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Setup

Beware: This is not fully reproducible (intentionally), use only for inspiration.

Preparation

  • Clone this repo
    git clone https://github.com/Strajk/setup.git $HOME/Projects/setup
  • Link dotfiles
    ln -s $HOME/Projects/setup/home/* $HOME
  • Install Homebrew /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
  • Install everything from ~/Brewfile brew bundle Just wait & enter password when prompted.
  • Launch 1Password
    • Let it sync
  • Launch Amphetamine
    • Enable it to prevent Mac from sleeping during syncing Dropbox in the next step.
  • Launch Dropbox
    • Let it sync completely before continuing to the next steps.
  • Sync Home folder ln -s ~/Dropbox/Sync/home/.* $HOME
  • Repair permission
    sudo chmod og-rw ~/.netrc
    sudo chmod 0400 ~/.ssh/*
    sudo chmod 0644 ~/.ssh/*.pub
  • Accept XCode License sudo xcodebuild -license accept
  • Install Node
    nvm install 12
    nvm install 14
    nvm install 16
    nvm install 17
    # Make sure
    nvm list
    nvm current

Continue with setting up apps, one by one

General utilities

ℹ️ Electron-based terminal, easy configuration in one file, plugins in JavaScript.

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "hyper"

⚙️ Preferences: ~/.hyper.js

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
rm -f "$HOME/.zshrc" && ln -s "$HOME/Projects/setup/home/.zshrc" $HOME && source $HOME/.zshrc 

Utilities

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "dropbox"
⚙️ Preferences: manual
  • Do not link work account
  • Disable Screenshots
  • Disable Photos
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "keyboard-maestro"
⚙️ Preferences: `~/Dropbox/Sync/apps/Keyboard Maestro Macros.kmsync`
  • Enable Launch at login
  • Enable "Include Conflict Palette in Touch Bar"

TODO: Share some generally useful macros

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "docker"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "ngrok"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "keybase"
⚙️ Preferences: Manual
  • Enable Keybase in Finder
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "1password"
⚙️ Preferences
  • Security: Disable all auto-locking {>> I believe in OS security :) <<}
  • Security: Enable automatic unlock
  • Browsers: Install Browsers Extensions (Safari, Chrome, Firefox)
  • Logins: Disable automatically submitting after filling
  • Set keyboard shortcut for Showing 1Password mini
  • Set keyboard shortcut for Filling login
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "karabiner-elements"
⚙️ Preferences: manual
  • CapsLock -> f19
  • Quit application by pressing command-q twice
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
mas "NordVPN", id: 1116599239
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "forticlient"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew (⚠ requires manual post-install)
cask "hyperswitch"
⚙️ Preferences
  • Run HyperSwitch in the background
  • Use Include windows from other spaces
  • Use Include windows from other screens
  • Use shift to cycle backwards
💾 Installation
cask "alfred"
⚙️ Preferences
  • Set preferences syncing to ~/Dropbox/Sync/apps/Alfred
  • Set main keyboard shortcut to F19 (not synced)
  • Set Clipboard history persistence (not synced)

Workflows

Workflows wanted

Script to get workflows
for f in ~/Dropbox/Sync/apps/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/**/info.plist
do
 ff=${f%.*}
 name=$(defaults read "$ff" name)
 link="https://www.google.cz/search?q=site%3Apackal.org+${name// /+}"
 echo "– [$name]($link)"
done

Snippets

https://gist.github.com/Strajk/f4cb72e318c531a3ee247ccc10681f8f

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "appcleaner"
⚙️ Preferences
  • Enable SmartDelete

Do not install from cask, cannot transfer license

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
mas "Moom", id: 419330170
⚙️ Preferences
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Sync/apps/moom/com.manytricks.Moom.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.manytricks.Moom.plist
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
mas "PopClip", id: 445189367
⚙️ Preferences
  • Enable Start at Login
  • Disable Cut & Copy & Paste Extensions

Extensions

curl -O "http://pilotmoon.com/popclip/extensions/ext/{Reminders,GoogleTranslate,Alfred}.popclipextz"

