Setting up your machine

1. Ensure your machine is running (at least) OSX Catalina
2. Run bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/javatarz/mac-setup/main/bootstrap.sh)
3. Log out and back in to apply OSX changes (can be done at the end)
4. Login to the App Store in the background (before mac apps get installed)
5. Restore the list of Manual Items (below)
6. Run mkdir -p ~/projects/personal && cd ~/projects/personal && git clone git@github.com:javatarz/mac-setup.git && cd mac-setup && ./install.sh to move shell configurations to a more permanent path. Restart shell to apply changes
7. Log out and back in to apply OSX changes (can be ignored if it hasn't been already done)

Updating the codebase over time

Brew packages

rm -f brew/Brewfile && brew bundle dump --file=brew/Brewfile

Once you have fish setup, the function brewfile will do the above command for you.

OSX settings (or any other plist)

Setup the aliases

alias bef="rm -f before after && defaults read > before" && alias aft="defaults read > after && code --diff before after"

In a directory with write privileges, run bef, make the changes you wish to record and then run aft. The console will output the differences.

iTerm2

Open Preferences > General > Preferences and set the config path to <base-path>/mac-setup/iterm2

Make changes via the iterm2 UI and commit the file.

Alfred

Open Preferences > Advanced > Set Preferences Folder and set the config path to <base-path>/mac-setup/alfred

Make changes via the Alfred UI and commit the file.

iStat Menus

Update the menu structure as required

Manual items

1. ~/.ssh
2. ~/.gnupg
3. ~/.config/fish/conf.d/secrets.fish
4. iStat Menus - Menu configurations import

Pending items

• OSX
  • Spotlight shortcut (currently done by Bartender)
• Secrets management
• Automate mac-setup checkout process