# sickcodes/osx-optimizer

OSX Optimizer: Optimize MacOS - Shell scripts to speed up your mac boot time, accelerate loading, and prevent unnecessary throttling.

Repository: https://github.com/sickcodes/osx-optimizer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/osx-optimizer
Homepage: https://sick.codes
Language: Shell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: osx, optimization, speed, boost, macos, apple
Last push: 2024-05-25T12:58:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1902, "days_push": 830, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1890, forks 136 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:49.501212+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of shell scripts that optimize macOS using the `defaults` command and other system tweaks to speed up boot time, reduce UI overhead, and prevent throttling. It is especially aimed at virtualized macOS instances, with options like disabling Spotlight indexing, automatic updates, and enabling server performance mode.

## Use cases
- speed up macos boot time
- optimize macos virtual machine performance
- disable spotlight indexing on mac
- turn off automatic macos updates
- enable macos server performance mode
- reduce motion and transparency on mac

## When to choose
- running macOS in a VM (e.g. Docker-OSX, QEMU/KVM) and needing maximum performance
- you want scriptable, reversible system tweaks via the defaults command
- setting up a minimal headless or CI macOS environment

## When to avoid
- on a daily-driver Mac where Spotlight, updates, and login security matter
- you want a GUI tuning utility rather than shell scripts
- remote-access security is a concern, since some tweaks weaken it

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, configuration-management
- domain: operating-systems, performance
- platform: cli
- tags: macos-tweaks, defaults-command, virtualization, system-optimization, shell-scripts, automation, macos, shell

## Member repositories
- sickcodes/osx-optimizer (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:49.501212+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:13:04.631392+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.