All the stuff I do to set up a new Mac

Applications

1Blocker
AirBuddy
Amphetamine
BlockBlock
DaisyDisk
Deliveries
Fantastical
HextEdit
iA Writer
iStat Menus
Jayson
Kaleidoscope
Little Snitch
Mimestream
PopClip
Reeder
San Fransymbols
Sensei
Speedtest
Spotify
Sublime Text
Sublime Merge
Suspicious Package
The Unarchiver (or Keka)
Unexpectedly
Xcode

Terminal

Install Homebrew
~~My dotfiles~~ (follow zsh steps below)
My terminal theme

zsh

Install oh-my-zsh, see 'Why oh-my-zsh?' below
Download and install the Alan iMac Terminal theme from https://github.com/alanzeino/dotfiles/blob/master/terminal/Alan%20iMac.terminal
Install Starship
Setup Starship in ~/.zshrc
Install the FiraCode Nerd Font for Starship from https://www.nerdfonts.com/ (FiraCodeNerdFontMono-Retina.ttf from 'FiraCode Nerd Font')
Configure Terminal to use this Font
Install zsh-autosuggestions https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions/blob/master/INSTALL.md
Configure zsh-autosuggestions in ~/.zshrc
Configure Starship for larger git repos by following https://starship.rs/config/ and setting command_timeout to a higher value:

# for giant slow repos
command_timeout = 3000

Disable the battery warning feature of starship in the same file:

[battery]
disabled = true

Append this to ~/.zshrc

Xcode Preferences

Navigation -> Navigation -> Uses Primary Editor
General -> Check Continue building after errors
Behaviors -> Build -> Generates new issues -> Uncheck Show navigator Issues
Text Editing -> Display -> Check Line numbers
Text Editing -> Display -> Check Show code folding ribbon
Text Editing -> Indentation -> Check Indent switch/case labels in: Swift
Source Control -> Uncheck Add and remove files automatically
Source Control -> Uncheck Select files to commit automatically

Xcode Defaults

Enable the Index step in Report Navigator to debug indexing issues: defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode IDEIndexShowLog YES

macOS Defaults

Hide the icons on my Desktop:

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false
killall Finder

Set the Finder sidebar icon size to Small:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSTableViewDefaultSizeMode -int 2

'Jump to the spot that's clicked' in Scroll Bars:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleScrollerPagingBehavior -int 1

Enable Text Selection in QuickLook previews:

defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool TRUE

Disable auto–correction:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false

Default save location is Disk, not iCloud:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false

Always expand Save Panel by default:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true

Tap to click in the trackpad:

defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true
defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1

Finder Show Status Bar:

defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true

Finder Show Path Bar:

defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true

Finder Show Tab Bar:

Finder Menu -> View -> Show Tab Bar

Finder Search always searches current folder by default:

defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string "SCcf"

Disable the warning when changing a file extension:

defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false

Default Finder view is Column:

defaults write com.apple.Finder FXPreferredViewStyle clmv

Put Dock on the left:

defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string left

Disable Dock magnification:

defaults write com.apple.dock magnification -bool false

Don't open files in Safari after downloading:

defaults write com.apple.Safari AutoOpenSafeDownloads -bool false

Show favorites bar in Safari by default:

defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowFavoritesBar -bool true

Show Develop menu in Safari:

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDevelopMenu -bool true

Show status bar in Safari:

defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowOverlayStatusBar -bool true

Xcode Show Line Numbers:

defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode DVTTextShowLineNumbers -bool true

Xcode Show Code Folding Ribbons:

defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode DVTTextShowFoldingSidebar -bool true

Xcode Show Build Times in Toolbar:

defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode ShowBuildOperationDuration -bool true

Don't load remote content in Mail by default:

defaults write com.apple.mail-shared DisableURLLoading -bool true

Always show Menu bar even in Full Screen:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleMenuBarVisibleInFullscreen -int 1

Manual Settings

Uncheck 'Play user interface sound effects' in Sound

Uncheck 'Play feedback when volume is changed' in Sound

Lower 'Alert volume' to zero in Sound

Set 'Turn display off after' to ten minutes in Battery

Enable 'Secondary click' in Mouse

Uncheck 'Bookmarks & History' in Spotlight's Search Results

Uncheck 'Fonts' in Spotlight's Search Results

Uncheck 'Mail & Messages' in Spotlight's Search Results

Uncheck 'Movies' in Spotlight's Search Results

Uncheck 'Music' in Spotlight's Search Results

Settings -> Accessibility -> Display -> 'Show window title Icons'

Why oh-my-zsh?

For some reason having this installed gives better command completion in zsh when you type the first part of a command and then hit the up arrow key to get past commands starting with that first part

alanzeino/new-mac.md