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nix-darwin-activation.nix
system.activationScripts.applications.text = let
env = pkgs.buildEnv {
name = "system-applications";
paths = config.environment.systemPackages;
pathsToLink = "/Applications";
};
in
pkgs.lib.mkForce ''
# Set up applications.
echo "setting up /Applications..." >&2
rm -rf /Applications/Nix\ Apps
mkdir -p /Applications/Nix\ Apps
find ${env}/Applications -maxdepth 1 -type l -exec readlink '{}' + |
while read -r src; do
app_name=$(basename "$src")
echo "copying $src" >&2
${pkgs.mkalias}/bin/mkalias "$src" "/Applications/Nix Apps/$app_name"
done
'';
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@tylercritchlow Sure! I've uploaded a copy here: https://gist.github.com/frarredondo/192930a454c992f306143bfc4eefc948

I will say that after posting my comment above i very quickly learned that very few packages were actually available for aarch64-darwin and found that i needed to install everything via homebrew so i didn't see the point in using nix at least on apple silicon atm and uninstalled it and went back to using homebrew for package management.

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