diff --git a/darwin.nix b/darwin.nix
index 388232ab..7b0780e4 100644
--- a/darwin.nix
+++ b/darwin.nix
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@
 
   networking.hostName = "Joe-Bidens-MacBook-Pro";
 
-  system.defaults = {
-    NSGlobalDomain.AppleShowAllFiles = true;
-    finder.AppleShowAllFiles = true;
-    screencapture.disable-shadow = true;
-  };
   system.keyboard = {
     enableKeyMapping = true;
     remapCapsLockToEscape = true;
@@ -101,7 +96,7 @@
     spotify
     discord
     audacity
-    blender
+    # blender
     ghidra
     gimp
     hexfiend
@@ -110,6 +105,13 @@
     wireshark
   ];
 
+  system.defaults.dock.autohide = true;
+  system.defaults.dock.largesize = 80;
+  system.defaults.dock.magnification = true; # think this needs to be confed in system settings
+  system.defaults.dock.minimize-to-application = true;
+  system.defaults.dock.mru-spaces = false;
+  system.defaults.dock.orientation = "left";
+
   system.defaults.dock.persistent-apps = [
     # Finder? LaunchPad?
     "${pkgs.keepassxc}/Applications/KeePassXC.app"
@@ -125,7 +127,48 @@
     "/Users/xenia/Applications/Home Manager Apps/Alacritty.app"
   ];
 
+  # Set desktop background
   system.activationScripts.extraActivation.text = ''
-    osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to tell every desktop to set picture to \"${./backgrounds/pan-wire-3.png}\" as POSIX file"
+    osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to tell every desktop to set picture to \"${./backgrounds/enby-mac.png}\" as POSIX file"
   '';
+
+  system.defaults.menuExtraClock = {
+    ShowSeconds = true;
+    IsAnalog = false;
+    Show24Hour = true;
+    ShowDate = 1; # 1 = always
+  };
+  # mouse speed
+  system.defaults.".GlobalPreferences"."com.apple.mouse.scaling" = 0.9;
+  # disable quarantine for applications
+  system.defaults.LaunchServices.LSQuarantine = false;
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.AppleInterfaceStyle = "Dark";
+
+  # Show all info in finder
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.AppleShowAllExtensions = true;
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.AppleShowAllFiles = true;
+
+  # Need re-login to apply
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.InitialKeyRepeat = 15;
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.KeyRepeat = 2;
+
+  # don't fuck with my typing
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.NSAutomaticCapitalizationEnabled = false;
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled = false;
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.NSAutomaticPeriodSubstitutionEnabled = false;
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled = false;
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled = false;
+
+  # don't save things to icloud by default
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud = false;
+
+  # advanced printing menu by default
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain.PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint = true;
+
+  # scrolling the right way
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain."com.apple.swipescrolldirection" = false;
+  system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain."com.apple.trackpad.trackpadCornerClickBehavior" = 1;
+
+
+  system.defaults.finder.FXPreferredViewStyle = "Nlsv"; # list view
 }