Eventually publishing mac-setup and dotfiles

Starting with a brand new macOS:

1. Make sure to be connected to a wifi network (or LAN)
2. Configure TouchID when setting up
3. Login to iCloud (but may skip photos) and activate Documents Sync
4. Open Terminal.app

This will do the very first steps for a new machine. The sudo password will be required. The command line tools, homebrew and fish shell will be installed.

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weiland/mac-setup/main/install | sh

Install all software, casks, fonts and mac app store apps.

# checkout Brewfile
vim Brewfile

# brewing
brew bundle

for macOS as multi-user

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume --daemon

or with fish:

sh ( curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | psub ) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume --daemon

nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer

mv /etc/nix/nix.conf /etc/nix/nix.conf.before-nix-darwin

./result/bin/darwin-installer

nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager
nix-channel --update

Add home-manager to ~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix

imports = [ <home-manager/nix-darwin> ];

sh dotfiles.sh

Compare with it's original and review the settings in there. History of .macos (last checked/updated 22. June 2021)

sh macos.sh

Since macos.sh cannot catch everything...

# Adjust Notification Center
#defaults read com.apple.notificationcenterui

# Set the right resolution (Default 1440x877 on MBP 13")
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences "NSWindow Frame Main Window Frame SystemPreferencesApp 8.0" -string "105 339 668 462 0 0 1440 877 "
# and for the display
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences "NSWindow Frame Main Window Frame SystemPreferencesApp 8.0" -string "256 121 668 658 0 0 2560 1415"

• enable umlauts via karabiner elements

• import config file
• make alt key working

mkdir ~/.local/share/nvim/plugged

sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'

nvim +PlugInstall +qa

# spell checking
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nvim/site/spell
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nvim/undo

defaults write net.sf.Jumpcut launchOnStartup -bool true
defaults write net.sf.Jumpcut launchOnLogin -bool true
# does not work yet (set cmd+B as hotkey)
defaults write net.sf.Jumpcut mainHotkey -dict characters b charactersIgnoringModifiers b keyCode 11 modifierFlags 1048576

defaults write org.shiftitapp.ShiftIt shiftItshowMenu -bool false

mkdir ~/.local/share/volta

Export volta's new home globally and append volta's bin to global fish user path in config.fish:

set -gx VOLTA_HOME ~/.local/share/volta
fish_add_path -ga $VOLTA_HOME/bin

brew install volta

1. Disable TouchBar as default
2. Remove Siri from TouchBar (replace with Do-Not-Disturb)
3. Map fn to show F keys
4. (Re-map Capslock) Map paragraph/plus-minus to ESC

• Login and import my Vault

• import config (mostly for umlauts and mapping ESC)

• Allow all access
• Login to iCloud with App password
• Disable Calendar Notifications
• Add Exchange accounts with public folders

• show paths
• remove labels
• add home
• add sidebar items

• Open Safari and login to GitHub and Instapaper

• login to private and work accounts

• Login

• Login

• login to all accounts

• Enable encrypted backups
• Add excluded items

2. fish history
3. rupa-z/zoxide history (if nothing big has been changed)
4. TimeMachine Exclude list

rsync -av '/Volumes/Backup/data' ~/whereever

sh update.sh

• Make sure TimeMachine backup did work properly
• Restart and press Commmand + Shift + R
• Use Recovery Disk to download and install new Mac OS
• On first boot: Hold Command + Option + P + R to clear NVRAM