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During Setup Assistant, Choose French as language and France as region.
Add English (US) as 2nd preferred language (to be able to search for emoji in French+English, etc.), remove any keyboard besides ABC.
In Vision settings, enable ⌃-2-fingers zoom and automatic switch between Light & Dark mode.
Don’t import any backup, connect to iCloud, create an account without touching the avatar (guarantees it’ll use iCloud’s), customize data sharing, enable FileVault, add a fingerprint for Touch ID, set up Apple Pay. -
Download apps on the Mac App Store:
Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Pixelmator Pro, Final Cut Pro, Apple Configurator, 1Blocker for Safari, Shareful, Messenger, Ivory, Mactracker, Apple Developer, TestFlight, Key Codes, Boop.