rahuldotbiz
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2 years ago Just loved the posts. I don't own mac, but in future YES. Saving this article.
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rahuldotbiz
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2 years ago Just loved the posts. I don't own mac, but in future YES. Saving this article.
rbourbotte
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2 years ago Hi, nice setup and nice tools !
Do you have some automation tools to rebuild easily and quickly like ansible or a bash script ?
swyxio
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2 years ago hey @rbourbotte no i dont - since i only do this when i get a new mac (which isnt that often) i want to be able to go through each tech choice every time and re evaluate if i want a new thing
hungdoansy
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2 years ago Very useful article. Found NoTunes which I needed for years
sheldonhull
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2 years ago I've messed around with zsh for a while now and I've arrived at two things: chezmoi for syncing my dotfiles and install scripts, and zinit for my profile. It's confusing, but worth it.
For example, just use (if you have zinit and it's annex stuff initialized).
zinit ice as"null" lucid from"github-rel" \
mv"zoxide* -> zoxide" \
extract'' \
lucid \
sbin'zoxide'
zinit load ajeetdsouza/zoxide
if command -v zoxide &>/dev/null; then
eval "$(zoxide init zsh)" &>/dev/null || warn
# zinit snippet https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/main/zoxide.plugin.zsh || warn
fiZoxide now replaces "z" and is a rust based quick change folder alternative.
Then I have others like:
# install "better" ls
zinit ice wait"2" lucid from"gh-r" as"program" mv"exa* -> exa" extract'' ogham/exa
zinit wait lucid light-mode for atpull'zinit creinstall -q completions/zsh/_exa' ogham/exa
# super great inline history search, ctrl+r on steroids.
zstyle ":history-search-multi-word" page-size "11"
zinit ice wait"1" lucid
zinit load zdharma-continuum/history-search-multi-word
zinit snippet OMZP::gh
zinit snippet OMZP::golang
zinit snippet OMZP::helm
# ... etcThis downloads the correct binary for your system, and shims it automatically.
Note the benefit of doing this with chezmoi is my dotfiles are now a single command to sync on windows (wsl2), docker devcontainers, codespaces, and my mac. It works everywhere and I just run chezmoi update to get whatever latest is my repo. Because it's simple Go templating, you can just add or remove a block for any OS in the same file. Also you can set run_once_install_script.sh or run_always_install_script.sh so basic installs can be added, like my global asdf file.
The fact it can match and install the right github release automatically feels magical to be honest. If you want to give it a try, I could clean-up a simple starter repo for you to experiment with. Definitely recommend if you want to keep settings/aliases/plugins easy to sync to any machine.
swyxio
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2 years ago this looks cool! unfortunately i dont setup dotfiles that often that i feel like i need it right now but i'll def refer to this when I need to sync.
swyxio
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2 years ago Jun 2022: https://shottr.cc/ just launched on HN and I am trying it out.
sheldonhull
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2 years ago Fig just released a dotfiles tool for Early Access as well.
unkrich
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2 years ago Adding my own implementation as well as a resource if it's useful: https://github.com/unkrich/base-osx
swyxio
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2 years ago added @cpojer's new articles: https://twitter.com/cpojer/status/1569797978881400832
kishvanchee
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1 year ago I use Flameshot on linux and mac. It's been great. Hope you like it. https://flameshot.org/docs/installation/installation-osx/
title: My 2022 New Mac Setup description: I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development. tags: mac, tech published: true slug: new-mac-setup-2022 category: note canonical_url: https://www.swyx.io/new-mac-setup-2022/
I set up my new Macbook Pro (16 inch, 2021 M1 Max 32 GB RAM 1TB HD) today. Here's everything I use on a Mac.
Scroll all the way to the bottom for lists and other Mac setup tools from friends!
