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The sidebar icon size also changes the icon size in the system settings. I do not mind the size change in finder however the font size becomes a lot smaller in the system settings side bar and that makes it a lot harder to read. I feel that removing iCloud by default is a little harsh and should be moved a separate script. Apple is all about ecosystem so while some people might not use iCloud disabling this ecosystem feature by default is a very opinionated move.
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WalkthroughThe Finder setup script removes sidebar icon-size and iCloud Desktop configuration commands. Finder restart and environment-check execution remain unchanged. ChangesFinder sidebar settings
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change stops applying Finder sidebar overrides, but existing installations can retain the prior smaller sidebar and hidden iCloud Desktop state. Add a safe migration or clear reset guidance before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@scripts/system-setup/fix-finder.sh`:
- Line 54: Update the Finder setup script to migrate previously managed
NSTableViewDefaultSizeMode and SidebarShowingiCloudDesktop preferences for
existing installations, removing them only when owned by this setup; otherwise
document the required manual reset. Preserve the current handling of all other
Finder preferences.
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
file='scripts/system-setup/fix-finder.sh'
echo 'Deleted preference commands from the parent revision:'
git show "HEAD^:$file" | rg -n -i -C 3 \
'NSTableViewDefaultSizeMode|iCloud|CloudDocs|Sidebar.*(Cloud|iCloud)|(Cloud|iCloud).*Sidebar'
echo 'Migration and documentation references:'
rg -n -i -C 3 \
'NSTableViewDefaultSizeMode|iCloud|CloudDocs|Sidebar.*(Cloud|iCloud)|(Cloud|iCloud).*Sidebar' \
--glob '*.sh' --glob '*.md' --glob '*.txt' .Repository: ChrisTitusTech/macutil
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rg -n -i -C 3 \
'fix-finder|fixfinder|NSTableViewDefaultSizeMode|SidebarShowingiCloudDesktop|SidebarDevicesSectionDisclosedState|SidebarPlacesSectionDisclosedState' \
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'fix-finder|fixfinder|NSTableViewDefaultSizeMode|SidebarShowingiCloudDesktop|SidebarDevicesSectionDisclosedState|SidebarPlacesSectionDisclosedState' \
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Migrate removed Finder preferences for existing installations.
The script no longer writes or deletes NSTableViewDefaultSizeMode or SidebarShowingiCloudDesktop. Restarting Finder does not remove values saved by earlier runs. If existing installations are in scope, add an ownership-aware migration for these keys or document the required manual reset.
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In `@scripts/system-setup/fix-finder.sh` at line 54, Update the Finder setup
script to migrate previously managed NSTableViewDefaultSizeMode and
SidebarShowingiCloudDesktop preferences for existing installations, removing
them only when owned by this setup; otherwise document the required manual
reset. Preserve the current handling of all other Finder preferences.
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Description
The sidebar icon size also changes the icon size in the system settings. I do not mind the size change in finder however the font size becomes a lot smaller in the system settings side bar and that makes it a lot harder to read.
I feel that removing iCloud by default is a little harsh and should be moved a separate script. Apple is all about ecosystem so while some people might not use iCloud disabling this ecosystem feature by default is a very opinionated move.
Testing
I have tested these changes on my system.
Impact
This adds the iCloud back to the sidebar by default and doesn't change the system prefrences sidebar to small icons.
However, if someone has already run this script then the icon size will not change back without resetting it. The same goes for the iCloud sidebar.
You can run a command like this to reset the setting. A restart might be needed as well:
defaults delete NSGlobalDomain NSTableViewDefaultSizeModeChecklist