macOS setup

macOS Homebrew-based setup.

Factory reset

Apple support guide: link.

Setup

• System Preferences
  • customise Sharing -> Computer Name,
  • Apple ID login, etc.
• restart
• App Store: login
• Homebrew: install (guide) and restart terminal app
• OhMyZSH: install (guide) and restart terminal app
• official JetBrains Mono font (home)
• run the main installation script, then launch each installed cask to configure them

./install.sh

• GitHub SSH key: generate and set (guide)
• git: set global configuration, user name and email (guide)

./git_global_configs.sh
git config --global user.name <GITHUB_USER_NAME>
git config --global user.email <GITHUB_USER_EMAIL>

• pass: run the install script then set your GPG keys and private passwords git repo (follow private notes)

./pass_install.sh

• environment managers

./jenv_install.sh

# Run the following to make sure JAVA_HOME gets set.
# N.B.: JDK paths must be added to jEnv first!
jenv enable-plugin export

./rbenv_install.sh

./nvm_install.sh

./pyenv_install.sh

• dot-files (repo)
• Neovim: install the vim-plug plugin manager (guide), then install nvim plugins and CoC extensions with

nvim -c "PlugInstall|qa" ; nvim

• Ruby gems: run gem update after initialising rbenv and setting the global Ruby version to the desired default one.
• uni - Unicode query CLI tool (repo)

./uni_install.sh

• IntelliJ IDEA: Settings -> Settings Sync with your email.

• alacritty - new instance shortcut:

  • setup the Apple Automator workflow with cp -R NewAlacrittyInstance.workflow ~/Library/Services/, then launch System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts and set the Services | General -> NewAlacrittyInstance shortcut to ⌥⌘/. N.B.: restart the system or each individual app to enable the shortcut on them (killall Finder included).
  • after stow-ing Alacritty's dotfile/scripts, run ln -s ~/bin/alacritty_new_window_same_dir.sh /usr/local/bin/alacritty_new_window_same_dir.sh

TODOs

• New space with terminal on display 1: setup base script with cp create_new_space_with_terminal.scpt ~/bin/, then setup Apple Automator workflow with cp -R NewSpaceWithTerminalOnDisplay1.workflow ~/Library/Services/, then launch System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts and set the Services | General -> NewSpaceWithTerminalOnDisplay1 shortcut to ⌥⌘1. N.B.: restart the system or each individual app to enable the shortcut on them (killall Finder included).

• New space with terminal on display 2: setup base script with cp create_new_space_with_terminal.scpt ~/bin/, then setup Apple Automator workflow with cp -R NewSpaceWithTerminalOnDisplay2.workflow ~/Library/Services/, then launch System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts and set the Services | General -> NewSpaceWithTerminalOnDisplay2 shortcut to ⌥⌘2. N.B.: restart the system or each individual app to enable the shortcut on them (killall Finder included).