Setting up a new machine

Update software and remove things I don't use

• Update MacOS
  •  -> System Settings… -> General -> Software Update.
  • Install the latest MacOS update.
• Delete large preinstall software that I don't use
  • Delete "GarageBand" from Applications.
  • Delete "iMovie" from Applications.
  • Delete "Keynote" from Applications.
  • Delete "Pages" from Applications.
  • Delete "Numbers" from Applications.
• Update App Store software
  • App Store -> Updates -> Update All.

System settings

Hostname

• General > About > Click the Name field at the top > Enter desired name e.g. "Thomas’s MacBook Pro (Personal)"
• Confirm with:

  scutil --get ComputerName
  scutil --get LocalHostName
  scutil --get HostName
  hostname
  
  Thomas’s MacBook Pro (Personal)
  Thomass-MacBook-Pro-Personal
  HostName: not set
  Thomass-MacBook-Pro-Personal.local
  

Desktop & Dock

• Automatically show and hide the Dock - On

Lock Screen

• Start Screen Saver when inactive - never
• Turn display off on battery when inactive - For 10 minutes

Keyboard

• Press (world) key to - Do nothing
• Keyboard navigation - On
• Keyboard Shortcuts... -> App Shortcuts
  • All Applications -> Show Help menu - Off
  • Google Chrome/Brave
    • Select Previous Tab - ⌥⌘8
    • Select Next Tab - ⌥⌘9

Mouse (needs connected Magic Mouse)

• Secondary click - Click Right Side

Trackpad

• Click - Light
• Force Click and haptic feedback - Off
• Look up & data detectors - Off
• Secondary click - Click or Tap with Two Fingers
• Tap to click - On

Accessibility

• Speed up scroll speed
  • Pointer Control -> Trackpad Options… -> Scroll speed - Bunny
  • Pointer Control -> Mouse Options… -> Scroll speed - Bunny

Desktop & Dock

• Hot Corners…
  • Top right: Mission Control
  • Bottom right: Desktop
  • Bottom left: Launchpad

Universal Control

• Configure accordingly

System settings - Terminal (Restart afterwards)

Mouse, trackpad and keyboard settings

# speed up mouse and trackpad tracking
defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling 8
defaults write -g com.apple.trackpad.scaling 8

# disable press and hold e.g. for umlauts
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

# speed up key repeat
defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10
defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1

Setup git

Follow the 1Password SSH key management guide.

Clone .dotfiles

• Clone and bootstrap these dotfiles

  • Clone the repository to ~/.dotfiles:

    git clone git@github.com:thmsobrmlr/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
    

  • Create the required symlinks with the init script:

    cd ~/.dotfiles && ./symlink.sh
    

• Install Homebrew

  • Download and install:

    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
    

  • Add to .zprofile:

    echo '# Set PATH, MANPATH, etc., for Homebrew.' >> ~/.zprofile
    echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zprofile
    eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
    

• Install the following apps:

  • 1password
  • brave
  • slack
  • notion
  • vs code
  • spotify
  • orbstack
  • magnet
  • airmail

• Install cli utils with Homebrew

  brew install zsh brew install git brew install starship brew install fzf - ctrl+r history search and more brew install gh - official github cli brew install kubectx - kubectx and kubens

• Optionally:

  brew install pyenv - pyenv brew install git-delta brew install colordiff brew install dty1er/tap/kubecolor

• Install Oh My Zsh

  sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" "" --unattended --keep-zshrc
  
  
  

Fonts

cp -f $HOME/.dotfiles/resources/fonts/* $HOME/Library/Fonts

Source Code Pro for Powerline: https://github.com/powerline/fonts/tree/master/SourceCodePro

Anonymous Pro: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Anonymous+Pro

iTerm2

Solarized Theme

Install the Solarized Theme by importing the Color Preset from $HOME/.dotfiles/resources/iterm via Preferences -> Profiles -> Colors -> Color Presets… -> Import….

Font

Set the font to "Source Code Pro for Powerline" with 14pt size, medium font weight and ligatures turned on via Preferences -> Profiles -> Text.

Key Bindings

Set key bindings for navigating tabs in Preferences -> Keys:

• Next Tab: CMD+ALT+9
• Previous Tab: CMD+ALT+8

VS Code

./symlink.sh links VS Code settings and keybindings:

• $HOME/.dotfiles/vscode/settings.json to $HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json
• $HOME/.dotfiles/vscode/keybindings.json to $HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/User/keybindings.json

Terminal

Solarized Theme

Install the Solarized Theme by importing the Profile from $HOME/.dotfiles/resources/terminal via Preferences... -> Profiles -> ... -> Import….

Set the profile as default.

Font

Set the font to "Source Code Pro for Powerline" with 14pt size and medium font weight via Preferences... -> Profiles -> Solarized Dark -> Font -> Change...

Keys

SSH Key (GitHub ssh)

tbd

GPG Key (GitHub verified commits)

Use ssh key instead: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/telling-git-about-your-signing-key#telling-git-about-your-ssh-key

git config --global gpg.format ssh
git config --global user.signingkey ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
git config --global commit.gpgsign true

Node

1. Install nvm

   curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.0/install.sh | bash

2. Install latests active lts

   nvm install --lts --latest-npm

3. Install yarn

   npm install -g yarn