I hate this goddamned OS so much.

— Zane van Iperen, almost every other day.

Quarantine Bit Commands

The quarantine bit (com.apple.quarantine) is an extended attribute that macOS applies to downloaded files as a blantant attempt to force people to pay the $99 Apple Developer Taxsecurity measure. When extracting a zip, macOS typically re-applies the quarantine bit.

Remove quarantine bit from a file

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xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/file

View quarantine bit (and other extended attributes)

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xattr -l /path/to/file

Remove quarantine bit recursively from directory

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xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /path/to/directory

Allow dragging windows with Ctrl+Cmd

defaults write -g NSWindowShouldDragOnGesture -bool true

You’ll need to restart the entire application, i.e. Cmd+Q it.

JetBrains IDE Slowness

JB’s Metal backend has issues on macOS on aarch64. Switch back to OpenGL in the meantime:

Help → Edit Custom VM Options

-Dsun.java2d.metal=false

ℹ️ The OpenGL backend has its own issues with multi-monitor, but it’s a damned-sight better than Metal at the moment.

Issue List

• JBR-4699: Scrolling degrades over time, dropping to 40–60fps on high-refresh-rate external monitors until IDE restart.
• JBR-4597: Long-standing general sluggishness — scrolling, right-click, typing all lag behind.
• JBR-9916: Micro stutters with multiple project windows; Metal’s render queue locks up.
• JBR-5145: IDE freezes after waking Mac from sleep, especially with external monitors (56 votes). Official workaround is this flag.
• JBR-5063: Crash when Metal fails to reinitialize after display reconfiguration (plug/unplug monitor).
• JBR-9859: SIGABRT crash on wake.

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