diff --git a/.osx b/.osx
index d86399269d9..962d1fcb70f 100755
--- a/.osx
+++ b/.osx
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowScrollBars -string "Always"
 # Allow quitting Finder via ⌘ + Q; doing so will also hide desktop icons
 defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true
 
+# Disable window animations and Get Info animations in Finder
+defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true
+
 # Show all filename extensions in Finder
 defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true
 
@@ -56,6 +59,10 @@ defaults write com.apple.dock show-process-indicators -bool true
 # Don’t animate opening applications from the Dock
 defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool false
 
+# Display ASCII control characters using caret notation in standard text views
+# Try e.g. `cd /tmp; unidecode "\x{0000}" > cc.txt; open -e cc.txt`
+defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSTextShowsControlCharacters -bool true
+
 # Disable press-and-hold for keys in favor of key repeat
 defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
 
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0
 # Disable auto-correct
 defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false
 
-# Disable window animations
+# Disable opening and closing window animations
 defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false
 
 # Enable AirDrop over Ethernet and on unsupported Macs running Lion
@@ -79,6 +86,7 @@ defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify-remote -bool true
 # Automatically open a new Finder window when a volume is mounted
 defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages auto-open-ro-root -bool true
 defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages auto-open-rw-root -bool true
+defaults write com.apple.finder OpenWindowForNewRemovableDisk -bool true
 
 # Display full POSIX path as Finder window title
 defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true
@@ -121,21 +129,27 @@ defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2
 # Enable Safari’s debug menu
 defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true
 
+# Make Safari’s search banners default to Contains instead of Starts With
+defaults write com.apple.Safari FindOnPageMatchesWordStartsOnly -bool false
+
 # Remove useless icons from Safari’s bookmarks bar
 defaults write com.apple.Safari ProxiesInBookmarksBar "()"
 
+# Add a context menu item for showing the Web Inspector in web views
+defaults write NSGlobalDomain WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true
+
 # Only use UTF-8 in Terminal.app
 defaults write com.apple.terminal StringEncodings -array 4
 
 # Disable the Ping sidebar in iTunes
 defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar -bool true
 
-# Make ⌘ + F focus the search input in iTunes
-defaults write com.apple.iTunes NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Target Search Field" "@F"
-
 # Disable all the other Ping stuff in iTunes
 defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePing -bool true
 
+# Make ⌘ + F focus the search input in iTunes
+defaults write com.apple.iTunes NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Target Search Field" "@F"
+
 # Disable send and reply animations in Mail.app
 defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool true
 defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableSendAnimations -bool true
@@ -155,7 +169,7 @@ chflags nohidden ~/Library
 # Disable local Time Machine backups
 hash tmutil &> /dev/null && sudo tmutil disablelocal
 
-# Remove Dropbox’s green checkmark icons in Finder.app
+# Remove Dropbox’s green checkmark icons in Finder
 file=/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/check.icns
 [ -e "$file" ] && mv -f "$file" "$file.bak"
 unset file