"Minimal" setup to work on MacOS as an Android Developer

setup_mac_os.md

Mac OS Setup

Here my "minimal" setup to work on a Mac as an Android Developer

• Format disk as Case sensitive, journaled Why?
  • To be able one day to compile Android AOSP
• Install Mac OS
  • Chose English language
  • Skip the apple login
• Install Chrome
  • In "Settings", "Download" section, check "ask where download each time"
• Install Sublime to edit text
• Install Gimp to edit images
• Install Giphy to record screen video / gifs
• Install Android Studio
  • Create a new project empty
  • Setup an emulator
  • Download sdk
  • Keymaps to add for an AZERTY keyboard
    • Add ⌘& to open 1:Project panel
    • Add ⌘" to open Presentation mode
    • Add ⌘§ to open loggs
• Setup Mouse
  • In System preferences > Mouse > Tracking speed to max
  • In System preferences > Mouse > Scrolling speed to 3/4
  • If mouse System preferences > Mouse > Uncheck Scroll direction to natural
  • If trackpad System preferences > Mouse > Check Scroll direction to natural
• Setup Mac OS Doc, remove all except, in this order
  • Finder
  • Launchpad
  • Chrome
  • Android Studio
  • Xcode
  • Giphy
  • Gimp
  • Terminal
  • Activity Monitor
  • App Store
  • Settings
• Setup "Launchpad", put all apps into Other folder except dev tools (WebBrowsers, IDEs...)
• Open Terminal and run git. Then enable developer tools (or run xcode-select --install)
• Install Java
• Finder setup
  • Enable hidden folders visibility
    • defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
    • killall Finder
  • Setup UI, on the menu bar, Finder > Prefrences > General
    • Check "Hard disks", "External disks", "CD, DVD, iPod", "Connected server"
    • Make "New Finder windows show" to "Documents"
  • Setup UI, on the menu bar, Finder > Preferences > Sidebar
    • Uncheck "Recent", "AirDrop", "Bonjour computers", "Tags"
    • Check "Application", "Desktop", "Documents", "Downloads", "Movies", "Music", "Picture", "user-name"
  • Setup UI, on the menu bar, Finder > Prefrences > Advanced
    • Check "Show all filename extensions"
    • "When performing a search" change to "the Current Folder"
  • Setup UI, architecture
    • On menu bar View, check "as Columns"
• Aliases from mac-config
  • cd ~/Documents && git clone https://github.com/Mercandj/mac-config.git
  • Then add aliases in your ~.bash_profile
• Install brew