Setting up a macOS computer for work and play

macos-rstats-laptop-setup.md

New apple computer setup

This file describes how I set up an apple computer with the tools I like and use. This tries to be succinct and quick, using homebrew to install as much as possible from the command line.

Apps

1. Fire up the terminal and install homebrew

Then go ahead and install these apps with homebrew (I have no idea what --cask does but it seems necessary for some)

brew install rectangle alfred alt-tab slack zoom visual-studio-code docker
brew install --cask firefox
brew install --cask iterm2
brew install --cask microsoft-office

Fonts

brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts
brew install svn
brew install --cask \
  font-fantasque-sans-mono font-fantasque-sans-mono-nerd-font \
  font-noto-sans font-noto-serif font-noto-mono font-noto-mono-for-powerline font-noto-emoji \
  font-hasklug-nerd-font font-anonymice-nerd-font font-meslo-lg-nerd-font \
  font-fira-code font-fira-mono font-fira-sans font-fira-sans-condensed \
  font-pt-mono font-pt-sans font-pt-sans-narrow font-pt-serif font-pt-sans-caption font-pt-serif-caption

Terminal

• Pick up iTerm2 color themes from https://iterm2colorschemes.com/ and install
• Install oh my zsh https://ohmyz.sh/
• Use e.g. powerlevel10k oh my zsh theme https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k#oh-my-zsh
• https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions/blob/master/INSTALL.md
• brew install exa

Git

This stores git password in MacOS keychain--I guess this works but don't know how or how secure it is.

git config --global user.name "Matti Vuorre"
git config --global user.email vuorre@gmail.com
git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain

R

• R

  • Pick the correct package at https://cran.r-project.org/

• RSwitch

  • https://rud.is/rswitch/

• RStudio

  • https://dailies.rstudio.com/ or via RSwitch

• Use faster mac provided BLAS (20x faster)

  • https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/RMacOSX-FAQ.html#Which-BLAS-is-used-and-how-can-it-be-changed_003f

• Use my .Rprofile - cd ~ then curl URL -o .Rprofile and get URL from here https://github.com/mvuorre/dotfiles/blob/main/.Rprofile

Utilities

• Amphetamine
  • https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetamine/id937984704?mt=12

Configuration

General Things

Stuff I've done that probably doesn't need to be done in any order.

• Turn on Dock hiding
• Rename computer: System Prefs > Sharing > Computer Name
• Add RSwitch to Login Items
• System Preferences > Accessibility
  • Zoom > ☑️ Use scroll gesture with Control keys
  • Enable Hover Text > ☑️ Enable Hover Text with Command

Add GitHub PAT to R

library(usethis)
browse_github_pat()
# choose scopes
edit_r_environ()
# copy paste PAT