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Setup process for new computer
# PREPARATION
Copy over Dropbox folder
Install Dropbox
Let it finish syncing
Copy over Sites folder
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Apps/dot.ssh/ ~/.ssh
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Apps/dotfiles/laptop.local ~/.laptop.local
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Apps/dotfiles/gitconfig ~/.gitconfig
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Apps/dotfiles/gitignore ~/.gitignore
# ln -s ~/Dropbox/Apps/dotfiles/zshrc ~/.zshrc
# DEVELOPMENT
Install XCode from App Store
Install Command Line tools from Apple
xcode-select --install
## Laptop (with my own custom file)
https://github.com/thoughtbot/laptop
Skip their C compiler process
> bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thoughtbot/laptop/master/mac)
## Setup ZSH and Oh-My-Zsh with RVM invocation (should be already existing)
Maybe don't do this anymore, we'll see
## Configure MySQL if necessary (like starting it up) (laptop.local already installs it via home-brew)
## u: root p: <none>
## http://benjsicam.me/blog/how-to-install-mysql-on-mac-os-x-using-homebrew-tutorial/
mysql.server start
# PREFERENCES
Key repeat rate
Terminal to use Pro theme as default
Show hidden files: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE & killall Finder
Remove unnecessary items from dock
# PERSONAL
## Go to App Store. Download:
Day One
Evernote
ByWord
Frank DeLoupe
Sound Studio
- SourceTree (implement with brew cask, if possible)
TicToc
Cloud
## Setup DayOne with Dropbox sync and backup
Manual backup on dayone file
Then just set it to use Dropbox. Syncs fine.
## Download Notational Velocity, and configure to sync to Dropbox/Apps/Notational
## Go to Drobo, download
Drobo Dashboard
## Setup Alfred
Set Alfred preferences to sync to Dropbox folder
## Configure Sublime Text 3
## Add license key
https://sublime.wbond.net/installation
# Setup Hazel
# Setup Vagrant
# Configure ZSH and oh-my-zsh
wget https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O - | sh
Copy zshrc_shortcuts.txt into .zshrc created by oh-my-zsh
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