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Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Setup
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Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Custom recipe to get OS X 10.10 Yosemite running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install. On average, I reinstall each computer from scratch every 6 months, and I do not perform upgrades between distros.

This keeps the system performing at top speeds, clean of trojans, spyware, and ensures that I maintain good organizational practices for my content and backups. I highly recommend this.

You are encouraged to fork this and modify it to your heart's content to match your own needs.

Install Software

The software selected is software that is "tried and true" --- software I need after any fresh install. I often install other software not listed here, but is handled in a case-by-case basis.

Install from App Store

Install from Third-Party Websites

Fonts

Mensch coding font

#Xcode Command Line Tools

Xcode > Preferences > Downloads > Command Line Tools

#Homebrew

Run Xcode and accept the license

Homebrew can not install properly until this occurs.

Install Homebrew

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew doctor

At the time of this writing, brew doctor says that Xcode 6.1 is required, which means downloading it from the Apple Developer Center until it is released in the Mac App Store.

Install Homebrew extension Cask

Nothing to do anymore. Homebrew handles this by default.

Install common applications via Homebrew

Databases are installed later.

brew install ack autojump automake colordiff curl git git-flow \
             hub icoutils imagemagick libmemcached memcached openssl ossp-uuid qt \
             readline redis tmux wget libxml2

Install applications via Homebrew Cask

brew cask install anvil
brew cask install atom
brew cask install authy-bluetooth
brew cask install awareness
brew cask install bartender
brew cask install battery-guardian
brew cask install github
brew cask install google-chrome
brew cask install joinme
brew cask install iterm2
brew cask install parallels
brew cask install rescuetime
brew cask install rubymine
brew cask install satellite-eyes
brew cask install sidestep
brew cask install sonos
brew cask install spotify
brew cask install steam
brew cask install vagrant
brew cask install vagrant-manager

Install Parallels plugin for Vagrant

vagrant plugin install vagrant-parallels

See http://parallels.github.io/vagrant-parallels/ for more details.

#Shell

Install custom .dotfiles

git clone git@github.com:kevinelliott/.dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
~/.dotfiles/install.sh

Update .bash_profile

echo 'source ~/.dotfiles/base.sh' >> ~/.bash_profile

OS X Preferences

#Set a blazingly fast keyboard repeat rate
defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0.02

#Set a shorter Delay until key repeat
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 12

#Add a context menu item for showing the Web Inspector in web views
defaults write NSGlobalDomain WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true

#Show the ~/Library folder
chflags nohidden ~/Library

#Store screenshots in subfolder on desktop
mkdir ~/Desktop/Screenshots
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/Screenshots

Set hostname

sudo scutil --set HostName SpaceX-Falcon-9

#Git

Setup Github

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "kevin@welikeinc.com"

# Copy ssh key to github.com
subl ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

# Test connection
ssh -T git@github.com

# Set git config values
git config --global user.name "Kevin Elliott"
git config --global user.email "kevin@welikeinc.com"
git config --global github.user kevinelliott
git config --global github.token your_token_here

git config --global core.editor "subl -w"
git config --global color.ui true

Sublime Text

Add Sublime Text CLI

mkdir -p ~/bin && ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

Install Package Control

Run Sublime Text 3 and access the console via the CTRL + ``` shortcut or the View > Show Console` menu.

import urllib.request,os,hashlib; h = '7183a2d3e96f11eeadd761d777e62404' + 'e330c659d4bb41d3bdf022e94cab3cd0'; pf = 'Package Control.sublime-package'; ipp = sublime.installed_packages_path(); urllib.request.install_opener( urllib.request.build_opener( urllib.request.ProxyHandler()) ); by = urllib.request.urlopen( 'http://sublime.wbond.net/' + pf.replace(' ', '%20')).read(); dh = hashlib.sha256(by).hexdigest(); print('Error validating download (got %s instead of %s), please try manual install' % (dh, h)) if dh != h else open(os.path.join( ipp, pf), 'wb' ).write(by)

See https://sublime.wbond.net/installation for more information. Their site has a note that this install code will change for each new release, so it would be good to check once in a while.

