From e0184ead26cb1c670e99163d33fb547de33fc14b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas A. Christensen II" <25492070+MillironX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:20:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] config (darwin): add preferences to manage AltTab.app

---
 homes/darwin.nix    |  2 ++
 programs/alttab.nix | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 programs/alttab.nix

diff --git a/homes/darwin.nix b/homes/darwin.nix
index 4fb4601..12932af 100644
--- a/homes/darwin.nix
+++ b/homes/darwin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, pkgs-unstable, ... }: {
+
+  imports = [ ./../programs/alttab.nix ];
   home = {
     packages = with pkgs; [
       asitop
diff --git a/programs/alttab.nix b/programs/alttab.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..606ebeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/alttab.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+let
+  altTabPref = { pref, value }:
+    let
+      defaults-bin = "/usr/bin/defaults";
+      altTabId = "com.lwouis.alt-tab-macos";
+      pref-type = builtins.typeOf value;
+
+      val-string = if pref-type == "bool" then
+        "-bool ${if value then "true" else "false"}"
+      else
+        "-${pref-type} ${toString value}";
+    in "${defaults-bin} write ${altTabId} ${pref} ${val-string}";
+in {
+  home.activation.setAltTabPrefs = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
+    ${altTabPref {
+      pref = "appearanceStyle";
+      value = 0;
+    }}
+    ${altTabPref {
+      pref = "nextWindowGesture";
+      value = 1;
+    }}
+    ${altTabPref {
+      pref = "screenRecordingPermissionSkipped";
+      value = true;
+    }}
+    ${altTabPref {
+      pref = "showFullscreenWindows";
+      value = 0;
+    }}
+    ${altTabPref {
+      pref = "showHiddenWindows";
+      value = 1;
+    }}
+    ${altTabPref {
+      pref = "updatePolicy";
+      value = 2;
+    }}
+  '';
+
+}

From 8b173560bf9b0806fe544549d34f665170da4757 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas A. Christensen II" <25492070+MillironX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 08:07:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] module: add `defaults` module

MacOS stores most of its preferences in plist files. While those plist
files can be manipulated directly, it is generally safer (albeit less
declarative) to manipulate app-level plists via the `defaults` cli. This
module allows for manipulation of arbitrary app configs via the
`defaults` cli appropriate for use in home-manager.
---
 modules/defaults.nix | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 modules/defaults.nix

diff --git a/modules/defaults.nix b/modules/defaults.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdb9f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/defaults.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# WARNING: This module was "vibe coded" by Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking
+# Nix modules are mostly boilerplace, so the logic is (mostly) mine, and the
+# rest comes from Claude. For reference, here was my prompt:
+#
+# I would like to write a new module for managing MacOS apps via the `defaults`
+# cli. Ideally, the syntax that I want to include in my home-manager config
+# should look like:
+#
+# ```nix
+# darwin-defaults = {
+#   "com.fpfxtknjju.wbgcdolfev" = {
+#     centerTasksAndButtons = false;
+#     pinList = [
+#       { action = "finderNewWindow"; bundleIdentifier = "com.apple.finder"; }
+#       { action = "firefoxNewWindow"; bundleIdentifier = "org.mozilla.firefox"; }
+#       { action = "launchOrActivateApp"; bundleIdentifier = "com.electron.logseq"; }
+#     ];
+#   };
+#   "com.lwouis.alt-tab-macos" = {
+#     screenRecordingPermissionSkipped = true;
+#     nextWindowGesture = 1;
+#   };
+# };
+# ```
+#
+# This should be fairly easy to implement, as `defaults` accepts (escaped) plist
+# strings, and Nix provides lib.generators.toPlist. Can you help me write the
+# module, please?
+
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform) isDarwin;
+  inherit (lib) mkOption types mkIf;
+  inherit (lib.generators) toPlist;
+
+  cfg = config.defaults;
+
+  # Convert domain settings to defaults import command
+  domainToScript = domain: settings:
+    let plistContent = toPlist { escape = true; } settings;
+    in ''
+      $DRY_RUN_CMD echo "Applying defaults for ${domain}..."
+      $DRY_RUN_CMD /usr/bin/defaults import ${
+        lib.escapeShellArg domain
+      } - <<'EOF'
+      ${plistContent}
+      EOF
+    '';
+
+  # Generate all activation scripts
+  activationScript =
+    lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList domainToScript cfg);
+
+in {
+  options.defaults = mkOption {
+    type = types.attrsOf (types.attrsOf types.anything);
+    default = { };
+    description = ''
+      Configuration for macOS defaults by domain.
+
+      Each attribute set key represents a domain (typically an app bundle identifier),
+      and its value is an attribute set of preference keys and values that will be
+      converted to a plist and imported using the `defaults` command.
+
+      This module only works on macOS (Darwin) systems.
+    '';
+    example = lib.literalExpression ''
+      {
+        "com.apple.dock" = {
+          autohide = true;
+          tilesize = 48;
+          orientation = "left";
+        };
+        "com.apple.finder" = {
+          AppleShowAllFiles = true;
+          ShowPathbar = true;
+          FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning = false;
+        };
+      }
+    '';
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf (isDarwin && cfg != { }) {
+    home.activation.defaults = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
+      if [[ -x /usr/bin/defaults ]]; then
+        ${activationScript}
+      else
+        echo "Warning: /usr/bin/defaults not found. Skipping darwin-defaults configuration."
+      fi
+    '';
+  };
+}