TODO: Fix! Open & Install extensions after downloading

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
mas "Monosnap", id: 540348655
⚙️ Preferences
  • Enable General: Launch at login
  • Enable Advanced: Autosave to "Pictures" folder
  • Enable Advanced: Shrink Retina snaps
  • Disable Interface: Capture area: Add shadow to window
  • Sey Hotkeys: Capture area to control + m
  • Sey Hotkeys: Record video to control + alt + m
  • Sey Hotkeys: Capture previous area to control + shift + m
  • Login to Monosnap account
cask dash
⚙️ Preferences
General: Launch Dash at login
General: Global search shortcut
General: Disable show dock icon
Integration: Alfred, PopClip, TextMate

Cheat: Axios
Cheat: Chrome Developer Tools
Cheat: Docker
Cheat: Dockerfile
Cheat: Git
Cheat: You Might Not Need jQuery
GitHub: cypress-io/cypress
StackOverflow: JavaScript
StackOverflow: TypeScript
User: date-fns
Docset: Bash
Docset: Bootstrap 4
Docset: Bootstrap 5
Docset: CSS
Docset: Chai
Docset: Express
Docset: Font Awesome
Docset: HTML
Docset: JavaScript
Docset: Less
Docset: Lo-Dash
Docset: Markdown
Docset: Mocha
Docset: MomentJS
Docset: MongoDB
Docset: NodeJS
Docset: Sinon
Docset: Stylus
Docset: TypeScript
Docset: UnderscoreJS
Docset: VueJS
Docset: jQuery
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "Marked"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
mas "Apple Configurator 2", id: 1037126344
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
mas "Amphetamine", id: 937984704
⚙️ Preferences
  • Menu Bar Image Click: Primary: Start/end session | Secondary: Show menu
  • Launch Amphetamine at login: yes
  • Appearance: Menu Bar image: Coffee Carafe
  • Appearance: Lower icon opacity when there is no active session
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "bartender"
⚙️ Preferences
  • Launch at login
  • Menu bar item spacing: small
  • Always show menu bar:
    • Trailer
    • Itsycal
    • Batter
  • Intentionally not showing in menu bar:
    • Amphetamine – triggered by Alfred
    • Wi-Fi - it usually just work, no need to see it all the time
    • Volume – controlled by keyboard
    • Trip Mode – used occasionally
  • Hotkey to Quick search
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "transmission"
⚙️ Preferences
# Use `~/Downloads/_INCOMPLETE` to store incomplete downloads
defaults write org.m0k.transmission UseIncompleteDownloadFolder -bool true
defaults write org.m0k.transmission IncompleteDownloadFolder -string "${HOME}/Downloads/_INCOMPLETE"

# Use `~/Downloads` to autoimport .torrent files
defaults write org.m0k.transmission AutoImport -bool true
defaults write org.m0k.transmission AutoImportDirectory -string "${HOME}/Downloads"

# Don’t prompt for confirmation before downloading
defaults write org.m0k.transmission DownloadAsk -bool false
defaults write org.m0k.transmission MagnetOpenAsk -bool false

# Trash original torrent files
defaults write org.m0k.transmission DeleteOriginalTorrent -bool true

# Hide the donate message
defaults write org.m0k.transmission WarningDonate -bool false
# Hide the legal disclaimer
defaults write org.m0k.transmission WarningLegal -bool false

# IP block list.
# Source: https://giuliomac.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/best-blocklist-for-transmission/
defaults write org.m0k.transmission BlocklistNew -bool true
defaults write org.m0k.transmission BlocklistURL -string "http://john.bitsurge.net/public/biglist.p2p.gz"
defaults write org.m0k.transmission BlocklistAutoUpdate -bool true
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "imageoptim"

Open source video transcoder

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
brew "handbrake"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "postman"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "aerial"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "google-backup-and-sync"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "keycastr"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "mousepose"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "shortcutdetective"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "screenflow"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "gifox"

Other

brew install heroku && heroku login

Communication

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "slack"

Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "caprine"

Browsers

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "google-chrome"

Extensions

Script to get extensions
# run at chrome://extensions
output = []
document.querySelectorAll(".extension-details").forEach(el => {
    var title = el.querySelector(".extension-title").textContent.trim()
    var id = el.querySelector(".extension-id").textContent.trim()
    var link = `https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/${id}`
    output.push(`* [${title}](${link})`)
})
copy(output.join("\n"))
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "caskroom/versions/google-chrome-canary"

Enable Developer Tools experiments:

* Open DevTools, go to General tab and check Enable source maps
* Open DevTools, go to Experiments tab and check Support for Sass
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "firefox"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "opera"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "brave-browser"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "tor-browser"

