macOS Setup

Instructions for setting up and configuring a macOS machine how I like it.

I could probably script a lot of this but... eh, don't do it often enough.

• Configure all the macOS settings as desired (Display, User settings, Fingerprint, Dock size, no Stage Manager, empty Desktop).
• Assuming using Chromium / Chrome for the job.
  • Configure DuckDuckGo as search engine.
  • Turn off saving passwords, payments and addresses.
  • Install browser extension for Password Manager.
  • Install browser extension: File icons for GitHub and GitLab.
  • Install browser extension: uBlock Origin Lite.
  • Install browser extension: Privacy Badger.
  • Install browser extension: Unhook
  • Install browser extension: Hide Gemini and Google AI
• Assuming using Firefox for personal stuff.
  • Configure DuckDuckGo as search engine.
  • Turn off saving passwords, payments and addresses.
  • Login into Mozilla / Firefox account and let all the extensions get installed and settings get synced.
  • Go into Firefox settings and turn off the shite, because not all of it syncs / some of it gets reset.
• Login to GitHub.
• Install iTerm2.
• Configure iTerm2 into dark mode, 140 columns, 40 rows.
• Run touch ~/.hushlogin to prevent that "Last Login" message.
• Install Homebrew.
• Install GitHub's gh by doing brew install gh.
• Login to GitHub in a CLI by doing: gh auth login and configure/setup an SSH key.
• Wipe out your bash and zsh rc files: echo "" > .bashrc and echo "" > .zshrc
• Install dots (this!) with the curl ... | bash installation.
• Install mise-en-place (mise).
• Run mise install.
• Install your GPG key.
• Install VS Code.
• Install the krew plugin ctx.
• Run rescode.
• Check everything ran OK by doing code ~/dots
• You may need to open VS Code, open the Command Palette and run Shell Command: Install 'code' command in Path.
• Whilst in dots in VS Code, configure your config-files/vars.
• Install the JetBrains Toolbox App
• Login to the appropriate JetBrains account.
• Install IntelliJ, GoLand, and Android Studio via the JetBrains Toolbox App.
• Install Docker / Podman Desktop / Rancher Desktop - as appropriate.
• Configure "Productivity Suite" tools (Mail, Calendar, Chat/Slack, Zoom/Meet)
• Turn off all the Generative AI shite and all the feature bloat stuff.
• If using GitLab:
  • Install glab via Homebrew: brew install glab.
  • Run glab auth login and login via the Web and clone with SSH.
  • Run glab ssh-key add <SSH_KEY>.pub --title=my-macos-machine to add the SSH key.
• Clone some code and get to making stuff.