macos-setup-scripts

Save yourself hours with this automated configuration, optimization, app install, and software updating on a freshly built MacOS.

Highlights

A few highlights of these scripts:

• Changes many common configurations (ex. enabling finder list view, setting dark mode, setting up hot corners)
• Optimizes (ex. increases bluetooth audio quality)
• Cleans up the dock
• Fixes many MacOS annoyances (ex. expands save/print dialogs by default)
• Automates the installation of applications from the App Store
• Automates the installation of homebrew and any desired applications
• Automates patching of the OS, app store apps, home brew apps, and Microsoft Office

Prerequisites

• Perform a clean OS install
• Run chmod +x *.sh in the directory containing all the scripts
• Edit git.sh to use your git username and email address (or comment out running ./git.sh in the setup.sh script)
• Review all other scripts and make changes as needed (you likely do not use all the same apps, configurations, etc that I use)

Usage

./setup.sh

Note: You will be prompted for your local admin password and app store password when needed.

Manual

These are manual steps I haven't automated yet.

• Configure bitwarden
• Sign into app store
• Discord - Login, start, and configure start as login
• iterm2
  • set font and size
  • make default terminal
  • install shell
• little snitch license and config
• switft bar
  • got internet plugin
  • launch at login
• magnet
  • permissions
  • launch at login
• hazover
  • start at login
  • animation off
• keka
  • finder integration
  • set as default decompressor
• new file menu
  • finder integration
  • launch at login
  • do not show in menu bar
  • do not show menu for files
• add network locations in finder
• enable safari extensions
• set software updates to automatic
• use apple watch to unlock mac
• vlc
  • enable metadata retrieval
• plex
  • login
• remote desktop
  • configure
• Apple music
• pick screensaver
• hot corner lock screen
• app store app - better battery status
• install office
• install adobe apps
• run 3rdparty.sh

TODOs

• Make script easier to customize (ex. a config file for settings like git username/email)
• Standardize sudo calls
• Add more logging/progress

Credits

A lot of content here came from numerous web searches and sites, a lot of which has overlapping or duplicate code. There is no clear way to credit the true authors.