Apple Silicon Developer Setup.md

System Preferences

Update Computer Name

System Preferences > Sharing > Computer Name > (Set computer name)

Change Tracking Speed

System Preferences > Trackpad > Tracking speed > (Increase tracking speed)

Enable Tap to Click

System Preferences > Trackpad > Tap to click

Enable Three Finger Drag

System Preferences > Accessibility > Pointer Control > Trackpad Options > Enable dragging > three finger drag

Enable Keyboard Navigation

System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls

Disable iCloud

System Preferences > iCloud > iCloud Drive

Finder Preferences

Display Hard disks on Desktop

Finder Preferences > General > Hard Disks

Change Default Folder

Finder Preferences > General > New Finder windows show: > (Select home folder)

Cleanup Sidebar

Finder Preferences > Sidebar

Show File Extensions

Finder Preferences > Advanced > Show all filename extensions

Show Folders at Top

Finder Preferences > Advanced > Keep folder on top: > (Select both options)

Searches Use Current Folder

Finder Preferences > Advanced > When performing a search: > Search the Current Folder

Add User Library to Sidebar

Go Menu > (Hold Option Key) > Library > File Menu > Add to Sidebar

Enable Status Bar

View Menu > Show Status Bar

Dock

• Remove almost everything
• Make very small
• Auto-hide
• Position on right side

Menu Bar

Auto-hide

Software

Install xcode Commandline Tools

xcode-select --install

Install Homebrew

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

Disable Homebrew Analytics

brew analytics off

Create Rosetta Terminal

• Duplicate Terminal.app
• Get Info > Toggle Rosetta

Install Homebrew through Rosetta

• Open Rosetta Terminal
• Instal Homebrew

Install Cascadia Code PL Font

https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/releases

Install iTerm2

brew install --cask iterm2

Install VS Code

brew install --cask visual-studio-code

Install zsh

brew install zsh
sudo echo "$(which zsh)" >> /etc/shells
chsh -s $(which zsh)

Install oh-my-zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Install git

brew install git

Change default git branch name ✊

git config --global init.defaultBranch main

Install Alfred

brew install --cask alfred

• System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Spotlight
• Alfred Preferences > General > Alfred Hotkey

Install HyperSwitch

brew install --cask hyperswitch

Install Brave

brew install --cask brave-browser

Install Chrome

brew install --cask google-chrome

Install Edge

brew install --cask microsoft-edge

Install Firefox

brew install --cask firefox

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OPTIONAL

Install 1password

brew install --cask 1password

Install 1password extensions for each browser https://1password.com/downloads/mac/

.NET

Install .NET 6

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/6.0

Install Visual Studio for Mac

brew install --cask visual-studio

Node.js

Install nvm

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash

Install Node

nvm install node

VS Code Extensions.md

Personal

monokai.theme-monokai-pro-vscode

All Stacks

aaron-bond.better-comments
coenraads.bracket-pair-colorizer-2
oderwat.indent-rainbow
shardulm94.trailing-spaces
formulahendry.auto-rename-tag
patbenatar.advanced-new-file
esbenp.prettier-vscode
eamodio.gitlens
alefragnani.project-manager
bierner.markdown-mermaid
bierner.markdown-preview-github-styles
bierner.markdown-emoji
bierner.markdown-checkbox

Maybe

Gruntfuggly.todo-tree

C/C++

ms-vscode.cpptools

.NET

ms-dotnettools.csharp

Javascript

dbaeumer.vscode-eslint

Mermaid test

graph TD;
    A-->B;
    A-->C;
    B-->D;
    C-->D;

VS Code Settings.md

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Zsh Profile.md

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