Mac tips

mac-tips.md

• Use Spaces to organise stuffs - use control arrows to switch, use control up and drag stuff around
• Know your dotfiles (.bash_profile).
  • I version controlled my dotfiles, I had to do this because I have 4 macs and I want to be able to have consistent dev environment on them.
  • Here is my example: https://github.com/cemeng/dotfiles/blob/master/bash_profile
  • So on my new laptop I just git clone the repo, create .bash_profile that sources the bash_profile on that repo
  • Another idea: maintain a list of packages that I brew install make it a script that I can run
• Use a launcher app, I like AlfredApp (not mac specific) ** you can install “worfklows” such as weather, forecast, play spotify etc (clipboard) ** but you can use Spotlight too CMD + space -> useful for quick calculation
• Take a screenshot - cmd-shift-4 I use this ALOT for JIRA. https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204216
• Embrace the shell, useful things that I use on daily basis: grep / ag, history, tree
• Windows Ctrl mostly becomes Mac CMD, example: Ctrl C -> CMD C for copying
• 1Password (not mac specific) - so you don't have to remember your password anymore and safer too, since it will generate the password, so you won't share your Google password with your bank password for example.
• Evernote (not mac specific)