\[._.]/ - Hi, I'm the MacOS bot

I will update your MacOS machine with Better™ system defaults, preferences, software configuration and even auto-install some handy development tools and apps that my developer friends find helpful.

You don't need to install or configure anything upfront! This works with a brand-new machine from the factory as well as an existing machine that you've been working with for years.

Forget About Manual Configuration!
Watch me run!
Installation
- Restoring Dotfiles
3.x.x+ Upgrade Instructions!
Additional
Settings
Software Installation
License
Contributions
Loathing, Mehs and Praise
¯\(ツ)/¯ Warning / Liability

Forget About Manual Configuration!

Don't you hate getting a new laptop or joining a new team and then spending a whole day setting up your system preferences and tools? Me too. That's why we automate; we did it once and we don't want to have to do it again.

\[^_^]/ - This started as Adam Eivy's MacOS shell configuration dotfiles but has grown to a multi-developer platform for machine configuration.

When I finish with your machine, you will be able to look at your command-line in full-screen mode like this (running iTerm):

Check out how your shell prompt includes the full path, node.js version & the working git branch along with a lot of other info! We use powerlevel9k for command prompt, so customization of what you want is easily changable in ./.zshrc The top terminal is using vim as a full replacement IDE. The bottom left two are git terminals. The bottom right is running vtop

To launch fullscreen, hit Command + Enter in iTerm, then use Command + d and Command + D to create split panes.

\[._.]/ - I'm so excited I just binaried in my pants!

Watch me run!

Installation

Note: I recommend forking this repo in case you don't like anything I do and want to set your own preferences (and pull request them!)

☢️ REVIEW WHAT THIS SCRIPT DOES PRIOR TO RUNNING It's always a good idea to review arbitrary code from the internet before running it on your machine with sudo power! You are responsible for everything this script does to your machine (see LICENSE) The creator of this repo has a high tolerance for nuking his machine and starting over. If you have a low tolerance for this, proceed with caution.

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/atomantic/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles;
# run this using terminal (not iTerm, lest iTerm settings get discarded on exit)
./install.sh

When it finishes, open iTerm and press Command + , to open preferences. Under Profiles > Colors, select "Load Presets" and choose the Solarized Dark Patch scheme. If it isn't there for some reason, import it from ~/.dotfiles/configs -- you may also need to select the Hack font and check the box for non-ascii font and set to Roboto Mono For Powerline (I've had mixed results for automating these settings--love a pull request that improves this)
I've also found that you need to reboot before fast key repeat will be enabled

Note: if you have problems cloning the submodules behind proxy, you can use this command to convert git:// to https://: git config --global url.https://github.com/.insteadOf git://github.com/

Note: running install.sh is idempotent. You can run it again and again as you add new features or software to the scripts! I'll regularly add new configurations so keep an eye on this repo as it grows and optimizes.

Restoring Dotfiles

If you have existing dotfiles for configuring git, zsh, vim, etc, these will be backed-up into ~/.dotfiles_backup/$(date +"%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S") and replaced with the files from this project. You can restore your original dotfiles by using ./restore.sh $RESTOREDATE where $RESTOREDATE is the date folder name you want to restore.

The restore script does not currently restore system settings--only your original dotfiles. To restore system settings, you'll need to manually undo what you don't like (so don't forget to fork, review, tweak)

3.x.x+ Upgrade Instructions!

3.0.0 brings huge changes. If you have made any modifications (and didn't make your own fork), you will want to backup your dotfiles prior to running git-up or git pull on ~/.dotfiles.

Do the following to upgrade your ~/.dotfiles safely:

backup your dotfiles: cp -R ~/.dotfiles ~/.dotfiles_old
cd ~/.dotfiles
update dotfiles: git up or git pull
remove old submodule location: rm -rf .vim (now lives in homedir/.vim)
inspect install.sh and config.js to make sure all the software you want is installed
inspect homedir/* for any changes you want to port from ./dotfiles_old
run install.sh again

Additional

VIM as IDE

I am moving away from using Atom and instead using vim as my IDE. I use Vundle to manage vim plugins (instead of pathogen). Vundle is better in many ways and is compatible with pathogen plugins. Additionally, vundle will manage and install its own plugins so we don't have to use git submodules for all of them.

