Mac Setup

Eventually publishing mac-setup and dotfiles

New Mac

Starting with a brand new macOS:

1. Make sure to be connected to a wifi network (or LAN)
2. Configure TouchID when setting up
3. Login to iCloud (but may skip photos) and activate Documents Sync
4. Open Terminal.app

Bootstrap a new machine

This will do the very first steps for a new machine. The sudo password will be required. The command line tools, homebrew and fish shell will be installed.

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weiland/mac-setup/main/install | sh

Homebrew

Install all software, casks, fonts and mac app store apps.

# checkout Brewfile
vim Brewfile

# brewing
brew bundle

Install nix

for macOS as multi-user

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume --daemon

or with fish:

sh ( curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | psub ) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume --daemon

Install nix-darwin

nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer

mv /etc/nix/nix.conf /etc/nix/nix.conf.before-nix-darwin

./result/bin/darwin-installer

Install home-manager within nix-darwin

nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager
nix-channel --update

Add home-manager to ~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix

imports = [ <home-manager/nix-darwin> ];

Install dotfiles

sh dotfiles.sh

MacOS defauls

Compare with it's original and review the settings in there. History of .macos (last checked/updated 22. June 2021)

sh macos.sh

Manual settings

Since macos.sh cannot catch everything...

# Adjust Notification Center
#defaults read com.apple.notificationcenterui

# Set the right resolution (Default 1440x877 on MBP 13")
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences "NSWindow Frame Main Window Frame SystemPreferencesApp 8.0" -string "105 339 668 462 0 0 1440 877 "
# and for the display
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences "NSWindow Frame Main Window Frame SystemPreferencesApp 8.0" -string "256 121 668 658 0 0 2560 1415"

karabiner (umlauts)

• enable umlauts via karabiner elements

iTerm2

• import config file
• make alt key working

neovim

mkdir ~/.local/share/nvim/plugged

sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'

nvim +PlugInstall +qa

# spell checking
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nvim/site/spell
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nvim/undo

JumpCut

defaults write net.sf.Jumpcut launchOnStartup -bool true
defaults write net.sf.Jumpcut launchOnLogin -bool true
# does not work yet (set cmd+B as hotkey)
defaults write net.sf.Jumpcut mainHotkey -dict characters b charactersIgnoringModifiers b keyCode 11 modifierFlags 1048576

ShiftIt

defaults write org.shiftitapp.ShiftIt shiftItshowMenu -bool false

Volta (nodejs, npm and git-open)

mkdir ~/.local/share/volta

Export volta's new home globally and append volta's bin to global fish user path in config.fish:

set -gx VOLTA_HOME ~/.local/share/volta
fish_add_path -ga $VOLTA_HOME/bin

brew install volta

Other stuff

1. Disable TouchBar as default
2. Remove Siri from TouchBar (replace with Do-Not-Disturb)
3. Map fn to show F keys
4. (Re-map Capslock) Map paragraph/plus-minus to ESC

1Password

• Login and import my Vault

BetterTouchTool / Karabiner

• import config (mostly for umlauts and mapping ESC)

Fantastical

• Allow all access
• Login to iCloud with App password
• Disable Calendar Notifications
• Add Exchange accounts with public folders

Finder

• show paths
• remove labels
• add home
• add sidebar items

Safari

• Open Safari and login to GitHub and Instapaper

Mail

• login to private and work accounts

Things 3

• Login

Telegram

• Login

Tweetbot

• login to all accounts

TimeMachine

• Enable encrypted backups
• Add excluded items

Import previous configs etc

2. fish history
3. rupa-z/zoxide history (if nothing big has been changed)
4. TimeMachine Exclude list

Import files from mounted volumes (e.g. old TM Backups etc)

rsync -av '/Volumes/Backup/data' ~/whereever

Kepp the Mac up to date

sh update.sh

Coming from an installed mac => new installtion

• Make sure TimeMachine backup did work properly
• Restart and press Commmand + Shift + R
• Use Recovery Disk to download and install new Mac OS
• On first boot: Hold Command + Option + P + R to clear NVRAM