Here i wrote a cool list with some Os X terminal commands (for Snow Leopard) that will make your mac even prettier and better! so try them out and see what happens. To reverse any of the changes you make, you have to change each command’s last word and run it again. For instance, if the last word is YES you change it to NO, if it’s 1 to 0 and if it’s TRUE to FALSE.

Open your terminal and type:

1. 1.Folder Preview with quick look
   

This one is from my favorites! All Mac users are aware of the quick look feature which is great. But it can be much greater if you enable this terminal command:

This command gives you a preview of the folders contents while using quick look. Try it in a directory with photos!

2. 2.List view stacks work like grid view stacks
   

This command changes the list view of a stack. The contents of a stack are shown in a single line with an icon on the left.

3. 3.Show Hidden Files
   

This command show all the files in Finder.

4. 4.Enable highlight in stacks on mousover
   

This one is cool also and helpful. If you want to highlight the items in a stack when you move the mouse over them then type

5. 5.Use Widgets to your Desktop
   

The last command lets you do what the title says! :). Click and hold the widget you want and close dashboard. To put it back click and hold again, open dashboard and drop the widget! It’s that simple.

As you have noticed all the commands begin with the defaults word. This command is to make changes to user defaults and preferences from the command line. Some of this changes can be made through the Preferences panel but some of them are hidden and you can only reach them through the terminal! Enjoy but use them with caution.. Here is the manual page of the command.