Opinionated macOS setup and tool configuration files
# read current value
defaults read com.apple.dock "tilesize"
# reset to default value
defaults delete com.apple.dock "tilesize" && killall Dock# icon size: https://macos-defaults.com/dock/tilesize.html
defaults write com.apple.dock "tilesize" -int "48" && killall Dock
# autohide: https://macos-defaults.com/dock/autohide.html
defaults write com.apple.dock "autohide" -bool "true" && killall Dock
# autohide delay: https://macos-defaults.com/dock/autohide-delay.html
defaults write com.apple.dock "autohide-delay" -float "0" && killall Dock
# show recents: https://macos-defaults.com/dock/show-recents.html
defaults write com.apple.dock "show-recents" -bool "false" && killall Dock# show all extensions: https://macos-defaults.com/finder/appleshowallextensions.html
defaults write NSGlobalDomain "AppleShowAllExtensions" -bool "true" && killall Finder
# show hidden files: https://macos-defaults.com/finder/appleshowallfiles.html
defaults write com.apple.finder "AppleShowAllFiles" -bool "true" && killall Finder
# show path bar: https://macos-defaults.com/finder/showpathbar.html
defaults write com.apple.finder "ShowPathbar" -bool "true" && killall Finder
# default view style: https://macos-defaults.com/finder/fxpreferredviewstyle.html
defaults write com.apple.finder "FXPreferredViewStyle" -string "Nlsv" && killall Finder
# changing file extension warning: https://macos-defaults.com/finder/fxenableextensionchangewarning.html
defaults write com.apple.finder "FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning" -bool "false" && killall Finder- Control Centre > Bluetooth, “Show in Menu Bar”
- Control Centre > Sound, “Always Show in Menu Bar”
- Control Centre > Battery, “Show Percentage”
- General > About, Change “Name” to whatever suits you
- Lock Screen > Start Screen Saver when inactive, “Never”
- Lock Screen > Turn display off on battery when inactive, “For 20 minutes”
- Lock Screen > Turn display off on power adapter when inactive, “For 20 minutes”
- Lock Screen > Require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off, “Immediately”
- Software Update > Automatic updates, “Enabled”
- Trackpad > Tap to click, “Enabled”
sudo scutil --set HostNamexcode-select --install/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"brew install zshbrew install zsh-syntax-highlightingsh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"brew install alacrittyAn alternative and if you ask me way better icon can downloaded here and is saved for convenience here as well.
brew install tmux tpmtmux is configured with automatically restoring a previous session. This happens when Alacritty is closed or a reboot happens. In this case re-attach to the previous session like that:
tmux attach -d -t mainbrew install font-fira-code-nerd-fontbrew install spaceshipHook into zsh shell as described here.
brew install direnvHook into zsh shell as described here.
brew install zoxidebrew install neovim# add to ~/.zshrc
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
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export ASDF_DATA_DIR="$HOME/.asdf"
export PATH="$ASDF_DATA_DIR/shims:$PATH"asdf plugin add nodejs https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-nodejs.git
asdf plugin add ruby https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-ruby.git
asdf plugin-add golang https://github.com/kennyp/asdf-golang.gitEnable support for legacy .nvmrc and .node-version by adding the .asdfrc as described here.
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | shbrew install k9s
mkdir -p ~/.config/k9s
wget -P ~/.config/k9s/ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/derailed/k9s/master/skins/gruvbox-dark.yml
ln -s ~/.config/k9s/gruvbox-dark.yml ~/Library/Application\ Support/k9s/skin.ymlbrew install coreutils findutils fzf jq most parallel/opt/homebrew/opt/fzf/installbrew install kubernetes-cli kubectx
# for AWS
brew install awscli int128/kubelogin/kubelogin docker-credential-helper-ecr
aws configure sso
aws sso loginRebind ⌥⌘I for “Upper Right” in Tiles, as it otherwise interferes with the Developer Tools in Google Chrome.
- Theme: Material Gruvbox
- Editor > General > Default editing mode: “Source mode”
- Editor > Display > Fold heading, Fold indent, Show indentation guides (all disabled)
- Editor > Advanced > Auto convert HTML (disabled)
- Files & Links > Confirm file deletion (disabled)
- Appearance > Text font, Monospace font: “FiraCode Nerd Font”
- Appearance > Font size: 14
- Appearance > Show inline title (disabled)
- Appearance > Show tab title bar (disabled)
- Node.js
- Go
- Ruby
Don’t forget to adjust the email values for the personal and work configuration files in order to see correct users on GitHub. The config also enables signing commits using a specific SSH public key.