ahmet’s macOS Setup

Shell

Install oh-my-zsh from https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh

Package manager

• Install Homebrew: https://brew.sh
• Run brew analytics off

Install symlinks

Run ./install_symlinks.sh to install the dotfiles. Restart the shell for it to take effect.

OS Settings

• Invert Trackpad Scroll Direction to non-natural.

• Show battery percentage on menu bar.

• Show date on menu bar.

• Remove useless items from the Dock.

• Move Dock to right, make it smaller.

• Drag Downloads folder next to the Trash on the Dock.

  • Right Click -> Sort by Date Added.

• Show Path Bar on Finder.

• Move $HOME folder to Finder sidebar.

• Set shortcuts

  • Accessibility: Invert colors: Cmd+Shift+I
  • Screenshots: Save selected area to file: Cmd+Shift+4
  • Screenshost: Save selected area to clipboard: Cmd+Shift+3

• Hot Corners:

  • Top-right: Put Display to Sleep
  • Clear other corners

Tweaks:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles true   # Show hidden files
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true # Show Finder statusbar

# 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
defaults write 'Apple Global Domain' NSAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled 0
defaults write 'Apple Global Domain' NSAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled 0

Installing software

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

To install all the software, add it to .Brewfile and run:

brew bundle --global

To remove software not declared in Brewfile:

brew bundle cleanup --global

To save installed software to Brewfile (you should still reorganize file once saved):

brew bundle dump --global

Post-insatllation Configuration

• Spectacle

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

• Clipy

  • Launch at Login
  • Hide from Menu Bar
  • Set history size to 200
  • Set paste key to Cmd+Shift+V

• fzf completion scripts:

  /usr/local/opt/fzf/install
  

• minikube xhyve driver:

    # minikube uses xhyve, which requires privileged access to the hypervisor
    sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/opt/docker-machine-driver-xhyve/bin/docker-machine-driver-xhyve
    sudo chmod u+s /usr/local/opt/docker-machine-driver-xhyve/bin/docker-machine-driver-xhyve
  

Settings Sync

• Clone this repo and run install_symlinks.sh

  • Open a new terminal to take effect.

• iTerm2->Preferences->Load Preferences From: com.googlecode.iterm2.plist directory.

  • Restart iTerm2.

• For GPG instructions, follow .gnupg/README file.

• VSCode:

  • Install "Settings Sync" extension and reload.
  • Run '> Sync: Download Settings'
  • Enter gist ID in vscode.sync file to prompt.
  • Once extensions are installed 'Reload' (or Restart)
  • Run '> Sync: Update/Upload Settings'
  • Create a token with 'gist' permissions and save it to the prompt
  • Wait for the Sync Summary.

Git Setup

git config --global user.name "Ahmet Alp Balkan"
git config --global user.email 'email@here.com'
git config --global core.pager "diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=4 -RFX"

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

Save this to ~/.ssh/config:

Host github.com
	HostName github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github_rsa

Test connection:

ssh -T git@github.com -i ~/.ssh/github_rsa