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My MacOS Setup

Start with a clean install. Open the terminal app and copy and paste the commands.
This is probably outdated as I update this when setting up MacOs on a new machine.

! Only run these commands if you know what you are doing. !

Widen the space between apps in Dock #

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}' && \
killall Dock

Enable autohide dock #

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -boolean true && \
killall Dock

Show hidden files in finder #

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true && \
killall Finder

Create projects folder #

(here I store my coding related files & repositories)

mkdir  -p ~/projects

Install Xcode #

xcode-select --install

Install brew #

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)

Install shells #

brew install zsh
brew install zsh-completions
brew install --cask iterm2

Customize shell #

ohmyzsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

powerlevel10k

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ~/powerlevel10k
echo 'source ~/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme' >>~/.zshrc
Autosuggestions #
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

Add inside ~/.zshrc:

plugins=(
    # other plugins...
    zsh-autosuggestions
)

Install & customize git #

brew install git

cd ~
touch .gitconfig
open .

Add to .gitconfig:

[alias]
  # Show verbose output about tags, branches or remotes
  tags = tag -l
  branches = branch -a
  remotes = remote -v
  sync = town sync
  # Pretty log output
  hist = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset %s%C(yellow)%d%Creset %Cgreen(%cr)%Creset [%an]' --abbrev-commit --date=relative

[color]
  # Use colors in Git commands that are capable of colored output when
  # outputting to the terminal. (This is the default setting in Git ≥ 1.8.4.)
  ui = auto
[color "branch"]
  current = yellow reverse
  local = yellow
  remote = green
[color "diff"]
  meta = yellow bold
  frag = magenta bold
  old = red bold
  new = green bold
[color "status"]
  added = yellow
  changed = green
  untracked = cyan

Install browsers #

brew install --cask firefox
brew install --cask chromium
brew install --cask google-chrome
brew install --cask brave-browser
brew install --cask opera

Install development tools #

brew install --cask sublime-text
brew install --cask sublime-merge
brew install --cask visual-studio-code
brew install go
brew install node
brew install yarn
brew install git-town
brew install --cask docker
brew install gh

Install social tools #

brew install --cask discord
brew install --cask slack
brew install --cask signal

Install design, content, and other tools #

brew install --cask figma
brew install --cask obs
brew install --cask adobe-creative-cloud
brew install --cask vlc
brew install --cask foobar2000
brew install --cask figma
brew install youtube-dl

Install misc. tools #

brew install alt-tab
brew install --cask rectangle

Reset Launchpad & Dock #

defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -boolean true; killall Dock
brew update && brew upgrade && brew doctor && brew cleanup

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