Setting up a new Mac
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Rough notes from the setup of a new Mac for Software Development purposes.
System
- Reinstall Mac OS
- Update Mac OS / Software updates
- Set up DNS
Settings
| Section | Subsection | Setting | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices | Untick | |
| Dock | Automatically hide and show the Dock | Tick | |
| Mission Control | Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use | Untick | |
| Security | General | Require password (a period of time) after sleep of screensaver begins | Immediately |
| Security | Firewall | Turn on Firewall | Do it |
| Notifications | Turn on Do not Disturb ... When the display is sleeping | Tick | |
| Keyboard | Keyboard | Customize control strip | Remove "Siri" |
| Keyboard | Keyboard | Customize control strip | Add "Screen Lock" |
| Keyboard | Keyboard | Modified keys: Caps Lock | No Action |
| Keyboard | Shortcuts: Services | Search man Page Index in Terminal | Untick |
| Trackpad | Scroll & zoom | Scroll Direction: Natural | Untick |
| Date & Time | Clock | Show day of the week | Untick |
Software
Terminal
Sourabh Bajaj has a Mac Setup guide with tons of useful information. There's little point repeating his guidance, just follow the links 😉
brew install bash-completion coreutils fzf tree zsh
brew cask install iterm2 homebrew/cask-fonts/font-fira-code
# Install fzf shell extensions
/usr/local/opt/fzf/install
iTerm2 Settings
| Section | Setting | Value |
|---|---|---|
| General | Startup | Only restore hotkey window |
| General | Window: Native full screen windows | Nope |
| Keys | Create a dedicated hotkey window | (see below) |
| Keys | Key mappings | Set up "MacOS shortcuts ⌘←, ⌘→ and ⌥←, ⌥→" from Sourabh |
| Profiles | (For each): Working directory | Reuse previous session's directory |
| Profiles | (For each): Key mapping | Remove ⌥← and ⌥→ |
| Profiles | (For each): Text: Font: Change font | Fira Code; Regular; 12pt; 120% vertical character spacing |
| Profiles | (For each): Text: Font: Use ligatures | Yup |
Dedicated hotkey window:
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Hotkey | § |
| Pin hotkey window | Yup |
| Animate showing and hiding | Nope |
| Floating window | Yup |
CLI tools
- terraform
- packer
- mercurial
- git
- with global gitignore
- docker
- docker-compose
- google-cloud-sdk
- Then authenticate with
gcloud auth login
- Then authenticate with
- php
- go
- hugo
brew install docker docker-compose git go hugo mercurial packer php terraform
brew cask install google-cloud-sql docker
The rest
- Google Chrome
- Set up work and personal profile
- Keep in Dock
- 1Password
- And Google Chrome extension, once set up
- Slack
- Sequel Pro
- Nightly. The mainline hasn't had an update in years, but the nightly version has all the juiciness needed for Mojave
- Skype
- Visual Studio Code
- (todo: extensions)
- PhpStorm
- (todo: fonts and whatnots)
- Itsycal (menu bar calendar, like on Windows)
- Use outline icon
- Show day of week in icon
- Show month in icon
- Pock (Show Dock icons in touch bar)
- Arq (backups)
brew cask install 1password arq google-chrome homebrew/cask-versions/sequel-pro-nightly itsycal phpstorm pock skype slack visual-studio-code
Environment
- Generate a new SSH key
- (Or securely copy from other devices)