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To restore the effect, open a Terminal window, and type the following, logging
out and back in again afterward to make the changes take effect:
DEFAULTS DELETE -G NSAUTOMATICWINDOWANIMATIONSENABLED
Quick Look
Quick Look windows appear when you select a file and hit
SPACE
. They show
a preview of the file's contents. You can stop Quick Look windows from
springing up from the file in question by typing the following into a Terminal
window (this change will also remove the effect of the Quick Look window
shrinking back into the file):
DEFAULTS WRITE COM.APPLE.FINDER QLPANELANIMATIONDURATION -INT 0;KILLALL
FINDER
The change will take effect immediately. To restore the effect, open a Terminal
window, and type the following (again, the change will take effect immediately):
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.APPLE.FINDER QLPANELANIMATIONDURATION;KILLALL FINDER
Mission Control
To turn off the Mission Control zoom effects that appear whenever it's activated
and deactivated, open a Terminal window, and type the following:
DEFAULTS WRITE COM.APPLE.DOCK EXPOSE-ANIMATION-DURATION -INT 0;KILLALL DOCK
The changes take effect immediately. Note that this also removes the animated
effect of windows zooming out of the way when Show Desktop is activated
(usually via the “finger spread” trackpad gesture).
To revert to the default animated Mission Control effects, open a Terminal
window, and type the following:
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.APPLE.DOCK EXPOSE-ANIMATION-DURATION;KILLALL DOCK
File and Print Dialog Boxes
To stop the Save and Print dialog boxes from sliding out and down from the
title bar of each application, open a Terminal window, and type the following:
DEFAULTS WRITE -G NSWINDOWRESIZETIME -FLOAT 0.01
You'll need to log out and in again for the changes to take effect. If you want
to reintroduce the visual effects later, type the following, logging out and back
in again afterward for the changes to take effect:
DEFAULTS DELETE -G NSWINDOWRESIZETIME
