dotfiles

macOS & windows dotfiles & post install scripts - better defaults, productive os, awesome tools.

This will initialize a freshly installed Mac OS (catalina) instance with all of my applications, cli tools, and adjust some basic operating system settings.

Instructions

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

Basic Tool Overview

mas
Brew / bundle
mackup
git sync

System Tools

dockutil
displayplacer
defaults - convert user defaults (plist) into shell script with ease!
sidebarutil

App Settings Highlights n Notes

See software page for macOS packages, vsCode extensions, web extensions.

Global Shortcuts

1password- ⌘⇧P
Alfred- ⌘space prompt, ⌘⌥C view clip history
Cheetsheet hold- ⌘
Notion
MonoSnap - ⌘⌥5 capture area, ⌘⌥6 capture fullscreen, ⌘⌥4 record video, toggle record fullscreen ⌘⌃⇧F, ⌃⇧space start/pause, ⌘⌥Q Stop
Timer (horo) - ⌃⌥T
Todoist - ⌃⌘T show/hide, ⌃⌘A Quick task
yoink - ⌃⌥Y
numi - ⌃⌥N

Manual Work

VSCode, Alfred, Brave Sync Setup
Signin to Apple Account, Mail|Contacts|Calendar, RescueTime (app,web plugin), Todoist (web plugin, app), Notion (web plugin, desktop), Spotify, Slack, Discord, Signal, Steam
Override Spotlight with Alfred
Install bypass-paywalls-chrome - possible solution
Open all apps to deal with initial sys preferences and startup settings

Automation Dreams

https://github.com/Lord-Kamina/SwiftDefaultApps/issues/29 -> adjusts default apps, web app, programming -> vscode, video vlc, flac vox, ssh,telnet + others -> iterm.
add dev apps to security, privacy "dev tools" category to avoid security policy.
TODO: automate open here https://gist.github.com/pdanford/158d74e2026f393e953ed43ff8168ec1
better .gitconfig or .gitconfig
figureout t2 chip issue preventing vpn'd mac from using keyboard if route is not present. related hnews
shellsync, search, backup, history persistence, search, sync
desktop background + screen saver sync + setup per res

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