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Machine setup
  1. Sign in to work account
  2. Sign in to icloud account
  3. Remove icons from dock
  4. Auto hide dock
  5. Show sound, displays, and bluetooth in the menubar
  6. Disable system sounds
  7. Set keyboard to use F-keys, hide the keyboard selector
  8. Increase key repeat speed and decrease delay
  9. Remove Cmd-Shift-A and Cmd-Shift-M shortcuts
  10. Remove hot corners
  11. Add home and workspace to finder sidebar, remove others
  12. Install command line tools (xcode-select --install)
  13. Install Rosetta (softwareupdate --install-rosetta)
  14. Set machine name
  15. Install Homebrew
  16. brew analytics off
  17. brew install git wget watch tree jq
  18. brew install --cask keepingyouawake jetbrains-toolbox slack rectangle 1password ghostty pastebot zed docker
  19. Install dotfiles
  20. Install Java
  21. Install Ruby
  22. echo "$HOME/bin" | sudo tee -a /etc/paths
  23. Create github keys
  24. Jetbrains editor settings
    1. Size 15 editor font
    2. Tab limit 4
    3. Disable parameter name hints
    4. Remove status bar and navigation bar
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