Mac Setup 01 December 2020

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Every time I get a new Mac I like to set it up from scratch, you drop all the stuff that has built up over time and start from a clean slate. The problem is always remembering all the different software that I like to have installed so this time I decided to keep a record to give me a better starting point for next time.

From the App Store:

• Bear - nice clean markdown editor
• Quiver - code snippets
• Things 3 - TODO lists
• 1Password - password management
• Transmit - file transfers
• Front and Center - window utility
• Bumpr - allows you to select the browser whenever you click on a link
• Unsplash Wallpapers - daily wallpapers
• Paste - clipboard memory
• BetterSnapTool - window utility
• Slack - communication
• Pocket - read later
• Xcode - the Apple code editor
• SystemPal - menubar util to show system resources
• DaisyDisk - check disk usage
• Spark - email

From elsewhere:

• Dropbox - cloud storage
• Homebrew - utilities
• oh-my-zsh - command line
• iTerm 2 - command line
• Visual Code Studio - software development
• Sourcetree - GitHub
• OmniGraffle - design
• Authy - password management
• Chrome - browser
• Firefox - browser
• Edge - browser
• Opera - browser
• Spotify - music
• Sonos - music

There are also always a number of things I need to remember to configure:

• System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General: Sign in with Apple Watch
• System Preferences -> Sharing: file, screen, printer and remote login
• System Preferences -> General: prefer tabs always
• System Preferences -> Mission Control: disable automatically rearranging spaces
• System Preferences -> Language & Region: 24 hour clock
• System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text: disable correct spelling and capitilise words automatically
• System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text: disable use smart quotes and dashes
• Safari -> General: open with last session
• Safari -> Extension: enable 1Password and Bumpr
• Finder -> General: open in tabs rather than windows
• Finder -> Advanced: show all file name extensions
• Finder -> Advanced: search the current folder
• I sync my .profile , .zshrc and .aws settings using iCloud Drive