Daniil Petrov daniepetrov

How to Setup dnsmasq with dnscrypt-proxy and Cloudflare DNS on macOS

Using Laravel Valet for localhost development, So it installs dnsmasq with it. dnsmasq runs on port 53, The default DNS port. So we setup dnscrypt-proxy on port 5300 with the default config files in this gist.

dnscrypt-proxy Installation

brew install dnscrypt-proxy

Encoding Video

Installing

Install FFmpeg with homebrew. You'll need to install it with a couple flags for webm and the AAC audio codec.

brew install ffmpeg --with-libvpx --with-libvorbis --with-fdk-aac --with-opus

Close and Quit VSCode
Remove VScode from Applications (just go to Finder -> Applications and move VSCode to Bin)
Execute these commands in any order. The paths might be slightly different for you.

rm -fr ~/.vscode*
rm -fr ~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/

rm -fr ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.microsoft.VSCode.savedState/
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.VSCode.helper.plist

Re-installing Git on Mac OSX with Brew

This is helpful if you've previously installed git from source on OSX, and other compilers can't find the correct path. You need to remove the current version of git, then re-install with brew.

Uninstall git if installed manually

Check which git you're running:
```
which git
```

Increase key repeat rate on macOS

Settings: System Preferences » Keyboard » Key Repeat/Delay Until Repeat

Use the commands below to increase the key repeat rate on macOS beyond the possible settings via the user interface. The changes aren't applied until you restart your computer.

Source: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/83923

	// mousectl - Swap mouse buttons from the macOS Terminal

	// From https://superuser.com/a/1782251
	// with changes by [email protected]

	// Compile:
	// clang -framework IOKit -framework Foundation -o mousectl mousectl.c

	#include <IOKit/hidsystem/IOHIDLib.h>
	#include <IOKit/hidsystem/IOHIDParameter.h>


	# add your vpn password to .vpn_password file
	echo "mypassword > ~/.vpn_password
	chmod 600 ~/.vpn_password

	# add these lines to .zshrc or .zprofile
	function vpn-up() {
	local VPN_HOST="host"
	local VPN_USER="username"
	local SERVER_CERT="pin-sha256:87+Hf09J6X30/vKmSGLPA35scH/jey/aP7zL4sQ+5+i="

	# Use openconnect in favor of cisco anyconnect

	# add vpn passdowd to macOS Keychain, change 'password' with your password

	security add-generic-password -s openconnect_vpn -a $USER -w 'password'

	# add these lines to .zshrc or .zprofile

	function vpn-up() {
	local VPN_HOST="host"

	#!/bin/sh

	echo Disabling vpnagentd...
	sudo launchctl disable system/com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd

	echo Tearing down vpnagentd...
	sudo launchctl bootout system /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist

	echo Deactivating Cisco AnyConnect Socket Filter Extension...
	/Applications/Cisco/Cisco\ AnyConnect\ Socket\ Filter.app/Contents/MacOS/Cisco\ AnyConnect\ Socket\ Filter -deactivateExt

	Here is my recipe how to speed up WebStorm:

	Go to Preferences and do next:
	Appearance & Behaviour > System Settings > Updates: disable auto update
	Appearance & Behaviour > System Settings > Using Statistics: Uncheck allowing sending data
	Editor > Live Templates: disable all, leave only what you are really use
	Editor > Emmet: disable all emmets
	Editor > Intentions: I leave only: CSS, Declaration, JavaScript and Language Injection
	Plugins: leave only next (* - can be also disabled in case don't need them):
	CoffeeScript *