Productivity

Primary notes app

💾 Installation
cask "notion"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "foldingtext"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "skype"
⚙️ Preferences
  • Disable show in menu bar
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
mas "Table Tool", id: 1122008420
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
mas "Keynote", id: 409183694
Installation: Manual
⚙️ Preferences
  • Enable General: Enable Things URLs
  • Enable Things Cloud
  • Set shortcut for Quick Entry to ctrl + n
  • Enable Calendar Events

Create

Versatile design app

Plugins

~/Library/Application Support/com.bohemiancoding.sketch3/Plugins github.com/sketchplugins/plugin-directory

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "sketch"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "sourcetree"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "gitup"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
# cask "jetbrains-toolbox" # nope nope nope, lost patience with this piece of crap
cask "webstorm"
cask "pycharm"
cask "datagrip"
⚙️ Preferences

All preferences sync with Settings Repository to private GitLab repo.

Some of the main options:

  • Appearance
    • Theme: Darcula
    • Custom font: San Francisco .SF NS Text
    • Window Options: Allow merging buttons on dialogs: Disable
  • Editor
    • Font: Hack

Plugins

  • AceJump
  • Codota – ⚠️ not working well yet, but like the idea
  • Database Navigator
  • GitToolBox
  • Key Promoter X
  • Paste Images into Markdown
  • Presentation Assistant
  • String Manipulation
  • Wallaby
  • (plugins installed by default)
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "visual-studio-code"

Extensions

TODO Export from Notion

Sync via Gist

ln -s ~/Projects/setup/apps/VSCode/settings.json "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/User/"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
mas "iMovie", id: 408981434
💾 Installation: Manually

TODO

💾 Installation: Manual

TODO

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
mas "Xcode", id: 497799835
Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "virtualBox"

Accept terms, check issue

VBoxManage extpack install /Users/strajk/.ievms/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.1.22.vbox-extpack

ievms

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | env IEVMS_VERSIONS="10 11 EDGE" bash
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "charles"

Media

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
mas "Movist", id: 461788075

Horrible UI, but haven't found better free video player.

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "vlc"
💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "caption"

Fun

Boxer

💾 Installation: Installed via Homebrew
cask "boxer"

Other preferences

Default apps

# https://superuser.com/a/1092184
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "The Unarchiver"') .rar all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "The Unarchiver"') .zip all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Preview"') .pdf all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Movist"') .mp3 all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Movist"') .m4b all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Movist"') .flac all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Movist"') .mp4 all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Movist"') .mkv all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Movist"') .avi all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "FoldingText"') .md all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Visual Studio Code"') .json all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Visual Studio Code"') .nfo all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Visual Studio Code"') .txt all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Visual Studio Code"') .srt all
duti -s $(osascript -e 'id of app "Table Tool"') .csv all

Customize Dock

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array
for app in \
  "/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app" \
  "/Applications/Calendar.app" \
  "spacer" \
  "/Applications/Google Chrome.app" \
  "/Applications/Safari.app" \
  "spacer" \
  "/Applications/Things3.app" \
  "/Applications/Reminders.app" \
  "spacer" \
  "/Applications/iTunes.app" \
  "spacer" \
  "/Applications/Slack.app" \
  "/Applications/Caprine.app" \
  "spacer" \
  "/Applications/Sketch.app" \
  "spacer" \
  "/Applications/WebStorm.app" \
  "/Applications/PyCharm.app" \
  "/Applications/SourceTree.app" \
  "/Applications/Hyper.app" \
  "spacer" \
  "/Applications/App Store.app" \
  "/Applications/System Preferences.app" \
  "spacer" \
  ; do
  if [ "$app" "==" "spacer" ]; then
    defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{tile-data={}; tile-type="small-spacer-tile";}'
  else
    defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add "<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict><key>_CFURLString</key><string>$app</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict></dict>"
  fi
done

killall Dock

MacOS Preferences

Manual

  • System Preferences – Keyboard – Shortcuts
    • Display: Disable both Decrease & Increase display brightness
    • Mission control: Disable Show Desktop
    • Screenshots: Disable everything (as I use Monosnap)
    • Services: Disable Open man Page in Terminal & Search man Page Index in Terminal
    • Spotlight:
      • Remap Show Spotlight search -> ⌃⌥⌘Space
      • Disable Show Finder search window
    • Accessibility: Disable everything