Install Packages

BracketHighlighter CoffeeScriptHaml

Install Soda Theme

git clone git://github.com/buymeasoda/soda-theme.git ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/Theme\ -\ Soda

Install Tomorrow Theme

git clone git://github.com/chriskempson/textmate-tomorrow-theme.git ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/Color\ Scheme\ -\ Tomorrow

Settings

Sublime Text > Preferences > Settings - User

{
    "close_windows_when_empty": true,
    "color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Tomorrow/Tomorrow-Night-Eighties.tmTheme",
    "draw_indent_guides": false,
    "font_face": "Mensch",
    "font_size": 18,
    "highlight_modified_tabs": true,
    "show_tab_close_buttons": false,
    "tab_size": 2,
    "spell_check": false,
    "theme": "Soda Light.sublime-theme",
    "word_separators": "./\\()\"'-:,.;<>~!@#%^&*|+=[]{}`~?"
}

Key Bindings

[
	{ "keys": ["super+b"], "command": "expand_selection", "args": {"to": "brackets"} },
	{ "keys": ["super+f"], "command": "show_panel", "args": {"panel": "replace"} },
	{ "keys": ["super+alt+f"], "command": "show_panel", "args": {"panel": "find"} }
]

Snippets

git clone git@github.com:bytestudios/sublime-snippets.git "/Users/Joel/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/Byte"

Server

Docker

brew install docker boot2docker
boot2docker init
boot2docker up

MySQL

brew install mysql
brew pin mysql

MySQL Settings

# Copy launch agent into place
mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents && cp /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/VERSION/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

# Edit launch agent and set both keepalive and launch at startup to false
vi ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

# Inject launch agent
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

# Set up databases to run as your user account
unset TMPDIR && mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp

# Start mysql
start mysql

# Secure mysql
/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/VERSION/bin/mysql_secure_installation

PostgreSQL

brew install postgres --no-ossp-uuid
brew pin postgres

PostgreSQL Settings

# Initialize db if none exists already
initdb /usr/local/var/postgres

# Create launchctl script
mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents
cp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/VERSION/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

# Edit launchctl script (set to not start automatically and keepalive false)
subl ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist

# Inject launchctl script
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist

# Start PostgreSQL
start pg

Ruby Gems

libv8 / therubyracer

brew uninstall v8
gem uninstall libv8
brew install v8
gem install therubyracer
gem install libv8 -v 3.16.14.3 -- --with-system-v8

nokogiri

brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew install libxml2 libxslt libiconv
gem install nokogiri -- --with-iconv-dir=/usr/local/Cellar/libiconv/VERSION/

capybara-webkit

brew install -v https://raw.github.com/cliffrowley/homebrew/patched_qt/Library/Formula/qt.rb --HEAD --without-ssse3
gem install capybara-webkit -v '0.9.0'

aww yeah

@iCHAIT
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iCHAIT commented Sep 10, 2015

@kevinelliott Hi, this is really helpful. BTW, I was wondering if something similar to this was in making for El Capitan too?

@surfer190
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@kevinelliot Why not create an unusable script?

@kevinelliott
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@iCHAIT yes, El Capitan version coming today/tomorrow!

@surfer190 I do have a script actually, as part of my "dotfiles" repo on GitHub. I should enhance and extract it to a gist here.

@pixxelboy
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Simple suggestion, but how about adding a tiling manager, like Amethyst for example (untested, but looks promising)? Removes Divvy which isn't free. https://ianyh.com/amethyst/

@drakeguan
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Simple suggestion. brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask is now unnecessary as Homebrew now tasks care of that automatically.

@drakeguan
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Another suggestion. Some cask is renamed. Ex, github -> github-desktop; parallels -> parallels-desktop; ...

@kevinelliott
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I wanted to announce that I just started putting together the macOS 10.12 Sierra setup recipe (see: https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/7a152c556a83b322e0a8cd2df128235c) for the upcoming release. I am using a more automated methodology for installing apps (harnessing Homebrew, Homebrew Cask and MAS more heavily) that I think you will like.

Would love your feedback there!

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For 10.12, I took a drastically different approach. I'm letting Homebrew do a lot of the heavy lifting. No more do you need to go to the App Store and manually search for and download apps. Homebrew bundle can install all of your App Store, brew, and Cask applications.

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And for 10.13, I continued the approach of automating as much as I could by creating scripts and data files inside the gist. Setup is super fast. https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/39c453d305e40c8f157452aee87fa9d8

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