Motion

Everything under System Settings › Accessibility › Motion, as Nix options. Each one is named after the control you'd click, and set under programs.nix-plist-manager.options in home-manager.

4 options 4 verified against System Settings

Auto-play animated images

System Settings › Accessibility › Motion › Auto-play animated images

home-manager · per user ✓ Verified on macOS 27

applications.systemSettings.accessibility.motion.autoPlayAnimatedImages = true;

true or false "unset" puts back macOS's default.

Where it's stored and what runs

• com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionAutoplayAnimatedImagesEnabled

For false:

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionAutoplayAnimatedImagesEnabled -int 0 || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionAutoplayAnimatedImagesEnabled -int 0' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionAutoplayAnimatedImagesEnabled 2>/dev/null || true

For true:

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionAutoplayAnimatedImagesEnabled -int 1 || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionAutoplayAnimatedImagesEnabled -int 1' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionAutoplayAnimatedImagesEnabled 2>/dev/null || true

For unset:

/usr/bin/defaults delete com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionAutoplayAnimatedImagesEnabled 2>/dev/null || true
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionAutoplayAnimatedImagesEnabled 2>/dev/null || true

Prefer non-blinking cursor

System Settings › Accessibility › Motion › Prefer non-blinking cursor

home-manager · per user ✓ Verified on macOS 27

applications.systemSettings.accessibility.motion.preferNonBlinkingCursor = true;

true or false "unset" puts back macOS's default.

Where it's stored and what runs

• com.apple.Accessibility PrefersNonBlinkingCursorIndicator

For false:

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility PrefersNonBlinkingCursorIndicator -int 0 || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility PrefersNonBlinkingCursorIndicator -int 0' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility PrefersNonBlinkingCursorIndicator 2>/dev/null || true

For true:

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility PrefersNonBlinkingCursorIndicator -int 1 || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility PrefersNonBlinkingCursorIndicator -int 1' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility PrefersNonBlinkingCursorIndicator 2>/dev/null || true

For unset:

/usr/bin/defaults delete com.apple.Accessibility PrefersNonBlinkingCursorIndicator 2>/dev/null || true
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility PrefersNonBlinkingCursorIndicator 2>/dev/null || true

Reduce motion

System Settings › Accessibility › Motion › Reduce motion

home-manager · per user ✓ Verified on macOS 27

applications.systemSettings.accessibility.motion.reduceMotion = true;

true or false "unset" puts back macOS's default.

Where it's stored and what runs

• com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionEnabled
• com.apple.universalaccess reduceMotion

For false:

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionEnabled -int 0 || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionEnabled -int 0' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.universalaccess reduceMotion -bool false || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.universalaccess reduceMotion -bool false' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionEnabled 2>/dev/null || true
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.universalaccess reduceMotion 2>/dev/null || true

For true:

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionEnabled -int 1 || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionEnabled -int 1' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.universalaccess reduceMotion -bool true || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.universalaccess reduceMotion -bool true' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionEnabled 2>/dev/null || true
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.universalaccess reduceMotion 2>/dev/null || true

For unset:

/usr/bin/defaults delete com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionEnabled 2>/dev/null || true
/usr/bin/defaults delete com.apple.universalaccess reduceMotion 2>/dev/null || true
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility ReduceMotionEnabled 2>/dev/null || true
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.universalaccess reduceMotion 2>/dev/null || true

Vehicle Motion Cues

System Settings › Accessibility › Motion › Vehicle Motion Cues

home-manager · per user ✓ Verified on macOS 27

applications.systemSettings.accessibility.motion.vehicleMotionCues = true;

true or false "unset" puts back macOS's default.

Where it's stored and what runs

• com.apple.Accessibility AXSMotionCuesEnabled

For false:

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility AXSMotionCuesEnabled -int 0 || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility AXSMotionCuesEnabled -int 0' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility AXSMotionCuesEnabled 2>/dev/null || true

For true:

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility AXSMotionCuesEnabled -int 1 || echo 'nix-plist-manager: failed: /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Accessibility AXSMotionCuesEnabled -int 1' >&2
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility AXSMotionCuesEnabled 2>/dev/null || true

For unset:

/usr/bin/defaults delete com.apple.Accessibility AXSMotionCuesEnabled 2>/dev/null || true
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.Accessibility AXSMotionCuesEnabled 2>/dev/null || true