simonward87 / dotfiles

MacOS Dotfiles

Restore Instructions

1. xcode-select --install (required for Git and Homebrew)
2. Clone dotfiles repo. Use https and switch to ssh later

git clone --recurse-submodules --remote-submodules --jobs=8 https://github.com/simonward87/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

3. cd ~/.dotfiles
4. Check Brewfile and audit software to be installed
5. ./install
6. Restart computer
7. Login to Google Drive (and multi-factor authentication)
8. Login to Mac App store so brew mas will work correctly
9. Generate ssh key, add to GitHub, and switch remotes.

# generate SSH key in default location (~/.ssh/config)
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[e-mail]"

# start the ssh-agent
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

# create config file with necessary settings
<< EOF > ~/.ssh/config
Host *
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  UseKeychain yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
EOF

# add private key to ssh-agent
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

# copy public key and add to github.com > Settings > SSH and GPG keys
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

# test SSH connection, then verify fingerprint and username
# https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/testing-your-ssh-connection
ssh -T [e-mail]

# switch from HTTPS to SSH
git remote set-url origin [e-mail]:simonward87/dotfiles.git

Preferences

• Display resolution
• Dock preferences
  • Remove recently used apps
  • Turn off trash confirmation
• Mission Control preferences
  • Don't rearrange spaces
• Finder preferences
  • Show path bar
  • Sidebar favourites
• Finder show path bar
• Trackpad settings
  • Enable three-finger swipe between workspaces
• Changed default Shell to ZSH

Learning About Dotfiles

I learned a ton about dotfiles, command line use, Homebrew, zsh, git, MacOS and more with the course Dotfiles from Start to Finish-ish by @EIEIOxyz. I wholeheartedly recommend the course, it is very informative. My study notes are included in this repository, for those interested in looking through them – you may find something helpful.