new-mac

The things I do when setting up a new Mac

Setup shell

• Install homebrew
• Install Caskfile and Brewfile
• Install iTerm 3
• Login locally on GitHub
• Setup dotfiles
• Follow what-terminal-is-felix-using
• Login to heroku
• Transfer ~/Developer folder using Airdrop to also transfer hidden .keys files and such
• Disable Ruby documentation parsing
• Install zeit now npm install -g now

Alfred

• Download and enable it for CMD + space
• Enable sync via Google Drive

BetterTouchTool

• Download, install and enable BTT
• Transfer settings from other Mac

Tweetbot

• Login to all accounts

VS Code

• Login for settings sync
• CMD + Shift + P => install code command

Finder

• Show Path Bar
• Remove labels and clean up Sidebar

Dock

• Auto-hide dock
• Remove all the  things

Install and setup

• Telegram
• Aware
• Bartender
• DejaLu
• Little Snitch
• Micro Snitch
• Apple watch screensaver
• Overkill - kill iTunes
• NSLogger

Mac App Store

• Trello
• Tweetbot
• Bear Notes
• Pixelmator
• Timing

Other

• Enable iMessages Cloud sync
• Make emojis faster using defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false
• Enable taps for trackpad
• Increase trackpad speed
• Add email to lock message in Security & Privacy settings
• Enable zoom for control + scrolling (System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Zoom -> Use scroll gesture ...
• Custom keyboard shortcut for all apps: control + tab => Select Next Tab and Next Tab, same for previous (used in applications like Tweetbot)
• Keyboard Key Repeat to the fastest, Delay to the second shortest
• Enable US keyboard with German Umlaut mapping: https://hci.rwth-aachen.de/usgermankeyboard
• Install Bitbar and point to Google Drive Bitbar folder
• Disable all app dock bouncing defaults write com.apple.dock no-bouncing -bool TRUE
• Disable Siri system wide, and remove Siri button from touch bar
• defaults write com.flexibits.fantastical2.mac HideLocationSuggestions -bool YES
• defaults write com.flexibits.fantastical2.mac AlwaysIgnoreLocation -bool YES
• defaults write com.flexibits.fantastical2.mac ShowEmailDefaultAlarm -bool YES
• Fantastical Advanced setting Go to today after adding items (who even comes up with that default)
• Disable all kinds of animations
  • defaults write -g NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false (disable popover animations)
  • defaults write -g NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001
• System preferences -> Notifications -> Tower -> None, as Tower shows pretty useless notifications all the time, same for Sonos
• Setup /etc/hosts using someonewhocares.org/hosts
  • Don't use Little Snitch for this, as it will slow down their UI a lot, better use the hosts file
• Block port 80 using Little Snitch
• Change the screenshot location from BTT
• Transfer keybase.io account
• Keyboard settings -> Shortcuts -> Input Sources -> Uncheck both input source switching options
• iTerm Tab Bar Location to bottom
• iTerm Profiles Advanced -> Select Editor VS Code
• iTerm Profiles Terminal -> Scrollback lines -> Unlimited scrollback