macos.markdown

macOS Setup

• System Update
  • System Settings… -> General -> Software Update
• Safari
  • Settings…
    • Search
      • Search engine: DuckDuckGo
• System Settings…
  • Battery
    • Options…
      • Slightly dim the display on battery: disabled
  • General
    • Language & Region
      • English as Primary
      • Region: Germany
  • Accessibility
    • Zoom
      • Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom: enabled
  • Appearance
    • Appearance: Auto
  • Control Center
    • Now Playing: Don't Show in Menu Bar
    • Spotlight: Don't Show in Menu Bar
  • Desktop & Dock
    • Automatically hide and show the Dock: enabled
    • Show suggested and recent applications in Dock: disabled
    • Tiled windows have margins: disabled
    • Hot Corners…
      • Top Left: Start Screen Saver
      • Top Right: Mission Control
      • Bottom Right: Disabled
      • Bottom Left: Disabled
  • Displays
    • Automaticall adjust brightness: disabled
    • Night Shift
      • Schedule: From 18:00 to 08:00
      • Color temperatur: More Warm
  • Screen Saver
    • Flurry
      • Options
        • Colour: Slow cycle
        • Streams: A little more than few
        • Thickness: Thin
        • Speed: Slow
  • Lock Screen
    • Start Screen Saver when inactive: For 2 minutes
    • Require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off: Immediately
  • Keyboard
    • Keyboard Shortcuts
      • Input Sources
        • Disable: Select the previous input source
        • Disable: Select next source in Input menu
      • Modifier Keys
        • Caps Lock key: Escape
  • Trackpad
    • Point & Click
      • Tap to click: enabled
    • More Gestures
      • Swipe between full-screen applications: with four fingers
  • Time Machine
    • Options…
      • ~/.cache
      • ~/.docker
      • ~/.gluon/
      • ~/.local/share/containers/podman/machine
      • ~/.m2/repository
      • ~/.npm/_cacache
      • ~/.p2/pool
      • ~/.rbenv
      • ~/.sdkman
      • ~/.vagrant.d/boxes
      • ~/Developer
      • ~/Downloads
      • ~/Library/Caches <-- Excluded differently
      • ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker <-- Excluded differently
      • ~/Library/Containers/Docker <-- Excluded differently
      • ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator <-- Excluded differently
• Dock
  • add Applications List
  • add Import to iTunes
  • remove everything except Safari, Mail, Music, Calendar & Notes
• Finder
  • Settings…
    • General
      • New Finder windows show: ${HOME}
    • Sidebar
      • Disable: Recent tags
      • Enable: ${HOME}
  • Change display to columns for all favorites
  • View
    • Show Status Bar
• Mail
  • Settings…
    • Accounts
      • iCloud
        • Mailbox Behaviours
          • Erase deleted messages: never
      • • • Email Address: starlord@k5d.de
          • User Name: starlord@k5d.de
          • Password: …
          • Account Type: IMAP
          • Incoming Mail Server: …
          • Outgoing Mail Server: …
      • K5D
        • Mailbox Behaviours
          • Erase deleted messages: never
• Calendar
  • Settings…
    • Advanced
      • Show week numbers: enabled
• https://github.com/tomislav/osx-terminal.app-colors-solarized/
  • Download Solarized Dark.terminal
• Terminal
  • Settings…
    • New tabs open with: Default Profile
    • Profiles
      • … -> Import -> Solarized Dark.terminal
      • Solarized Dark -> Default
• Touch ID for sudo
  • sudo nano /etc/pam.d/sudo
  • auth sufficient pam_tid.so
• Hostname

  •   yearmonth=$(date +"%y%m")
      sudo hostname -s "Arlos-Mac-${yearmonth}"
      sudo scutil --set HostName "Arlos-Mac-${yearmonth}"
      sudo scutil --set ComputerName "Arlos Mac ${yearmonth}"
      sudo scutil --set LocalHostName "Arlos-Mac-${yearmonth}"
    

• git clone https://github.com/ArloL/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
• ~/.dotfiles/install-macos.sh
• git push to setup github credentials
• Homebrew
  • https://brew.sh/
• Source Code Pro
  • brew install --cask font-source-code-pro
  • Terminal
    • Settings…
      • Profiles
        • All
          • Text: Source Code Pro 16pt
• Visual Studio Code
  • brew install visual-studio-code
  • ~/.dotfiles/install-macos.sh
  • code --install-extension morrislaptop.vscode-open-in-sourcetree
• Firefox
  • brew install firefox
  • see firefox.markdown
• BetterTouchTool
  • brew install bettertouchtool
  • install license
  • import preset
  • Settings/Preferences
    • Basic
      • General
        • Launch BetterTouchTool on startup
    • BTT Remote
      • Enable BTT Remote support
    • Advanced Settings
      • Scripting BTT
        • Allow external BetterTouchTool Scripting: disabled
• Arq
  • brew install arq
  • …
• Signal
  • brew install signal
  • Open
  • Link with Phone
• SourceTree
  • brew install sourcetree
• VLC
  • brew install vlc
• Disk Inventory X
  • brew install disk-inventory-x
• KeepingYouAwake
  • brew install keepingyouawake
  • Open
  • Settings…
    • General
      • Activate on Launch: enabled
    • Activation Duration
      • 5 hours
      • Set Default
    • Battery
      • Deactivate when battery capacity is below: enabled
        • 40%
    • Advanced
      • Allow the display to sleep: enabled
• LibreOffice
  • brew install libreoffice
• The Unarchiver
  • brew install the-unarchiver
  • Archive Formats
    • Select all
  • Extraction
    • Move the archive to the trash: enabled
• mise
  • brew install mise
  • ln -s ~/.local/share/mise ~/.asdf
• Java Development?
  • brew install maven openjdk
  • mise use -g java@temurin-21
  • sudo mkdir /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-21
  • sudo ln -s ~/.local/share/mise/installs/java/temurin-21/Contents /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-21/Contents
  • sudo mkdir /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-latest
  • sudo ln -s ~/.local/share/mise/installs/java/temurin-latest/Contents /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-latest/Contents
• JavaScript Development?
  • brew install yarn
  • mise use --global node@22
• update-everything