Re:The bizarre role reversal of Apple and Microsoft
by klodolph on Saturday October 29, 2016 @12:20AM
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Technically correct but very few people care about "defaults write". I can't remember the last time I used it, but I do use RegEdit often enough.
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Re:The bizarre role reversal of Apple and Microsoft
by grzm on Saturday October 29, 2016 @12:26AM
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One place I've found it useful is for scripting the setup of a fresh machine, something like this:
https://blog.vandenbrand.org/2016/01/04/how-to-automate-your...
I agree it's likely very few people use it. It can be exactly the right tool for the job in some circumstances.
Re:The bizarre role reversal of Apple and Microsoft
by klodolph on Saturday October 29, 2016 @02:04PM
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Yeah, that's a good reason to use it, and it makes sense that the tool is there. But there's a big difference between having a CLI tool for digging around when you need it, and having two separate GUI control panels with some settings in one, some in the other, and other settings in both.