist" | |
| # Reset the column preview setting to off | |
| /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add StandardViewOptions:ColumnViewOptions:ShowIconThumbnails bool false" "$userHome/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist" | |
| /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add StandardViewOptions:ColumnViewOptions:ColumnShowIcons bool false" "$userHome/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist" | |
| chown "$user" "$userHome/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist" | |
| done | |
| # Delete prefs/plist cache | |
| killall cfprefsd | |
| # Restart the Finder | |
| killall Finder | |
| # Reset file separators just in case... | |
| IFS=$OIFS |
Should be good now. Haven't test, but just did some simple copy-pasta with other scripts. All passed on shellcheck.
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This is the original that I forked from @MacChuck. Needs way better user iteration and reading of home directories.