Do the following:
- move aside ~/.emacs and ~/.emacs.d
- cp ./.emacs ~/
The first time you open Emacs, git repos of all used packages will appear in ~/.emacs.d/ and there is not reason to edit that or back it up ever.
This is specific to my setup (Common Lisp, etc.)
brew install aspell
When in Ispell mode, put cursor on miss-spelled word and:
M-x ispell-word
and hit "i" character to install a word into the personal Aspell dictionary:
~/.aspell.en.pws