berkay's macOS Setup

OS Settings

TODO: find defaults write commands for these.

• Remove useless items from the dock
• Drag Downloads folder next to the Trash on the Dock.
  • Right click → Sort by Date Added.
• Move $HOME folder to finder sidebar.

Tweaks:

# Show date on menu bar (format: 20 May Thu 10:05)
defaults write com.apple.menuextra.clock DateFormat -string "d MMMM EEE HH:mm"

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowScrollBars -string "Always" # show scrollbar always
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles true   # Show hidden files
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true # Show Finder statusbar

# disable show recent apps
defaults write com.apple.dock show-recents -bool false

# Default Finder location is the home folder
defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTarget -string "PfLo" && \
  defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTargetPath -string "file://${HOME}"

chflags nohidden ~/Library                               # Unhide ~/Library

# disable smart quotes and dashes, and autocorrect, autoperiod and suggestions
defaults write 'Apple Global Domain' NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled 0
defaults write 'Apple Global Domain' NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled 0
defaults write 'Apple Global Domain' NSAutomaticPeriodSubstitutionEnabled 0
defaults write 'Apple Global Domain' NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled 0
defaults write 'Apple Global Domain' NSAutomaticTextCompletionEnabled 0
defaults write 'Apple Global Domain' WebAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled 0

# Save screenshoots to the ~/screenshots folder
mkdir ${HOME}/screenshoots && defaults write com.apple.screencapture location -string "${HOME}/screenshoots"

# Resize dock icon size
defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 50

Package manager

• Install Homebrew: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

• Run brew analytics off

Installing software via Homebrew

All software installed on the system must be listed in .Brewfile. This is symlinked at ~/.Brewfile and used by brew bundle.

Shell

• Run 2 times .install_zsh.sh

Post-Installation Configuration

• Spectacle
  • Security->Accessibility: Give access
  • Launch at Login

Settings Sync

• iTerm2Preferences->Profiles->Other Actions->Import — berkay-iTerm2.json
  • Restart iTerm2.
• VSCode:
  • Run "Settings Sync"

Git Setup

Run:

./git_setup.sh

Generate key with a password:

ssh-keygen -f $HOME/.ssh/github_rsa

(You may want to redact hostname from the public key.)

Add key to the keychain:

ssh-add $HOME/.ssh/github_rsa          # company-installed
/usr/bin/ssh-add $HOME/.ssh/github_rsa # system

Upload the key to GitHub. https://github.com/settings/keys :

cat ~/.ssh/github_rsa.pub| pbcopy

Save this to ~/.ssh/config:

Test connection:

ssh -T [email protected] -i ~/.ssh/github_rsa