2021 MacBook Pro M1 System Setup

2021-macbook-pro-m1-setup.md

2021 MacBook Pro M1 System Setup

App Installations

Install brew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Essentials

brew install --cask \
1password \
launchbar \
google-chrome \
firefox \
iterm2

Cask apps that need to go under ~/Applications

Just Minecraft & related stuff, really...

brew install --cask --appdir=~/Applications \
minecraft\ 
lunar-client

More casks

References:

• BalenaEtcher
• iStat Menus
• Keka
• Rectangle
• xbar

We're going big...

brew install --cask \
audacity \ 
audio-hijack \ 
balenaetcher \ 
beyond-compare \
brave-browser \ 
burn \ 
caffeine \ 
cyberduck \ 
discord \ 
disk-inventory-x \ 
docker \ 
dropbox \ 
farrago \ 
fission \ 
gimp \ 
gitkraken \ 
inkscape \ 
intellij-idea \ 
istat-menus \
keka \
loopback \ 
macdown \ 
microsoft-teams \
musescore \ 
obs \ 
openoffice \
parallels \
pokerstars \
postman \ 
rectangle \
skype \ 
slack \ 
snagit \
tor-browser \ 
tuxguitar \ 
visual-studio-code \ 
vlc \ 
xbar \ 
xquartz

Non-cask stuff

References:

• jEnv

brew install \ 
blueutil \ 
ffmpeg \ 
gh \ 
gradle \ 
imagemagick \ 
jenv \ 
maven \ 
mitmproxy \ 
p7zip \ 
rename \ 
rsync \ 
tmux \ 
tree \ 
watch \ 
wget

SDKs

SDKMAN! & jEnv

We manage SDKs using a combination of SDKMAN! (to install them) and jEnv (to switch between them).

References:

• Manage Multiple JDKs on Mac OS, Linux and Windows WSL2

Install SDKMAN!

Follow the installation instructions here.

Install SDKs

I just have one JDK installed for now:

sdk list java
sdk install java 11.0.13-zulu

Add SDKs to jEnv

cd ~/.sdkman/candidates/java
jenv add 11.0.13-zulu

Then set the Zulu Java11 to be the global one:

jenv global 11

Install Rosetta 2

This should actually happen automatically the first time you run an Intel app, but there are situations where it might not.

To install Rosetta manually, do

/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license

Docker Containers

Portainer

Handy web interface for managing docker containers & stacks. See portainer.io

docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9000:9000 
--name=portainer \
--restart=always \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce

Then access portainer at http://localhost:9000

Games

brew install --cask \ 
epic-games \
nvidia-geforce-now \ 
steam \

Shell setup (zsh)

References:

• Frictionless zsh And oh-my-zsh Management With Antigen

I've decided to switch over to using antigen to manage my oh-my-zsh plugins. Here's what I have so far:

brew install antigen

Add the following lines to your ~/.zshrc:

# Load antigen for zsh plugin management
source /opt/homebrew/share/antigen/antigen.zsh

# Use antigen to load stuff
## Use oh-my-zsh
antigen use oh-my-zsh

## Add plugins
antigen bundle zsh-autosuggestions # I think this may need to be loaded first?
antigen bundle ant
antigen bundle docker
antigen bundle dotenv
antigen bundle emoji
antigen bundle emotty
antigen bundle jsontools
antigen bundle macos
antigen bundle sudo
#antigen bundle brew
#antigen bundle zsh-brew-services

## Set theme
antigen theme robbyrussell

# Apply it!
antigen apply