Mac Setup

Eventually publishing mac-setup and dotfiles

New Mac

Starting with a brand new macOS:

Make sure to be connected to a wifi network (or LAN)
Configure TouchID when setting up
Login to iCloud (but may skip photos) and activate Documents Sync
Open Terminal.app

Bootstrap a new machine

This will do the very first steps for a new machine. The sudo password will be required. The command line tools, homebrew and fish shell will be installed.

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weiland/mac-setup/main/install | sh

Homebrew

Install all software, casks, fonts and mac app store apps.

# checkout Brewfile
vim Brewfile

# brewing
brew bundle

Install nix

for macOS as multi-user

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume --daemon

or with fish:

sh ( curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | psub ) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume --daemon

Install nix-darwin

nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer

mv /etc/nix/nix.conf /etc/nix/nix.conf.before-nix-darwin

./result/bin/darwin-installer

Install home-manager within nix-darwin

nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager
nix-channel --update

Add home-manager to ~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix

imports = [ <home-manager/nix-darwin> ];

Install dotfiles

sh dotfiles.sh

MacOS defauls

Compare with it's original and review the settings in there. History of .macos (last checked/updated 22. June 2021)

sh macos.sh

Manual settings

Since macos.sh cannot catch everything...

# Adjust Notification Center
#defaults read com.apple.notificationcenterui

# Set the right resolution (Default 1440x877 on MBP 13")
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences "NSWindow Frame Main Window Frame SystemPreferencesApp 8.0" -string "105 339 668 462 0 0 1440 877 "
# and for the display
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences "NSWindow Frame Main Window Frame SystemPreferencesApp 8.0" -string "256 121 668 658 0 0 2560 1415"

karabiner (umlauts)

enable umlauts via karabiner elements

iTerm2

import config file
make alt key working

neovim

mkdir ~/.local/share/nvim/plugged

sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'

nvim +PlugInstall +qa

# spell checking
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nvim/site/spell
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nvim/undo

JumpCut

defaults write net.sf.Jumpcut launchOnStartup -bool true
defaults write net.sf.Jumpcut launchOnLogin -bool true
# does not work yet (set cmd+B as hotkey)
defaults write net.sf.Jumpcut mainHotkey -dict characters b charactersIgnoringModifiers b keyCode 11 modifierFlags 1048576

ShiftIt

defaults write org.shiftitapp.ShiftIt shiftItshowMenu -bool false

Volta (nodejs, npm and git-open)

mkdir ~/.local/share/volta

Export volta's new home globally and append volta's bin to global fish user path in config.fish:

set -gx VOLTA_HOME ~/.local/share/volta
fish_add_path -ga $VOLTA_HOME/bin

brew install volta

Other stuff

Disable TouchBar as default
Remove Siri from TouchBar (replace with Do-Not-Disturb)
Map fn to show F keys
(Re-map Capslock) Map paragraph/plus-minus to ESC

1Password

BetterTouchTool / Karabiner

import config (mostly for umlauts and mapping ESC)

Fantastical

Allow all access
Login to iCloud with App password
Disable Calendar Notifications
Add Exchange accounts with public folders

Finder

show paths
remove labels
add home
add sidebar items

Safari

Open Safari and login to GitHub and Instapaper

Mail

Things 3

Tweetbot

TimeMachine

Enable encrypted backups
Add excluded items

Import previous configs etc

fish history
rupa-z/zoxide history (if nothing big has been changed)
TimeMachine Exclude list

Import files from mounted volumes (e.g. old TM Backups etc)

rsync -av '/Volumes/Backup/data' ~/whereever

Kepp the Mac up to date

sh update.sh

Coming from an installed mac => new installtion

Make sure TimeMachine backup did work properly
Restart and press Commmand + Shift + R
Use Recovery Disk to download and install new Mac OS
On first boot: Hold Command + Option + P + R to clear NVRAM

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