obedtandadjaja / laptop-setup

Setting up my mac

laptop-setup

Setting up my mac

Mac

Font

1. Download Source Code Pro from https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Code+Pro?selection.family=Source+Code+Pro
2. Unzip the folder
3. Double click Source Code Pro and install the font

Trackpad

1. Go to My Preferences
2. Go to Trackpad
3. Click one tap to click

Keyboard

1. Go to My Preferences
2. Go to Keyboard
3. Click Modifier keys
4. Change capslock to escape

Dock

1. Go to Dock Preferences
2. Unselect Show recent applications in Dock
3. Unselect Animate opening applications
4. Add Documents to dock

iTerm2

1. Download iTerm2: https://www.iterm2.com/
2. Go to Preferences
3. Go to Profile
4. Choose Esc+ for the left and right command key
5. Go to Text
6. Choose Source Code Pro for both fonts
7. Download ayu theme: https://iterm2colorschemes.com/
8. Go to Colors
9. Click color presets, choose import, and choose the downloaded ayu
10. Go to Terminal
11. Click Unlimited scrollback

emacs / spacemacs

1. brew tap d12frosted/emacs-plus
2. brew install emacs-plus
3. ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/emacs-plus/*/Emacs.app/ /Applications/ create softlink for emacs in Applications
4. git clone https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs ~/.emacs.d
5. Get .spacemacs from https://github.com/obedtandadjaja/dotfiles
6. Launch emacs emacs --insecure

Postgres

1. Download the Postgres.app here: https://postgresapp.com/
2. Move to Applications folder
3. Click Initialize to create a new server
4. Configure $PATH to use command line tools (optional):

sudo mkdir -p /etc/paths.d &&
echo /Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin | sudo tee /etc/paths.d/postgresapp

Default settings:

Host: localhost

Port: 5432

User: System user name

Database: System user name

Password: none

Connection URL: postgresql://localhost

Spectacle

1. Download Window Manager from here: https://www.spectacleapp.com/
2. Unzip folder and move the app to the Applications folder

zsh

1. Make zsh the default shell: chsh -s $(which zsh)
2. Copy paste zsh files from https://github.com/obedtandadjaja/dotfiles

prezto

1. Clone prezto: git clone --recursive https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto.git "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zprezto"