Programmatic

# Close any open System Preferences panes, to prevent them from overriding settings we’re about to change
osascript -e 'tell application "System Preferences" to quit'

# Use scroll gesture with the Ctrl (^) modifier key to zoom
defaults write com.apple.universalaccess closeViewScrollWheelToggle -bool true
defaults write com.apple.universalaccess HIDScrollZoomModifierMask -int 262144
# Follow the keyboard focus while zoomed in
defaults write com.apple.universalaccess closeViewZoomFollowsFocus -bool true


# Disable the “Are you sure you want to open this application?” dialog
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false

# Menu bar: disable transparency
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleEnableMenuBarTransparency -bool false

# Expand save panel by default
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode2 -bool true

# Expand print panel by default
defaults write NSGlobalDomain PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool true
defaults write NSGlobalDomain PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint2 -bool true

# Save to disk (not to iCloud) by default
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false

# Disable Resume system-wide
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false

# Disable auto-correct
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false

# Enable full keyboard access for all controls
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 3

# Save screenshots to the desktop
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location -string "$HOME/Desktop"

# Disable shadow in screenshots
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true

# Speedup animations
# More: https://www.defaults-write.com/increase-the-speed-of-os-x-dialogs-boxes/
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSWindowResizeTime .1
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false

# Finder
# ---

# Default folder to $HOME
# TODO: strajk -> dynamic
defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTarget -string "PfHm"
defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTargetPath -string "file://${HOME}"

# Use column view in all Finder windows by default
defaults write com.apple.Finder FXPreferredViewStyle -string "clmv"

# Show the ~/Library folder.
chflags nohidden ~/Library

# Allow quitting Finder via ⌘ + Q; doing so will also hide desktop icons
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true

# Show status bar in Finder
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true

# Show hidden files by default
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true

# Show all filename extensions
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

# Disable the warning when changing a file extension
defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false

# Allow text selection in Quick Look
defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool true

# When performing a search, search the current folder by default
defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string "SCcf"

# Avoid creating .DS_Store files on network & USB volumes
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores -bool true

# Disable disk image verification
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify -bool true
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify-locked -bool true
defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify-remote -bool true

# Disable the warning before emptying the Trash
defaults write com.apple.finder WarnOnEmptyTrash -bool false

# Expand the following File Info panes:
# “General”, “Open with”, and “Sharing & Permissions”
defaults write com.apple.finder FXInfoPanesExpanded -dict \
 General -bool true \
 OpenWith -bool true \
 Privileges -bool true


# Other
# ---

# Set the icon size of Dock items to 36 pixels
defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 36

# Trackpad: enable tap to click for this user and for the login screen
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true
defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1
defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1

# Disable dashboard
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean true

# Disable the crash reporter
defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType -string "none"

TODO:

  • Dock: Lock Dock Content
  • Dock: Lock icon size
  • Disable CapsLock
  • Tap to click

Auto-launched items

# launchctl list | egrep -v "com\.apple\."
  • 1Password
  • Alfred
  • Amphetamine
  • AppCleaner-SmartDelete
  • Docker
  • Dropbox
  • FortiClient VPN
  • Gifox
  • Google Drive
  • HyperSwitch
  • Karabiner
  • Keybase
  • KeyboardMaestro
  • Monosnap
  • Moom
  • PopClip
  • RescueTime
  • Things
  • WebAlert



Inbox

ln -s $HOME/Projects/setup/snippets "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/User/"

TODO
# Vill Q
# TeamViewer
# Paparazzi!
# zoom.us
# Marked 2
# Insomnia



Run regularly

brewup

nvm install node --reinstall-packages-from=node

Clone all my repos

curl -u strajk -s https://api.github.com/users/strajk/repos?per_page=200 | ruby -rubygems -e 'require "json"; JSON.load(STDIN.read).each { |repo| %x[git clone #{repo["ssh_url"]} ]}'



Fonts

Sans-serif

Monospace

💾 Installation
cask "caskroom/fonts/font-open-sans"
cask "caskroom/fonts/font-roboto"

cask "caskroom/fonts/font-hack"
cask "caskroom/fonts/font-roboto-mono"
cask "caskroom/fonts/font-source-code-pro"

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