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    Setup OSX 10.9 with a Clean Install

After two years of tinkering my machine is a bit all over. With Mavericks I wanted to start fresh
1. Run Software Update

Make sure everything is up to date.

2. Install XCode


Open the App Store and search for XCode
Open XCode after it finishes installing and accpet the "Terms of Service"

3. Set OSX to show hidden files

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true
killall Finder

4. Configure Git and Generate SSH keys for GitHub

Copy the attached gitconfig settings and set your user info (left out to avoid issues)
Be sure to setup your SSH keys first... visit GitHub's official guide for instructions.
cd ~/ && curl -O https://gist.github.com/jimmynotjim/7622492/raw/5e895d1da525594c14e1052feb5c9587fb99a41c/.gitconfig
git config --global user.name "Your Name Here"
git config --global user.email youremail@example.com

5. Install Homebrew

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Run brew doctor after installing to ensure it installed correctly.
6. Install Bash-It (via git clone)

Visit the Bash-It repo for more details.
Chruby (install via brew install chruby) is required for the rest of the setup, be sure to enable it when setting up Bash-It plugins
git clone git@github.com:revans/bash-it.git ~/.bash_it
~/.bash_it/install.sh

Open a new terminal window to use the Bash-It options you've set
7. Install Phix Terminal Theme (via git clone)

Visit my OSX Phix Theme repo for more details.
mkdir ~/Repos && cd $_
git clone git@github.com:jimmynotjim/OSX-Terminal-Phix-Theme.git
open ~/Repos/OSX-Terminal-Phix-Theme/Phix_Dark.terminal

Open Terminal > Preferences (or CMD + ,) and select "Default" to make Phix the default theme
8. Install Brew-It (via git clone)

Many apps can be installed through Homebrew and homebrew-cask which makes the process way simpler
Visit my Brew-It repo for more details.
git clone git@github.com:jimmynotjim/brew-it.git ~/.brew_it
~/.brew_it/install.sh
brew update
brew upgrade

9. Install Rubies

ruby-install ruby 2.0
ruby-install ruby 1.9.3

10. Update PATH

Open .bash_profile and make the following edits

Add local bin and local sbin ahead of $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:
Switch Ruby version in PATH ~/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/bin:
Add chruby ruby-1.9.3 to the end of the file

11. Manual App Installs

Unfortunately some apps aren't available through homebrew, so you need to install it manually.
App Store


Byword for writing
Committed GitHub notifications
DiskDoctor for keeping my HDs clean
Fantastical for calendar interface to Google Calendar
iTeleport for remote desktop
Keynote for presentations
LimeChat for IRC
Marked for Markdown previewing
Memory Clean for managing virtual memory
Patterns for regex testing
Pixelmator for bitmap image editing
Tweetbot for Twitter
Icon Slate for creating icons
Unarchiver for ZIP, RAR, etc

Manually


Adobe Suite for image editing
CrashPlan for remote backups
Hex Color Picker adds hex values to system picker
Hotspot Sheild Private VPN
LICEcap for GIF recording
MacX Video Converter for video conversion
Mamp Pro for MAMP stack work
Mixture for quick prototyping
Nestopia NES emulation
ScreenFlow for screencast recording

12. Install Global Node Packages

npm install -g yo bower grunt-cli gulp

13. Configure Sublime Text


Install Package Manager
Install Phix Color Scheme
User Settings
Package Settings
Add subl command

ln -s /opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom/sublime-text3/3047/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl  /usr/local/bin/subl

14. Install Alfred Workflows

Download Alfred Workflow Searcher
WF:

Audio Switch
Colors
Dash
Domainr
Emoji
Github Commands
Kill Process
MyIP
Package Managers
TerminalFinder
TimeIn
Transmit Favorites
VirtualBox Control

Manual:

Install Franz Heidl's Open with Sublime Text
Install Will Farrell's Encode/Decode
Install Will Farrell's GitHub
Install Kyle Roderick's Eject Disks workflow.
Install David Fergusun's Rdio workflow

15. Set NPM user

npm adduser username
16. Download IE test VMs for VirtualBox

These take a while to download, so maybe do it on a separate day as a background process.
# IE8 - XP
curl -O "https://az412801.vo.msecnd.net/vhd/IEKitV1_Final/VirtualBox/OSX/IE8_XP/IE8.XP.For.MacVirtualBox.ova"

# IE9 - Win7
curl -O "https://az412801.vo.msecnd.net/vhd/IEKitV1_Final/VirtualBox/OSX/IE9_Win7/IE9.Win7.For.MacVirtualBox.part{1.sfx,2.rar,3.rar,4.rar,5.rar}"

# IE10 - Win8
curl -O "https://az412801.vo.msecnd.net/vhd/IEKitV1_Final/VirtualBox/OSX/IE10_Win8/IE10.Win8.For.MacVirtualBox.part{1.sfx,2.rar,3.rar}"
16. Download a base Ubuntu box for Vagrant

I'm using Vagrant to setup a few VMs locally for development.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bits
vagrant box add precise64 http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box

17 Configure Environment for Genesis

vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostmanager
vagrant plugin install vagrant-list
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mitchellh/vagrant/master/keys/vagrant.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
gem install capistrano -v 2.15.3
gem install capistrano-ext colored

All done, have fun!

This process has been borrowed from here, here, here and here