OS X Software Installs and Customizations.md

• Move Dock to Left and install cDock with transparent theme. Works best wih dark backgrounds.

• Dark Theme

  • System Preferences -> General
    • Appearance: Graphite
    • Use dark menu bar and Dock
    • Highlight color: Graphite

• Install brew

    sudo xcodebuild -license
    ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
  

Issue:

    brew tap Homebrew/bundle

To ensure that Casks will install to a sensible and predictable location, set the HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS environment variable, e.g., export HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS="--appdir=/Applications". Then, save the following as ~/Brewfile

    tap 'beeftornado/rmtree'
    tap 'homebrew/binary'
    tap 'homebrew/dupes'
    brew 'android-platform-tools'
    brew 'bash'
    brew 'bash-completion'
    brew 'beeftornado/rmtree/brew-rmtree'
    brew 'dos2unix'
    brew 'ffmpeg'
    brew 'git'
    brew 'gnu-tar'
    brew 'homebrew/dupes/grep'
    brew 'htop-osx'
    brew 'imagemagick'
    brew 'md5sha1sum'
    brew 'media-info'
    brew 'mercurial'
    brew 'mtr'
    brew 'ngrep'
    brew 'openssh'
    brew 'p7zip'
    brew 'patchutils'
    brew 'pstree'
    brew 'python3'
    brew 'rsync'
    brew 'rtmpdump'
    brew 'subversion'
    brew 'tree'
    brew 'unrar'
    brew 'unzip'
    brew 'vim'
    brew 'watch'
    brew 'webkit2png'
    brew 'wget'
    brew 'youtube-dl'
    cask 'caffeine'
    cask 'flux'
    cask 'google-chrome'
    cask 'vlc'

and issue brew bundle.

• Add newer /usr/local/bin/bash to /etc/shells

• Change default shell

    chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
  

• ~/.inputrc

    # case insensitive bash completion
    set completion-ignore-case on
    # go right to showing multiple options
    set show-all-if-ambiguous on
    # append a '/' to show a dir is a dir
    set mark-directories on
    set mark-symlinked-directories on
    # use ls -F style highlights for completion
    set visible-stats on
    TAB: complete
  

• Lock Screen using Automator

  • Lock via Menu Bar does not work in High Sierra
  • Assign a shortcut for locking desktop (Option-Command-L) (Command-Control-Q)

• Toggle Hidden Files using Automator

    STATUS=$(defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles)
    if [ $STATUS == "YES" ];
    then
    	defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
    else
    	defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
    fi
    killall Finder
  

  • Shortcut (Option-Command-.)

• Install Asepsis (a smart solution for .DS_Store pollution)

• Install WiFriedX (Band-aid for Yosemite WiFi issues which disables AirDrop/AWDL)

• Install a higher contrast mouse pointer for Terminal.app

• Install nobootsound for no boot chime sound