Andreas Wacker

this article speaks indeed the truth
Let’s say you want to make all files you create read writable by all other users then you would set a

umask

in unix. Well, OS X is a bit different here. What worked for me was:

sudo chmod g+w /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
open $!

The plist editor should come up (if you have Xcode installed).
Select the root branch and add a child called

NSUmask

and change its type to

number

save. reboot. enjoy
if you hose your system by doing this, then let me remind you that I don’t take responsibility for that.

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