macos-setup

MacOS Device Setup

1. OS Configuration
    - [x] Remove extra apps from dock
    - [x] Sort Launchpad
    - [x] Remove default apps I don’t use (Can’t delete default macOS apps now?)
    - [x] Set background color, accent color and other general visual settings in system preferences
        - [x] General
            - [x] About (change computer name)
            - [x] Software Update
            - [x] Storage (Accept all recommendations)
            - [x] Language & Region (Date format)
            - [x] Date & Time
        - [x] Apple ID
            - [x] Sign-in & Security 
            - [x] Payment & Shipping
            - [x] Apps Using iCloud
            - [x] Private Relay
        - [x] Notifications
        - [x] Sound
        - [x] Accent/highlightColor
        - [x] Sidebar Icon Size
        - [x] Control Center
            - [x] Clock Options
        - [x] Desktop & Dock
        - [x] Wallpaper (Solid Color BG)
        - [x] Internet Accounts, Apps using iCloud
        - [x] Game Center
        - [x] Keyboard
            - [x] Keyboard Navigation
            - [x] Keyboard Shortcuts
            - [x] Turn Caps Lock into Control
        - [x] Trackpad
    - [x] Customize Finder
        - [x] General
            - [x] Show all item types
            - [x] New Finder windows show root computer directories
        - [x] Sidebar
            - [x] Show everything besides: Tags, On My Mac, Movies, Music,  Pictures
        - [x] Advanced
            - [x] Show all filename extensions
            - [x] Keep folders on top
        - [x] View Options
            - [x] Icon Size (24)
            - [x] Text Size (11)
        - [x] Sidebar Items: Order, hide, filter, etc.
        - [x] Enable Library, add to sidebar
    - [x] Customize Safari
        - [x] Open tabs from last session
        - [x] Compact Toolbar
        - [x] Enable Developer Menu
    - [x] 1Password
        - [x] Get App
        - [x] Get Extension
        - [x] Appearance
        - [x] Security
        - [x] Privacy
        - [x] Labs
2. Development Environment
    - [x] Customize Terminal
        - [x] Create .zshrc and .bashrc
        - [ ] Rename computer/hostname (See this list)
        - [x] Set dimensions
        - [x] Remove unused themes
        - [x] Edit .zshrc to facilitate greater/longer .zsh history
            - [x] HISTSIZE=99999
            - [x] HISTFILESIZE=999999
            - [x] SAVEHIST=$HISTSIZE
    - [x] defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
    - [x] Create Developer directory for misc. repos and such
    - [x] Install Homebrew (remember brew leaves to check root packages)
        - [x] (brew will install cli tools for Xcode)
        - [ ] pyenv + pyenv-virtualenv
            - [ ] brew install pyenv
            - [ ] brew install openssl readline sqlite3 xz zlib tcl-tk
            - [ ] echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.zshrc
            - [ ] echo '[[ -d $PYENV_ROOT/bin ]] && export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
            - [ ] echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc
            - [ ] pyenv install 3
            - [ ] pyenv global 3
            - [ ] brew install pyenv-virtualenv
            - [ ] echo 'eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc
        - [ ] autoconf
        - [ ] ca-certificantes
        - [ ] coreutils
        - [ ] gmp
        - [ ] m4
        - [ ] openssl@3
        - [ ] pkg-config
        - [ ] readline
        - [ ] serialosc
            - [ ] confuse
            - [ ] liblo
            - [ ] libmonome
            - [ ] libluv
        - [ ] gh
        - [ ] yt-dlp
        - [ ] ffmpeg
        - [ ] git-lfs
        - [ ] neovim
    - [x] Set up Git
        - [x] git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
        - [x] git config --global user.name "é. urcades"
    - [x] XCode (App Store)
        - [x] Install iOS stuff
    - [x] Set up 1Password SSH Agent
        - [x] create .ssh/config file if it doesn't exist
        - [x] run ssh -T [email protected] to test ssh agent and auth as urcades w/ git
    - [ ] GPG Keychain
        - [ ] Create new EdDSA key for device (for github) (link)
            - [ ] Create RSA subkey (for backcompat)
        - [ ] Check keys with gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format=long
        - [ ] Check git signing status with git config --list
    - [ ] Install Rust via rustup
    - [x] Install nvm
        - [x] nvm install node
        - [x] nvm use node
    - [ ] Install bun
    - [ ] Install Jupyter
    - [ ] Install Git LFS for urcad.es
3. Install Apps
    - [x] Mail
        - [x] Add work account
        - [x] Add personal account
    - [x] Tailscale (App Store)
    - [x] SF Symbols
    - [x] Apple Fonts
    - [x] Ollama
    - [x] Zed
    - [x] Figma
    - [x] Sketch
    - [ ] PWAs
        - [x] ChatGPT
        - [x] Claude
        - [ ] Onshape
        - [x] tldraw
        - [x] Are.na
    - [x] Ableton Live
        - [ ] Install Plugins
        - [ ] monome terms
    - [ ] AppCleaner
    - [x] Transmit
    - [ ] Affinity Products (App Store)
    - [ ] Glyphs
    - [ ] Origami
    - [ ] Mochi Cards
    - [ ] Obsidian
    - [ ] Blender
    - [ ] Rhinoceros 7 (Requires Rosetta)
    - [ ] Visual Studio Code
        - [ ] Sync settings via GitHub
        - [ ] Use the GUI to install the VSCode `code` capability via PATH
    - [x] Arc Browser
    - [ ] Zotero
    - [ ] OBS
    - [ ] Descript
    - [ ] Loopback Audio
    - [ ] IINA
    - [ ] BetterDictation


MacOS Device Offboarding

    - [ ] Empty Trash
    - [ ] Move stuff to iCloud
        - [ ] Check home directory’s major folders for on-device files:
            - [ ] Applications
            - [ ] Developer
            - [ ] Downloads
        - [ ] Grab all relevant hidden/dotfile home directory items
            - [ ] zsh configuration and history files
        - [ ] Take screenshots of package manager states
            - [ ] brew
            - [ ] pip
        - [ ] Export device’s PGP keys, include secret