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macOS Kickstart

System Preferences

Panel

  • Click on battery and enable 'Show percentage'

General

  • Check 'Use dark menu bar and Dock'

Dock

  • Change 'Size' near to 'Small'
  • Change 'Position on screen' to 'Left'

Keyboard

  • Input Sources
    • Add needed input sources
  • Shortcuts
    • Input Sources
      • Change 'Select next sources in Input menu' to CMD+Space and resolve conflicts

Trackpad

  • Point & Click
    • Uncheck 'Look up & data detectors'
    • Check 'Tap to click'

Sharing

  • Change 'Computer Name' to proper

Bluetooth

  • Turn off Bluetooth

Siri

  • Uncheck 'Enable Ask Siri'

Date & Time

  • Switch to 'Clock' tab
    • Check 'Use a 24-hour clock'
    • Check 'Show date'

User & Groups

  • Disable 'Guest User'

Safari

General

  • Change 'Safari opens with' to 'All windows from last session'
  • Uncheck 'Open "safe" files after downloading'

Search

  • Change search engine to 'DuckDuckGo'

Extensions

  • Install uBlock

iTerm2

General

  • Check box Applications in terminal may access clipboard

Profiles

General

  • Working Directory change to Reuse previous session's directory

Colors

  • Color preset: Dark Background

Text

  • Uncheck box Draw bold text in bold font
  • Font leave 12pt Monaco with Anti-aliased

Keys

  • Add move cursor one word left: ⌥ + ← with hex code 0x1b 0x62
  • Add move cursor one word right: ⌥ + → with hex code 0x1b 0x66
  • Add move cursor to beginning of line: ⌘ + ← with hex code 0x01
  • Add move cursor to end of line: ⌘ + → with hex code 0x05

Terminal

General

  • Swith 'New window with profile' to 'Pro'
  • Uncheck box for pointer 'Use high-contrast I beam'

Profiles

  • Choose 'Pro' and make default

Pro profile

Text

  • Click on 'Color & Effects' and change opacity to 100%
  • Change font to 'Hack Regular 12 pt.'
  • Check 'Antialias text'
  • Uncheck 'Use bold fonts'

Window

  • Change scrollback to 'Limit number of rows to: 10,000'
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