Re: Confusion about System Preferences

2020-07-09 Thread Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev
> You're welcome! In the future, please reply to the list so the ongoing > discussion can benefit others. Sorry! usually, I do that , bit occasionally, when in a hurry, I forget to hold down the shift key when clicking CMD-R :'-) >

Re: Confusion about System Preferences

2020-07-09 Thread Ken Thomases via Cocoa-dev
On Jul 9, 2020, at 3:41 AM, Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev wrote: > > I am confused about the way system preferences are organized (or preferences > in general). > > I read the man page of defaults(1), but it is still unclear to me what happens > when I do, for instance, > > defaults

Confusion about System Preferences

2020-07-09 Thread Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev
I am confused about the way system preferences are organized (or preferences in general). I read the man page of defaults(1), but it is still unclear to me what happens when I do, for instance, defaults -currentHost read com.apple.screensaver idleTime as opposed to defaults read