System Preferences

Keyboard

  • Set key repeat to fast and delay until repeat to almost fast.

Dock

  • Set size to small.
  • Remove workspace auto-switching by running the following command:

defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool NO killall Dock # Restart the Dock process

Finder

  • Change New finder window show to open in your Home Directory
  • Add Home and your Code Directory to the sidebar
  • Remove bluetooth and display icons
  • Change battery to show percentage
  • Add sound icon
  • Install runcat, amphetamine and monosnap

Spotlight

  • Uncheck contancts, events, films, fonts, images and music.

Accounts

  • Add an iCloud account and sync Calendar, Find my Mac, Contacts etc.

Xcode

xcode-select –install

Homebrew

/bin/bash -c “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)" echo ‘PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH”’ » ~/.bash_profile

Test it:

brew doctor

Cask

Homebrew-Cask extends Homebrew and allows you to install large binary files via a command-line tool. You can for example install applications like Google Chrome, Dropbox, VLC and Spectacle. No more downloading .dmg files and dragging them to your Applications folder!

Quick Look plugins

brew cask install
qlcolorcode
qlstephen
qlmarkdown
quicklook-json
qlprettypatch
quicklook-csv
betterzip
webpquicklook
suspicious-package
muzzle

App Suggestions

brew cask install
appcleaner
cheatsheet
docker
firefox
google-chrome
spotify
zoomus
phpstorm
goland
evernote
monosnap
amphetamine
runcat
postman
slack
iterm2
mysqlworkbench
tree

Brewfile

Dump current packages: brew bundle dump Restore packages: brew bundle

iTerm 2

brew cask install iterm2

Setup

  • Set hot-key to open and close the terminal to command + option + i
  • Go to profiles -> Default -> Terminal -> Check silence bell to disable the terminal session from making any sound
  • Download one of iTerm2 color schemes and then set these to your default profile colors
  • Change the cursor text and cursor color to yellow make it more visible
  • iTerm β†’ Preferences β†’ Profiles β†’ Keys β†’ Presets… β†’ Natural Text Editing

ZSH

brew install zsh

Oh My Zsh

sh -c “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)" chsh -s $(which zsh)

plugins=(git git-extras osx colorize history zsh-completions zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-iterm-touchbar)

git clone –depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

fzf

fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder.

brew install fzf

Example Usages

# fd - cd to selected directory
fd() {
  local dir
  dir=$(find ${1:-.} -path '*/\.*' -prune \
                  -o -type d -print 2> /dev/null | fzf +m) &&
  cd "$dir"
}

# fh - search in your command history and execute selected command
fh() {
  eval $( ([ -n "$ZSH_NAME" ] && fc -l 1 || history) | fzf +s --tac | sed 's/ *[0-9]* *//')
}

# ch - browse chrome history
ch() {
  local cols sep
  cols=$(( COLUMNS / 3 ))
  sep='{::}'

  cp -f ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Profile\ 1/History /tmp/h

  sqlite3 -separator $sep /tmp/h \
    "select substr(title, 1, $cols), url
     from urls order by last_visit_time desc" |
  awk -F $sep '{printf "%-'$cols's  \x1b[36m%s\x1b[m\n", $1, $2}' |
  fzf --ansi --multi | sed 's#.*\(https*://\)#\1#' | xargs open
}

# dc - browse running Docker containers
dc() {
  if docker ps > /dev/null 2>&1; then
      container=$(docker ps | awk '{if (NR!=1) print $1 ": " $(NF)}' | fzf --height 40%)
  
      if [[ -n $container ]]; then
          container_id=$(echo $container | awk -F ': ' '{print $1}')
  
          docker exec -it $container_id /bin/bash -lc "export TERM=xterm; stty rows 50 cols 120; exec bash"
      else
          echo "You haven't selected any container! ༼぀◕_◕༽぀"
      fi
  else
      echo "Docker daemon is not running! (ΰ² _ΰ² )"
  fi
}

tree

brew install tree

Bash Completion

brew install bash-completion echo “\n# Bash Completion\n[[ -r "/usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh" ]] && . "/usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh"” » ~/.zshrc brew install docker-completion docker-compose-completion

Sources of this guide