Crontab

You can cron ~/.crontab if you want to add my nightly cron software updates.

\[0_0]/ - Note that this may wake you in the morning to compatibility issues so use only if you like being on the edge

Remap Caps-Lock

I highly recommend remapping your Caps Lock key to Control per Dr. Bunsen:

Settings

This project changes a number of settings and configures software on MacOS. Here is the current list:

Prompt Driven Configuration

The following will only happen if you agree on the prompt

install a gitshots script to take a photo using your camera on every git commit (these go in as a post-commit hook to your .git_template)
overwrite your /etc/hosts file with a copy from someonewhocares.org (see ./configs/hosts for the file that will be used)
replace the system wallpaper with img/wallpaper.jpg

Security

Enable firewall
Enable firewall stealth mode (no response to ICMP / ping requests)
Disable remote apple events
Disable wake-on modem
Disable wake-on LAN
Disable guest account login

General System Changes

always boot in verbose mode (not MacOS GUI mode)
Disable the sound effects on boot
Menu bar: disable transparency
Menu bar: hide the Time Machine, Volume, User, and Bluetooth icons
Set highlight color to green
Set sidebar icon size to medium
Always show scrollbars
Increase window resize speed for Cocoa applications
Expand save panel by default
Expand print panel by default
allow 'locate' command
Set standby delay to 24 hours (default is 1 hour)
Save to disk (not to iCloud) by default
Automatically quit printer app once the print jobs complete
Disable the “Are you sure you want to open this application?” dialog
Remove duplicates in the “Open With” menu (also see 'lscleanup' alias)
Display ASCII control characters using caret notation in standard text views
Disable the crash reporter
Set Help Viewer windows to non-floating mode
Reveal IP, hostname, OS, etc. when clicking clock in login window
Check for software updates daily, not just once per week
Disable smart quotes as they’re annoying when typing code
Disable smart dashes as they’re annoying when typing code

Trackpad, mouse, keyboard, Bluetooth accessories, and input

Trackpad: enable tap to click for this user and for the login screen
Trackpad: map bottom right corner to right-click
Disable “natural” (Lion-style) scrolling
Increase sound quality for Bluetooth headphones/headsets
Enable full keyboard access for all controls (e.g. enable Tab in modal dialogs)
Use scroll gesture with the Ctrl (^) modifier key to zoom
Follow the keyboard focus while zoomed in
Disable press-and-hold for keys in favor of key repeat
Set a blazingly fast keyboard repeat rate:
Set language and text formats (english/US)

Configuring the Screen

Require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins
Save screenshots to the desktop
Save screenshots in PNG format (other options: BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, TIFF)
Disable shadow in screenshots
Enable subpixel font rendering on non-Apple LCDs
Enable HiDPI display modes (requires restart)

Finder Configs

Keep folders on top when sorting by name (Sierra only)
Allow quitting via ⌘ + Q; doing so will also hide desktop icons
Disable window animations and Get Info animations
Set Desktop as the default location for new Finder windows
Show hidden files by default
Show all filename extensions
Show status bar
Show path bar
Allow text selection in Quick Look
Display full POSIX path as Finder window title
When performing a search, search the current folder by default
Disable the warning when changing a file extension
Enable spring loading for directories
Remove the spring loading delay for directories
Avoid creating .DS_Store files on network volumes
Disable disk image verification
Automatically open a new Finder window when a volume is mounted
Use list view in all Finder windows by default
Disable the warning before emptying the Trash
Empty Trash securely by default
Enable AirDrop over Ethernet and on unsupported Macs running Lion
Show the ~/Library folder
Expand the following File Info panes: “General”, “Open with”, and “Sharing & Permissions”

Dock & Dashboard

Enable highlight hover effect for the grid view of a stack (Dock)
Set the icon size of Dock items to 36 pixels
Change minimize/maximize window effect to scale
Minimize windows into their application’s icon
Enable spring loading for all Dock items
Show indicator lights for open applications in the Dock
Don’t animate opening applications from the Dock
Speed up Mission Control animations
Don’t group windows by application in Mission Control
Disable Dashboard
Don’t show Dashboard as a Space
Don’t automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use
Remove the auto-hiding Dock delay
Remove the animation when hiding/showing the Dock
Automatically hide and show the Dock
Make Dock icons of hidden applications translucent
Make Dock more transparent
Reset Launchpad, but keep the desktop wallpaper intact

