Clean macOS development setup

Setup macOS and software

• FileVault, disable iCloud unlock
• Disable data sharing
• Disable Siri
• Setup iCloud later

Setup 1Password

• Download 1Password
• Setup accounts by scanning QR-code on iPhone
• Login to Apple iCloud
• Check and install any available updates
• Setup browser extensions

Finder

Create development and screenshots folder and save screenshots to this folder:

mkdir ~/Development
mkdir ~/Documents/Screenshots/
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Documents/Screenshots && killall SystemUIServer

• Add home and ~/Development folders to sidebar

Download software

• Chrome
• Docker
• Firefox Developer
• Firefox
• Spotify
• Visual Studio Code

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Development setup

Homebrew

• Setup instructions

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

• XCode command line tools will be installed

Setup packages

brew install node
brew cask install iterm2
npm install -g n diff-so-fancy

• n
• diff-so-fancy setup:

git config --global core.pager "diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=4 -RFX"
git config --global color.ui true
git config --global color.diff-highlight.oldNormal    "red bold"
git config --global color.diff-highlight.oldHighlight "red bold 52"
git config --global color.diff-highlight.newNormal    "green bold"
git config --global color.diff-highlight.newHighlight "green bold 22"
git config --global color.diff.meta       "11"
git config --global color.diff.frag       "magenta bold"
git config --global color.diff.commit     "yellow bold"
git config --global color.diff.old        "red bold"
git config --global color.diff.new        "green bold"
git config --global color.diff.whitespace "red reverse"

Git/ssh keys setup

git config --global user.name "Your Name Here"
git config --global user.email "your_email@youremail.com"

• Setup ssh keys in Github and Bitbucket accounts. Guide

Visual Studio Code

• Run VS code command: Install 'code' command in path
• Install One Dark Pro
• Install Fire Code

Settings.json

{
    "workbench.colorTheme": "One Dark Pro",
    "editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code, 'Courier New', monospace",
    "editor.fontLigatures": "'ss02', 'ss08', 'zero'"
}

iTerm 2

One Dark theme

• Go to iTerm2 -> Profiles -> Colors -> Color presets… -> One Dark
• Go to iTerm2 -> Profiles -> Text -> Font -> Fira Code Retina
• Go to iTerm2 -> Preferences -> Advanced and scroll to the Drawing section, then change:
  • Improves drawing performance at the expense of disallowing alphanumeric characters to belong to ligatures. to No
• Go to iTerm2 -> Appearance -> General -> Theme -> Minimal

Zsh + Oh My Zsh

brew install zsh
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

• Plugins: plugins=(git colored-man-pages colorize brew osx zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions z)

Keyboard and mouse setup

• Download Logi Options for Logitech MX Master 3
• Download VIA for Idobao ID80V2 mechanical keyboard
• If keyboard needs to be flashed, load via/idobao_id80v2.json VIA config.