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Personal macOS development environment configuration.

Usage

./setup.sh <hostname> # Where <hostname> is your desired hostname for
                      # your system, e.g. "rays-macbook-pro"

The setup.sh $1 script takes care of everything:

• Setting macOS hostname to $1
• Setting macOS defaults (firewall on, stealthmode, etc.)
• Installing Xcode dev tools and Rosetta
• Show finder hidden files by default
• Installing brew and development dependencies & tools
• Installing a bunch of fonts
• Installing zprezto
• Installing nix via DetSys Nix Installer
• Installing python3.11.0 as global system default via pyenv
• Creating configuration symlinks for conf files in ./conf and ./nvim
• etc.

Essential Apps & Configurations

These are apps not bootstrapped by the setup script, and should be installed & configured accordingly below.

OnyX

Settings - Parameters

• Startup Mode -> Verbose
• Applications -> Display debug menu -> On
• Menus -> Show Quit Finder -> On
• Misc
  • CrashReporter Mode -> Developer
  • Prevent .DS_Store files from being created on network devices -> On

Little Snitch

Settings

• Run in Alert Mode
• Detail Level -> Show Port and Protocol Details
• Preselected Options -> Domain or Host -> Full Hostname
• Confirm connection alert automatically -> Deny connection attempts after 180seconds
• Security -> Allow access via Terminal
• DNS Encryption -> Off
• Advanced -> BPF Monitoring -> On

Micro Snitch

Settings

• Open at login -> On
• Log activity -> On
• Show overlay when devices are active -> Off

Amethyst

Settings

• General -> Window Margins -> Enabled, 6px
• Layouts -> Remove Wide, Remove Column
• Debug -> Show debug info about layouts -> On
• Floating
  • Float small windows -> On
  • Automatically float applications listed
    • com.apple.systempreferences
• Shortcuts
  • Shrink Main Pane -> Cmd+Shift+H
  • Expand Main Pane -> Cmd+Shift+L
  • Swap focused windows clockwise -> Cmd+Shift+X
  • Relaunch Amethyst -> Cmd+Z
  • Remove everything else

Sublime Merge

Settings

• Theme -> Dark
• Font Face -> Monaspace Krypton
• Font Size -> 16

Flux

Settings

• Custom colors -> Set Daytime + Sunset + Bedtime to: 2700K (Tungsten)

Raycast

Settings - General

• Raycast AI -> Off

Settings - Extensions

• Disable everything except:
  • Applications
  • Calculator
  • Clipboard History
  • Search Emoji & Symbols
  • Snippets
  • System
  • System Settings
  • Translate

CleanShot X

Settings

• Replace macOS default screenshot hotkeys

Recording - General

• Display recording time -> On
• Do Not Disturb while recording -> On
• Show cursor -> on
• Highlight clicks -> on
• Show countdown -> On

Advanced

• File name: screencap-,%y,-,%m,-,%d,-,%H,.,%M,.,%S
• Remove illegal characters -> On
• Use UTC time -> Off
• Keep history -> 1 month
• All-in-One -> Remember last selection
• Add "2x" suffix to retina screenshots -> On

Firefox

• Sign in with Firefox Sync
• DevTools -> Dock to right

Ghostty

Configuration handled by setup script.

1Password

No additional config.

Discord

No additional config.

Slack

No additional config.

Chrome

No additional config.

Yaak

No additional config.

Sublime Text

No additional config.

AppCleaner

No additional config.

Claude

No additional config.

Essential macOS Settings

Finder

• New Finder windows show: Documents
• Sync Desktop & Documents folders -> On
• Open folders in tabs instead of new windows -> On
• Show all filename extensions -> On
• Show warning before changing an extension -> Off
• When performing a search -> Search the Current Folder
• Remove items from the Trash after 30 days -> On

Trackpad

• Scroll Speed -> 80%
• Use Trackpad for dragging -> On
• Dragging style -> Three Finger Drag

Keyboard

• Key Repeat Rate - Fast 100%
• Delay until repeat - Short 100%
• Function Keys - Use F1, F2, etc. as standard function keys - On
• Modifier Keys - Caps Lock -> Escape
• Shortcuts -> Spotlight -> Show spotlight search -> Off
• Text Replacements -> Delete all

Input Sources -> U.S.

• Correct spelling automatically -> Off
• Capitalize words automatically -> Off
• Show inline predictive text -> Off
• Show suggested replies -> On
• Add period with double-space -> Off
• Spelling -> Automatic by language
• Use smart quotes and dashes -> Off

Desktop & Dock

• Dock Size -> Smallest
• Dock Magnification -> 80%
• Position on screen -> Right
• Show suggested & recent apps in Dock -> Off

Control Center

• Show date -> Display time with seconds
• Battery -> Show percentage

License

MIT