All the stuff I do on a fresh macOS Installation

Fresh macOS Setup.md

App Store apps

• OmniFocus 4
• iA Writer
• Slack
• Hudlum

Direct apps

• Transmit https://panic.com/transmit/

• Kaleidoscope https://kaleidoscope.app/download-v2

• Claude https://claude.ai/downloads

• Claude Code https://code.claude.com/

  • CLAUDE.md: https://gist.github.com/ashfurrow/efd5b84e2700b23fda266f3de36409b6

• Adobe Creative Cloud https://www.adobe.com/ca/

• VSCode https://code.visualstudio.com/download

• Xcode https://developer.apple.com/download/more

• Sketch https://www.sketchapp.com

• Sync https://sync.com

• Ghostty https://ghostty.org

• config.ghostty:

  font-family = Fira Code
  theme = Dracula
  
  window-width = 120
  window-height = 30
  
  # Fix for Claude not scrolling with mouse
  mouse-reporting = false
  
  scrollback-limit = 0
  

• Spotify https://spotify.com

• GitHub Mac Credential Helper https://help.github.com/articles/caching-your-github-password-in-git/

Command Line Setup

• zsh https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh

  .zshrc:

  plugins=(z git macos xcode yarn mise)
  
  # Auto-install updates every 30 days
  DISABLE_UPDATE_PROMPT=true
  UPDATE_ZSH_DAYS=30
  
  source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
  
  # Calm zsh down when it can't find file matches
  unsetopt nomatch
  
  alias mac_mini_port_forward="ssh -L 5922:localhost:5900 lil-mac.local"
  alias ugh="git commit --amend --no-edit"
  
  # Homebrew
  export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
  

• Homebrew http://brew.sh

• brew analytics off

• brew install hub

• brew install diff-so-fancy

• brew install mise

• Firacode:

  • brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts
  • brew install --cask font-fira-code

Other Customizations

• Dock on right, auto-hide off, no magnification
• Accessibility Settings
  • Turn on zoom (ctrl key + scroll)
  • "Reduce Transparency"
  • "Show window title icons"
• git config --global core.pager "diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=4 -RFX"
• git config --global hub.protocol https
• git config --global pull.rebase true
• git config --global rebase.autoStash true
• git config --global push.default simple
• git config --global user.name "Ash Furrow"
• git config --global user.email ash@ashfurrow.com
• git config --global alias.pushf "push --force-with-lease"
• Fixes Tahoe menu icons: defaults write -g NSMenuEnableActionImages -bool NO
• Stop Photos from opening when attaching a digital camera: defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug -bool YES
• Always expand save file dialogue box: defaults write -g NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -boolean true
• Hide Desktop icons: defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false

Hey Ash, I was perusing your nicely curated Mac setup :) I'm an old mac hack myself (used to be called a MacHead).

Here's one you might consider adding to your .bash_profile (or the equivalent zsh)..

alias show='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1 && killall Finder'
alias hide='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0 && killall Finder'

Useful if I want to see all those invisible files in the finder.

Cheers!

Thanks @cjazz! That's a good one.

@cjazz There's also a shortcut for that: shift command . which is a toggle. It even works in open/save dialog boxes.

@OliverTaylor this is good stuff but its like a toggle which later(restart of computer) goes off...

@ashfurrow seems GIF Brewery has disappeared from the app store! It's my daily tool