- Settings => Mouse => uncheck “Scroll direction: Natural” (Whatever, jerks.)
- Settings => Trackpad => Secondary click => Click in bottom right corner
- Settings => Keyboard => check “Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys” (No longer necessary?)
- Settings => Keyboard => Modifier Keys… => Caps Lock to Control [Repeat for each keyboard] (Uuuuuuugh)
- Settings => Keyboard => Touch Bar shows => F1, F2, etc. Keys [For MacBook Pros with the Touch Bar]
- Settings => Sound => Output => Headset
- Settings => Sound => Input => Headset
- Settings => Date & Time => Clock => check Use a 24-hour clock and Show date
- Dock => right click [icon] => [skip for Siri] Options => “Remove from Dock” [Repeat for each unused application]
- Safari => Chrome => Download Now
- Chrome => login with Gmail account [Add to Dock]
- Download Dropbox
- Download 1Password
- Configure 1Password to us Dropbox (Might need to wait for the vault to finish syncing first.)
- Download Home Brew
- Cache your GitHub password in Git
- Install Emacs:
brew install --cask emacs(Maybe not working? Try https://emacsformacosx.com instead) - Launchpad => Other => Terminal [Add to Dock]
- Launchpad => Other => Activity Monitor [Add to Dock]
- Rightclick Activity Monitor => Dock Icon => Show CPU History
- Settings => Dock => uncheck Animate opening applications and check Minimize windows into application icon
- Drag icons to expected location in Dock
- Fix paste behavior
- Install rbenv:
brew install rbenv - Get instructions for installing rbenv:
rbenv init - Install Ruby:
rbenv install 2.7.2
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