From dafe6c062578c1eccbdcf2f95f41c8d0c741a0ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas A. Christensen II" <25492070+MillironX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:08:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] feat (module): add app restart to defaults module

---
 modules/defaults.nix | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/defaults.nix b/modules/defaults.nix
index cdb9f00..dd5b2d7 100644
--- a/modules/defaults.nix
+++ b/modules/defaults.nix
@@ -37,14 +37,15 @@ let
 
   # Convert domain settings to defaults import command
   domainToScript = domain: settings:
-    let plistContent = toPlist { escape = true; } settings;
+    let
+      plistContent = toPlist { escape = true; } settings;
+      escapedDomain = lib.escapeShellArg domain;
     in ''
       $DRY_RUN_CMD echo "Applying defaults for ${domain}..."
-      $DRY_RUN_CMD /usr/bin/defaults import ${
-        lib.escapeShellArg domain
-      } - <<'EOF'
+      $DRY_RUN_CMD /usr/bin/defaults import -app ${escapedDomain} - <<'EOF'
       ${plistContent}
       EOF
+      $DRY_RUN_CMD killall ${escapedDomain} && open -a ${escapedDomain}
     '';
 
   # Generate all activation scripts

From 5866fd41de93f7f2b6a7ace1a14ab223b4df8b42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas A. Christensen II" <25492070+MillironX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:19:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] config (Taskbar.app): add initial config for Taskbar.app

---
 homes/darwin.nix     |  6 +++++-
 programs/taskbar.nix | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 programs/taskbar.nix

diff --git a/homes/darwin.nix b/homes/darwin.nix
index 12932af..d3c2982 100644
--- a/homes/darwin.nix
+++ b/homes/darwin.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, pkgs-unstable, ... }: {
 
-  imports = [ ./../programs/alttab.nix ];
+  imports = [
+    ./../modules/defaults.nix
+    ./../programs/alttab.nix
+    ./../programs/taskbar.nix
+  ];
   home = {
     packages = with pkgs; [
       asitop
diff --git a/programs/taskbar.nix b/programs/taskbar.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..992c1f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/taskbar.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ ... }: {
+  defaults."Taskbar" = {
+    centerTasksAndButtons = false;
+    hideReviewOptions = true;
+    permissionsResetOnce = true;
+    pinList = [
+      {
+        action = "finderNewWindow";
+        bundleIdentifier = "com.apple.finder";
+      }
+      {
+        action = "launchOrActivateApp";
+        bundleIdentifier = "com.apple.AppStore";
+      }
+      {
+        action = "firefoxNewWindow";
+        bundleIdentifier = "org.mozilla.firefox";
+      }
+      {
+        action = "launchOrActivateApp";
+        bundleIdentifier = "com.apple.systempreferences";
+      }
+      {
+        action = "launchOrActivateApp";
+        bundleIdentifier = "com.electron.logseq";
+      }
+      {
+        action = "launchOrActivateApp";
+        bundleIdentifier = "org.mozilla.thunderbird";
+      }
+      {
+        action = "launchOrActivateApp";
+        bundleIdentifier =
+          "com.apple.Safari.WebApp.2F51A6D0-087A-438F-92D3-A73FE09CB4CC";
+      }
+      {
+        action = "launchOrActivateApp";
+        bundleIdentifier =
+          "com.apple.Safari.WebApp.5EC6478E-03A6-4147-8A4D-6EF3DE3F06D3";
+      }
+    ];
+    sendCrashReports = true;
+    showMenubarIcon = false;
+    showThumbnails = true;
+    showWindowTitleInThumbails = true;
+    taskViewMaxWidth = 200;
+    updatePolicy = 0;
+  };
+}

From 88873d06f2defa1d88fc7371d08a153ef7f948ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas A. Christensen II" <25492070+MillironX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:21:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] refactor (AltTab.app): Use defaults module for AltTab.app