Immediate first steps
Things that take a while to install
Get these going first so they can run in the background
Install ZSH -
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"If M1 mac:
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-licenseto install Rosetta2Install Homebrew -
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"and theni have a bunch more stuff in
brew listbut i'm not sure what i use actively. You can mass install these - dump them in apackages.txtand thenbrew install $(cat packages.txt)arch -x86_64 brew install YOUR_PACKAGEsh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemonEither of these will prompt you to install Apple Command Line Tools - takes 15-25 minutes to download the damn thing so do this first. Don't run them in parallel.
OS/Browser Settings
My full list of extensions I use are here:
Setup Terminal
gitwill prompt you to install git - takes 15 minutes)git config --global init.defaultBranch maingit config --global user.name "swyx"git config --global user.email shawnthe1@gmail.comdiff-so-fancygit config --global core.pager "diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=4 -RFX"- makes for much nicer git diffdif() { git diff --color --no-index "$1" "$2" | diff-so-fancy; }or with VSCodecode --diff file1.js file2.js./oh-my-zsh/themes/agnostertheme from dotfilesSee previous year for my Hyper terminal recommendations.
Set up apps/environments
You should have already installed a bunch of stuff with Homebrew as per above. Below I will list other stuff that you may wish to use:
brew install github/gh/ghgh auth loginarch -x86_64 zshlets you avoid weird dotenv errors but it didnt work for me (just running npm i on swyxkit)fnm install 16npm loginnpm config set loglevel="warn"sudo npm install netlify-cli -gthennetlify loginnpm i -g sign-bunny fortune-node parrotsayfun little cli utilities to usenpm i -g undollarfor removing $npm install -g npm-check-updatesfor updating depssudo npm install -g trash-clito add atrashcommand to so you dont permanently delete filesbrew install yarn --ignore-dependencies- yarn notebrew install z- doesnt work out of the box exactly - see my issue on the rupa/z repo - homebrew changed the default install path of the z.sh script so just make sure you are pointing to the right new path -/opt/homebrew/etc/profile.d/z.shpip3 install --user powerline-statusgit clone <https://github.com/powerline/fonts> && cd fonts && ./install.shNotes on other stuff we already brew installed
Setup Apps
I hate Docker Desktop so i am using "docker" without it
sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.5.1/docker-compose-darwin-aarch64 -o /usr/local/bin/docker-composechmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-composebrew install --cask notunes- so that you dont launch itunes/apple musicdownload Audacity - and install ffmpeg for audacity - the instructions are intentionally opaque - just go to https://lame.buanzo.org/#lameosx64bitdl and download and run the pkg - Audacity will detect it from there
Emojis: I used to use https://matthewpalmer.net/rocket/ but now I just use the naive Mac emoji picker (hit Fn key)
Privacy unfucker: Pure Paste from Sindre Sorhus
Password Manager: I use 1password for company and lastpass for personal
Window Manager: https://rectangleapp.com/
Screenshots: I like https://cleanshot.com/ except that it has limited activations which is annoying for someone with 3 devices - so https://zapier.com/zappy is less annoying but has less good annotation capability. Browser extension - Lightshot. Jun 2022: https://shottr.cc/ just launched on HN and I am trying it out.
Superhuman for Mac and https://mail.superhuman.com
Clipboard Manager: I used to use https://clipy-app.com/ but it no longer stores images on m1 mac's. So trying out one of the Clipy forks or
(trying it out) Cron Calendar app https://cron.com/download/macos
App Quitter: https://swiftquit.com/ (Close Mac Applications Automatically When Their Windows Close)
Loom: https://www.loom.com/desktop
Zoom: https://zoom.us/download
Caffeine (Keep Mac awake for talks): https://intelliscapesolutions.com/apps/caffeine
NoTunes - disable itunes/apple music
Stuff I no longer use often but will bring in when i have the need
Chat: Slack and Discord
Note taking:
Stretchly: https://hovancik.net/stretchly/
Replay: download
App Search/Utils: https://www.alfredapp.com/
Editor: Download VS Code (I used to use Insiders but the popups are super annoying). use Settings Sync to sync across machines
"editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": trueScreenflow 9 download
Other good "new laptop setup" lists: