Install and configuration

Installation script

# Use this snippet to download the installation script
cd ~/Downloads
curl -o install.command https://github.com/Kenariosz/Setup-a-Mac-Dev-Machine-From-Scratch/blob/master/setupMacDevMachineFromScratch.command
chmod +x install.command

# Run the script
./install.command

SYSTEM PREFERENCES

• Dock
  • Remove most applications from Dock
  • Automatic Hide
  • Smaller Dock
  • "Show recent applications in Dock" off
  • "Show indicators for open applications" on
  • Battery -> "Show Percentage"
• Display
  • Nightshift
• Touch ID
• Notifications *Off, except for Calendar
• Siri
  • Disable
• Trackpad
  • Tap to Click
  • Point & Click -> Look up & data detectors off
  • App exposé
  • Speed: 9/10
• Accessibility
  • Pointer Control / Trackpad Options
    • Scroll Speed: 6/8
    • Enable dragging -> three finger drag
• Keyboard
  • select "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function..."
  • Text
    • disable "Capitalise word automatically"
    • disable "Use smart quotes and dashes"
    • use " for double quotes
    • use ' for single quotes
• Mission Control
  • Hot Corners: disable all
• Finder
  • General
    • Change New Finder windows show to my home folder
  • Sidebar:
    • activate all Favorites
    • move Library to Favorites
  • Hide all Tags
  • Show all Filename Extensions
  • Remove Items from Bin after 30 Days
  • View menu
    • Show Preview (e.g. image files)
    • set "as List"
    • Show view options (Default view setup)
      • Group by: kind
      • Sort by: name
      • Calculate all sizes on
      • Show Lib forlder on
      • Use as default :)
• Security and Privacy
  • Turn on FileVault
• Sharing
  • "Change computer name"
  • Also terminal:
    • sudo scutil --set ComputerName "newname"
    • sudo scutil --set LocalHostName "newname"
    • sudo scutil --set HostName "newname"
  • "Make sure all file sharing is disabled"
• Storage
  • Remove Garage Band & Sound Library
  • Remove iMovie

GUI APPLICATIONS

• cardhop
• fantastical
  • add calendars
  • set as default (Open the Calendar Preferences -> change default calendar app)
• alfred
  • Use cmd + space
• calibre
• anki
  • add-ons
    • HyperTTS
    • AnkiConnect
• Craft (manual installation)
• things (manual installation)
• discord
• slack
• skype
• zoom
• microsoft-office
• steam
• 1password
• arc
• iterm2
• rectangle
• ImageOptim
• visual-studio-code
• jetbrains-toolbox
  • phpstorm
    • shell script plugin installed
    • symfony support plugin
• docker
• postman

BUILT-IN MACOS APPLICATIONSxz

• iMessage
  • sync iCloud for iMessages just for the sake of syncing, then disable iCloud again
  • sync contacts on iCloud
  • iPhone: activate message forwarding to new Mac

TERMINAL APPLICATIONS

• git
  • multiple git account setup

ITERM2

• Make iterm2 Default Term
• Preferences
  • General
    • Window
      • unselect "Native full screen windows"
  • Appearance
    • Windows
    • select "Hide scrollbars"
    • Tabs
    • unselect "Show tab bar in fullscreen"
    • Dimming
    • Unselect all dimming
  • Profiles
    • General
      • select "Advanced Configuration" then click Edit...
    • Text
      • Font: font-hack-nerd-font (If it is installed)
    • Window
      • Transparency: 30
      • Style: Full Screen
      • Screen: Main Screen
    • Terminal
      • select "Unlimited scrollback"
      • switch to Key Mappings
        • Press Presets... dropdown button.
        • Select Natural Text Editing
          • then, you can
            • move a word backwards Option ⌥ + ←
            • move a word forwards Option ⌥ + →
            • move to the start of the line fn + ←
            • move to the end of the line fn + →
            • delete a word backwards Option ⌥ + ⌫
            • delete the whole line Command ⌘ + ⌫
  • Keys
    • Hotkeys
      • select "Show/hide all windows with a system-wide hotkey"
  • Advanced
    • Semantic History -> Open with editor ... -> IntelliJ IDEA

OH MY ZSH

Starship As font we will be using Hack Nerd Font in iTerm2, Sublime Text and PHPStorm. If the theme and font changes do not apply, reload your zsh configuration (.zshrc) or close/open iTerm2.

Oh My Zsh Plugins

• zsh-completions
• zsh-autosuggestions
• zsh-syntax-highlighting

ZSH Configuration File (.zshrc):

# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

# Set Homebrew PATH
export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"

# Path to your oh-my-zsh installation.
export ZSH="$HOME/.oh-my-zsh"

test -e "${HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.zsh" && source "${HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.zsh"

# Which plugins would you like to load?
# Standard plugins can be found in $ZSH/plugins/
# Custom plugins may be added to $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/
# Example format: plugins=(rails git textmate ruby lighthouse)
# Add wisely, as too many plugins slow down shell startup.
plugins=(
	git
)

if type brew &>/dev/null; then
	FPATH=$(brew --prefix)/share/zsh-completions:$FPATH

    autoload -Uz compinit
    compinit
fi
#You may also need to force rebuild `zcompdump`:
#rm -f ~/.zcompdump; compinit

# Additionally, if you receive "zsh compinit: insecure directories" warnings when attempting
# to load these completions, you may need to run this:
#chmod -R go-w '/opt/homebrew/share/zsh'

# activate the autosuggestions
source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

# activate the syntax highlighting
source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
# If you receive "highlighters directory not found" error message, you may need to add the following to your .zshenv:
# export ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_HIGHLIGHTERS_DIR=/opt/homebrew/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

# use starship theme (needs to be at the end)
eval "$(starship init zsh)"

GIT

From terminal, set global name and email:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

SSH

First, create a new SSH key in the ~/.ssh folder:

# in case the folder is not there yet
mkdir ~/.ssh

cd ~/.ssh

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "github"
# follow instructions
# use file name: github
# use passphrase and store it somewhere secure

Add SSH key to macOS' keychain:

ssh-add --apple-use-keychain ~/.ssh/github

Add the public key to your GitHub settings via the website or via the GitHub CLI (via brew install gh):

# copy public key and add it to https://github.com/
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy