Macbook Setup

macbook-setup.md

Macbook Setup

Initialize Accounts & Passwords

• Install password manager or setup company provided
• Create AppleID or get one from your corporate account
• Install browser extensions for password manager
• Setup fingerprint unlock
• Dark Theme
• Enable 24hr clock
• Increase mouse sensitivity

Keyboard

Key Repeat Issues

If you just upgraded to #macos Ventura or you can't get repeat keys to work no matter what, try running the following command and then restart.

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Function Keys Normal Operation

You probably want to do this if you use the function keys in your code editor to activate special commands. Make F-keys work like normal (requires pressing fn + f# to get apple stuff to work)

Better Window Manager

• Install Rectangle

iTerm2

• Install iTerm2 which includes #zsh and #tmux
  • Make default terminal
  • Install command links
  • Configure keyboard input so you can move around like normal
    • Use the Natural Text Editing keybinding profile
    • Bookmark this cheatsheet

Homebrew & Linux Packages

• Install Homebrew
• Enable Hombrew Auto Update brew autoupdate start
• Install packages using Homebrew (DO NOT USE APPLE for most things)
  • Install git
    • set PATH to use homebrew git. Running git --version should not output anything with Apple if you've completed this successfullly
    • Add homebrew git to your path by path by adding to your ~/.zshrc export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin/git:${PATH}"
    • Configure git like this config
      • pull strategy is rebase
      • aliases
      • Install meld and follow guide to add into gitconfig for 3-way merge
        • Configure as mergetool
        • Configure as difftool
  • Install #github cli
• Install OhMyZsh
  • This was a helpful guide to get a baseline config
  • Pull in this helpful .zshrc
• Install tree
• Install node
• Install wget
  • setup in path path by adding to your ~/.zshrc export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/curl/bin/wget:${PATH}"
• Install curl - [ ] setup in path by adding to your ~/.zshrc export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/curl/bin/curl:${PATH}"

Code Editors

Visual Studio Code

• Install VSCode
  • Install command in path so you can type code <file> in the terminal
  • Setup Settings Sync
  • Install lots of plugins and color themes if they weren't captured by settings sync

aws-scripting-guy.cform
DavidAnson.vscode-markdownlint
dbaeumer.vscode-eslint
eamodio.gitlens
emilast.LogFileHighlighter
Equinusocio.vsc-community-material-theme
evondev.indent-rainbow-palettes
GitHub.github-vscode-theme
jgclark.vscode-todo-highlight
jpotterm.simple-vim
kddejong.vscode-cfn-lint
ms-azuretools.vscode-docker
ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers
oderwat.indent-rainbow
redhat.vscode-yaml
yzhang.markdown-all-in-one

Vim

• install vmrc - #macos does not come with a .vimrc so you'll need to make one

Slack

• Setup Slack & plugins
  • Install Google Drive
  • Install Asana
  • Install Google Calendar
  • Install GitHub

Obsidian

• Install Obsidian for notes
  • Code Editor Shortcuts
  • Quick Switcher ++
  • Navigate Cursor History
  • Install Dracula Theme
  • #optional enable VIM keybindings - don't need if using Code Editor Shortcuts