---
 programs/alttab.nix | 50 ++++++++-------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/programs/alttab.nix b/programs/alttab.nix
index 606ebeb..1901f4d 100644
--- a/programs/alttab.nix
+++ b/programs/alttab.nix
@@ -1,42 +1,10 @@
-{ lib, ... }:
-let
-  altTabPref = { pref, value }:
-    let
-      defaults-bin = "/usr/bin/defaults";
-      altTabId = "com.lwouis.alt-tab-macos";
-      pref-type = builtins.typeOf value;
-
-      val-string = if pref-type == "bool" then
-        "-bool ${if value then "true" else "false"}"
-      else
-        "-${pref-type} ${toString value}";
-    in "${defaults-bin} write ${altTabId} ${pref} ${val-string}";
-in {
-  home.activation.setAltTabPrefs = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
-    ${altTabPref {
-      pref = "appearanceStyle";
-      value = 0;
-    }}
-    ${altTabPref {
-      pref = "nextWindowGesture";
-      value = 1;
-    }}
-    ${altTabPref {
-      pref = "screenRecordingPermissionSkipped";
-      value = true;
-    }}
-    ${altTabPref {
-      pref = "showFullscreenWindows";
-      value = 0;
-    }}
-    ${altTabPref {
-      pref = "showHiddenWindows";
-      value = 1;
-    }}
-    ${altTabPref {
-      pref = "updatePolicy";
-      value = 2;
-    }}
-  '';
-
+{ ... }: {
+  defaults."AltTab" = {
+    appearanceStyle = 0;
+    nextWindowGesture = 1;
+    screenRecordingPermissionSkipped = true;
+    showFullscreenWindows = 0;
+    showHiddenWindows = 1;
+    updatePolicy = 2;
+  };
 }

From c592c01f6e55bf1d160e8c4e6dcd8fc7bd7c7163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas A. Christensen II" <25492070+MillironX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:24:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] refactor (yt-dlp): Move yt-dlp settings to own file

---
 homes/common.nix    | 2 +-
 programs/yt-dlp.nix | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 programs/yt-dlp.nix

diff --git a/homes/common.nix b/homes/common.nix
index b68983f..2b452dd 100644
--- a/homes/common.nix
+++ b/homes/common.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ in {
     ./../programs/lsd.nix
     ./../programs/neovim.nix
     ./../programs/starship.nix
+    ./../programs/yt-dlp.nix
   ];
   home = {
     stateVersion = "23.11";
@@ -107,7 +108,6 @@ in {
     gh.enable = true;
     gpg.enable = true;
     pandoc.enable = true;
-    yt-dlp.enable = true;
   };
   xdg = {
     dataFile = { "julia/config/startup.jl".source = ./../dotfiles/startup.jl; };
diff --git a/programs/yt-dlp.nix b/programs/yt-dlp.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ee29b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/yt-dlp.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ ... }: { programs.yt-dlp = { enable = true; }; }

From beb8aa13039772ef30a23cb1ddfff02a55ed4120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas A. Christensen II" <25492070+MillironX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:28:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] feat (yt-dlp): Use unstable yt-dlp

YouTube constantly changes settings to mess with downloaders. Try to
mitigate that by using the most bleeding-edge version of yt-dlp
available.
---
 programs/yt-dlp.nix | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/programs/yt-dlp.nix b/programs/yt-dlp.nix
index 9ee29b7..fa2069a 100644
--- a/programs/yt-dlp.nix
+++ b/programs/yt-dlp.nix
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-{ ... }: { programs.yt-dlp = { enable = true; }; }
+{ pkgs-unstable, ... }: {
+  programs.yt-dlp = {
+    enable = true;
+    package = pkgs-unstable.yt-dlp;
+  };
+}

From cc173b20b9b7309d235be8e76668fbc3373f0212 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas A. Christensen II" <25492070+MillironX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:30:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] dock (corianne): Switch to using Taskbar

---
 systems/darwin/corianne.nix | 14 +++-----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/systems/darwin/corianne.nix b/systems/darwin/corianne.nix
index 9628dcd..db34258 100644
--- a/systems/darwin/corianne.nix
+++ b/systems/darwin/corianne.nix
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ in {
   system.primaryUser = "millironx";
 
   system.defaults.dock = {
-    autohide = false;
+    autohide = true;
     minimize-to-application = true;
     mru-spaces = false;
+    orientation = "left";
     persistent-apps = let
       dedupDotApp = appName:
         if pkgs.lib.strings.hasSuffix ".app" appName then
@@ -69,20 +70,10 @@ in {
       };
     in [
       (sysApp "Firefox")
-      (chromeApp "Messages")
-      (sysApp "Signal")
       (sysApp "Thunderbird")
-      (localApp "Immich")
       (sysApp "Logseq")
       (sysApp "Zed")
       (sysApp "Steam")
-      (sysApp "Amperfy")
-      (sysApp "Microsoft Word")
-      (sysApp "Microsoft Excel")
-      (sysApp "Microsoft PowerPoint")
-      (localApp "Canvas")
-      (sysApp "Zotero")
-      (localApp "VetPrep")
       (chromeApp "Instinct Dashboard")
       (chromeApp "Carestream")
     ];
@@ -213,6 +204,7 @@ in {
       "slack"
       "stats"
       "steam"
+      "taskbar"
       "textmate"
       "thunderbird@esr"
       "ungoogled-chromium"