Setup a new mac

This repo has a series of scripts to setup a new Mac from scratch. It will install things like brew, conda/mamba, and set various MacOS & App settings.

Getting started

1. Sign into iCloud
2. Update MacOS
3. Open Terminal.app
4. Install basic tools with xcode-select --install
5. Clone this repo: git clone https://github.com/raydouglass/setup-mac.git && cd setup-mac
6. Run env DEBUG=false ./setup_mac.sh [new_hostname]
   • Run with DEBUG=true to see what would be run without making any changes
7. Reboot

Customize the setup

Edit files

1. Edit pkgs/brew.sh to add/remove brew packages
2. Edit pkgs/cask.sh to add/remove brew cask packages
3. Edit pkgs/mas.sh to add/remove MacOS app store packages
4. Edit files in config/ to customize MacOS' & other apps' settings

setup_mac.sh settings

Set environment variables to control setup_mac.sh execution:

• SKIP_ALL - Skip everything below unless explicitly set to false
• SKIP_BREW - Skip installing brew, brew packages, and brew cask packages
• SKIP_BREW_PKGS - Skip installing brew packages
• SKIP_CASK_PKGS - Skip installing brew cask packages
• SKIP_MINIFORGE - Skip installing Miniforge3
• SKIP_MACOS_SETTINGS - Skip setting MacOS settings
• SKIP_APP_SETTINGS - Skip setting application settings
• SKIP_DOCK_SETTINGS - Skip setting up the dock
• SKIP_MAS - Skip installing MacOS app store packages
• SKIP_DUTI_SETTINGS - Skip using duti for setting default apps

For example:

• To only install brew packages DEBUG=false SKIP_ALL=true SKIP_BREW=false SKIP_BREW_PKGS=false ./setup_mac.sh
• To only configure the docker: DEBUG=false SKIP_ALL=true SKIP_DOCK_SETTINGS=false ./setup_mac.sh

Other macOS Settings

1. Enable FileVault
2. Enable Time Machine
3. Trackpad settings
   1. Tap to Click
   2. Natural Scrolling
   3. Swipe between pages w/ three fingers
4. Enable TouchID & enroll fingerprints

Testing

Run env DEBUG=true ./setup_mac.sh

References

See:

• http://sourabhbajaj.com/mac-setup/
• https://www.swyx.io/new-mac-setup
• https://macos-defaults.com/
• https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos