Matthew McVickar's Dotfiles and Computer Setup

Inspired and copied from Mathias Bynens' dotfiles and other projects.

Instructions

1. Install Homebrew.

2. Install oh-my-zsh.

3. Install zsh-autocompletions:

   git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

4. Clone this repo into the home directory.

   git clone https://github.com/matthewmcvickar/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

5. Run the install.sh script to symlink dotfiles from the home directory to the ~/.dotfiles/homedir/* files.

   cd ~/.dotfiles/
   ./install.sh

   Some errors from oh-my-zsh might show up here. Ignore them.

6. Install some Node packages:

   npm install npm-check-updates -g

7. Install packages from Homebrew:

   brew install node yarn z

8. Set macOS settings.

   ./.macos

9. Restart computer.

What's in Here

Shell Environment Configurations

Aliases and exports are in the ./homedir/,zshrc file.

• .hushlogin: Presence of this file disables junk displayed on Terminal launch/login.
• .inputrc: Configuration for shell readline.
• .screenrc: Disables startup message.
• .zshrc: oh-my-zsh config. Exports, aliases, further config.

Git

• .gitattributes
• .gitconfig
• .gitignore

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Apps to Install

Work and Personal

• 1Password
• Alfred
• Chrome
• Dash
• Figma
• Firefox
• Fork
• Local WP
• Maestral
• Notion
• Skitch
• Slack
• Zoom

Personal

• Ableton
• Amadeus Pro
• Audacity
• Audio Hijack
• Calibre
• CodeKit
• Day One
• Discord
• Fission
• Harvest
• Minecraft
• Signal
• Soulseek
• SoundSource
• Steam
• Things
• Transmit

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OS X Settings

Finder

• hide tags in sidebar
• hide shared in sidebar

Dock

• maximum size
• no magnification
• minimize: scale effect
• do not animate opening applications
• automatically show and hide dock
• show indicator lights

Users & Groups

• open at login
  • Alfred

Mission Control

• Application Windows: ⌘F10
• Show Desktop: ⌘F11
• Hot corners
  • top left: application windows
  • top right: mission control
  • bottom left: put display to sleep
  • bottom right: desktop

International: Advanced

• date format: YYYY-MM-DD

Sound

• do not play feedback when volume is changed
• do not play user interface sound effects

Energy Saver

• computer sleep: never
• display sleep: 15min

Keyboard

• use Capslock as Ctrl

App Shortcuts

TODO