Steps to configure a new mac

Run this README

Running this command will extract all of the code blocks from this README to README.sh and run it.

perl extract-scripts.pl > README.sh && sh README.sh

Things to add

• Everything terminal related (zsh)
• Switch node version when .nvmrc file is found
• TLDR Man Pages
• .zprofile
• Remove (replace?) VS Code settings sync, is built-in functionality now

Homebrew

Change ownership of necessary files / directories

sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/etc

Install all software

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

# Install all apps in Brewfile
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/bin /usr/local/etc /usr/local/sbin
brew bundle

NVM configuration

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.2/install.sh | bash
touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm" >> ~/.bash_profile
echo "source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh" >> ~/.bash_profile

Install ZSH

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Config

VS Code

# All other settings and extensions will be installed after configuring settings sync
code --install-extension shan.code-settings-sync

# Fira Code Font
curl -sL https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/releases/download/1.206/FiraCode_1.206.zip > FiraCode.zip
unzip FiraCode.zip -d FiraCode
mv FiraCode/ttf/* ~/Library/Fonts/
rm -rf FiraCode/ FiraCode.zip

Open all GUI applications for first time config

for APP in Station VLC WhatsApp Messenger Slack Google\ Chrome Backup\ and\ sync\ from\ Google Fluid Backup\ and\ Sync  Clipy iTerm Postman Docker IntelliJ\ IDEA Visual\ Studio\ Code Spectacle Spotify The\ Unarchiver Google\ Chrome
do 
  open -a $APP
done

Git

git config --global user.name "Username"
git config --global user.email "Username@gmail.com"

# Generate a new private / public key pair to add to GitHub, GitLab, ...
ssh-keygen -o -t rsa -b 4096

Bash

# Increase history size
echo HISTFILESIZE=10000000 >> ~/.bash_profile

Terminal

# Use zshell by default
chsh -s /bin/zsh

Preferences

Find preference domains / names like this

General

# UI theme → dark mode
defaults write -globalDomain AppleInterfaceStyle "Dark"
# Disable spelling correction
defaults write -globalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled 0

Dock

m dock autohide YES
m dock magnification YES
m dock prune

Keyboard

# Disable automatic capitalization
defaults write -globalDomain NSAutomaticCapitalizationEnabled 0

Mouse

# Click by tapping
defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad Clicking 1
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking 1
# Enable expose gesture
defaults write com.apple.dock showAppExposeGestureEnabled 1

Finder

m finder showhiddenfiles YES
# Don't show the tags
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowRecentTags 0
# Preferred view style → three columns
defaults write com.apple.finder FXPreferredViewStyle -string "clmv"
# Location for new window → home folder
defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTarget PfHm
defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTargetPath "file:///Users/${whoami}/"

Taskbar

# Add extra items to system menu
defaults write com.apple.systemuiserver menuExtras -array "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Bluetooth.menu" "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Clock.menu" "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Displays.menu" "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Volume.menu"

Restart UI to enable changes

killall SystemUIServer