Configuring Hot Corners

Top left screen corner → Mission Control
Top right screen corner → Desktop
Bottom right screen corner → Start screen saver

Configuring Safari & WebKit

Set Safari’s home page to ‘about:blank’ for faster loading
Prevent Safari from opening ‘safe’ files automatically after downloading
Allow hitting the Backspace key to go to the previous page in history
Hide Safari’s bookmarks bar by default
Hide Safari’s sidebar in Top Sites
Disable Safari’s thumbnail cache for History and Top Sites
Enable Safari’s debug menu
Make Safari’s search banners default to Contains instead of Starts With
Remove useless icons from Safari’s bookmarks bar
Enable the Develop menu and the Web Inspector in Safari
Add a context menu item for showing the Web Inspector in web views

Configuring Mail

Disable send and reply animations in Mail.app
Copy email addresses as 'foo@example.com' instead of 'Foo Bar foo@example.com' in Mail.app
Add the keyboard shortcut ⌘ + Enter to send an email in Mail.app
Display emails in threaded mode, sorted by date (oldest at the top)
Disable inline attachments (just show the icons)
Disable automatic spell checking

Spotlight

Disable Spotlight indexing for any volume that gets mounted and has not yet been indexed
Change indexing order and disable some file types from being indexed
Load new settings before rebuilding the index
Make sure indexing is enabled for the main volume

iTerm2

Installing the Solarized Dark theme for iTerm
Don’t display the annoying prompt when quitting iTerm
Hide tab title bars
Set system-wide hotkey to show/hide iterm with ctrl+tick ( ^ + `)
Set normal font to Hack 12pt
Set non-ascii font to Roboto Mono for Powerline 12pt

Time Machine

Prevent Time Machine from prompting to use new hard drives as backup volume
Disable local Time Machine backups

Activity Monitor

Show the main window when launching Activity Monitor
Visualize CPU usage in the Activity Monitor Dock icon
Show all processes in Activity Monitor
Sort Activity Monitor results by CPU usage

Address Book, Dashboard, iCal, TextEdit, and Disk Utility

Enable the debug menu in Address Book
Enable Dashboard dev mode (allows keeping widgets on the desktop)
Use plain text mode for new TextEdit documents
Open and save files as UTF-8 in TextEdit
Enable the debug menu in Disk Utility

Mac App Store

Enable the WebKit Developer Tools in the Mac App Store
Enable Debug Menu in the Mac App Store

Messages

Disable automatic emoji substitution (i.e. use plain text smileys)
Disable smart quotes as it’s annoying for messages that contain code

SizeUp.app

Start SizeUp at login
Don’t show the preferences window on next start

Software Installation

homebrew, fontconfig, git, nvm (node + npm), and zsh (latest) are all installed inside the install.sh as foundational software for running this project. Additional software is configured in config.js and can be customized in your own fork/branch (you can change everything in your own fork/brance). The following is the software that I have set as default:

Utilities

ack
ag
coreutils
dos2unix
findutils
fortune
gawk
gifsicle
gnupg
gnu-sed
homebrew/dupes/grep
httpie
imagemagick (only if gitshots enabled)
imagesnap (only if gitshots enabled)
jq
mas
moreutils
nmap
openconnect
reattach-to-user-namespace
homebrew/dupes/screen
tmux
tree
ttyrec
vim --override-system-vi
watch
wget --enable-iri

Apps

box-sync
gpgtools
iterm2
sizeup
slack
the-unarchiver
xquartz

NPM Global Modules

antic
buzzphrase
eslint
gulp
instant-markdown-d
npm-check
prettyjson
trash
vtop

License

This project is licensed under ISC. Please fork, contribute and share.

Contributions

Contributions are always welcome in the form of pull requests with explanatory comments.

Please refer to the Contributor Covenant

Loathing, Mehs and Praise

Loathing should be directed into pull requests that make it better. woot.
Bugs with the setup should be put as GitHub issues.
Mehs should be > /dev/null
Praise should be directed to

Author

More here: https://adameivy.com

¯\(ツ)/¯ Warning / Liability

Warning: The creator of this repo is not responsible if your machine ends up in a state you are not happy with. If you are concerned, look at the code to review everything this will do to your machine :)