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Open in Visual Studio Code

• Open Automator
• Create a new document
• Select Quick Action
• Set “Service receives selected” to files or folders in any application
• Add a Run Shell Script action
  • your default shell should already be selected, otherwise use /bin/zsh for macOS 10.15 (”Catalina”) or later
  • older versions of macOS use /bin/bash
• if you're using something else, you probably know what to do 😉

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Permissions for local MacPorts repositories

Getting local Portfile repository for MacPorts running is difficult, if not annoying. The documentation doesn't provide much help or, worse, is even outdated. Hopefully, the following steps will help avoiding the problem I had.

Installation

1. Download and run the MacPorts installer

2. Unlike specified in the documentation, the installer did not add /opt/local/bin to my PATH environmental variable. However, since I don't use the default macOS shell, the problem might actually be on my end.

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Common aliases for the scoop package manager

# Install app
scoop alias add i 'scoop install $args[0]' 'Install app'
scoop alias add add 'scoop install $args[0]' 'Install app'

# Uninstall app
scoop alias add rm 'scoop uninstall $args[0]' 'Uninstall an app'
scoop alias add remove 'scoop uninstall $args[0]' 'Uninstall an app'

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Installation

1. Install fish via Brew
2. Optionally install Oh My Fish!
3. Add fish to known shells
4. Set default shell to fish

brew install fish  
curl -L https://get.oh-my.fish | fish

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When trying to reinstall Nix using the official installer, you might run into the following error (the UID might vary)

---- oh no! --------------------------------------------------------------------
It seems the build group nixbld already exists, but
with the UID 30000. This script can't really handle
that right now, so I'm going to give up.

You can export NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID=30000 and re-run.

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This list has been updated for Big Sur (and later). Since I don't use these versions, this guide might still need further improvements. For older macOS versions, please see this older revision.

Open in Sublime Text

• Open Automator
• Quick Action
• Set “Service receives selected” to files or folders in any application
• Add a Run Shell Script action
• Set the script action to /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl -n "$@"
• Set “Pass input” to as arguments

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Note

If you followed this guide before, you might want to scroll all the way down to the TL;DR version of this guide

Intro

Somehow, I managed to ”brick“ my Mac mini (2018, Intel) when I wiped its data before selling it online. From then on I could no longer:

• boot the normal Recovery Mode
• re-install macOS using an USB stick
• use the online Recovery Mode, since it always ended up in a error -1008F

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Setup php-mcrypt on macOS (and versions of Mac OS X)

These steps should have been mentioned in the prerequisites of the Laravel Installation Guide, since I'm surely not the only person trying to get Laravel running on macOS.

Install

Install Mcrypt using Homebrew and PECL (comes with PHP)

# PHP 7.3

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Important

IFTTT now has official support for Mastodon, so following this guide is no longer necessary!

Connecting IFTTT with Mastodon

As of the time of this writing, IFTTT has no integration for Mastodon. Yet, it's possible to connect the two.

Mastodon

1. Login to your Mastodon account

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Install Playdate SDK

If you're like me, you want to install the Playdate SDK using a package manager. Below are some options for you.

Info Did I miss anything? Please comment below!

macOS

Homebrew