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New Mac Setup

All the stuff I do to set up a new Mac

Applications

  • Amphetamine
  • DaisyDisk
  • Deliveries
  • iA Writer
  • iStat Menus
  • Kaleidoscope
  • PopClip
  • Reeder
  • Speedtest
  • Spotify
  • Sublime Text
  • The Unarchiver
  • Tweetbot
  • Xcode

Terminal

macOS Defaults

Hide the icons on my Desktop:

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false
killall Finder

Set the Finder sidebar icon size to Small:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSTableViewDefaultSizeMode -int 2

'Jump to the spot that's clicked' in Scroll Bars:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleScrollerPagingBehavior -int 1

Enable Text Selection in QuickLook previews:

defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool TRUE

Disable auto–correction:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false

Default save location is Disk, not iCloud:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false

Always expand Save Panel by default:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true

Tap to click in the trackpad:

defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true
defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1

Finder Show Status Bar:

defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true

Finder Show Path Bar:

defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true

Finder Show Tab Bar:

Finder Menu -> View -> Show Tab Bar

Finder Search always searches current folder by default:

defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string "SCcf"

Disable the warning when changing a file extension:

defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false

Default Finder view is Column:

defaults write com.apple.Finder FXPreferredViewStyle clmv

Put Dock on the left:

defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string left

Disable Dock magnification:

defaults write com.apple.dock magnification -bool false

Don't open files in Safari after downloading:

defaults write com.apple.Safari AutoOpenSafeDownloads -bool false

Show favorites bar in Safari by default:

defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowFavoritesBar -bool true

Show Develop menu in Safari:

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDevelopMenu -bool true

Show status bar in Safari:

defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowOverlayStatusBar -bool true

Xcode Show Line Numbers:

defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode DVTTextShowLineNumbers -bool true

Xcode Show Code Folding Ribbons:

defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode DVTTextShowFoldingSidebar -bool true

Xcode Show Build Times in Toolbar:

defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode ShowBuildOperationDuration -bool true

Don't load remote content in Mail by default:

defaults write com.apple.mail-shared DisableURLLoading -bool true
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