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New mac checklist
## General
### System preferences
# change date and regional settings
language & region | region | spain
date & time | clock | show date
# change trackpad
point & click
enable tap to click
change secondary click to bottom right corner
disable look up
disable 3 finger drag
scroll & zoom
disable scroll direction: natural
disable smart zoom
disable rotate
more gestures
disable swipe between pages
disable notification center
disable show desktop
# don't turn off display when on battery power
energy | battery | never
# keyboard
keyboard | use standard function keys
settings | Keyboard | Text | uncheck "Correct spelling automatically"
keyboard | shortcuts | keyboard | move focus to next window | cmd + º
keyboard | shortcuts | mission control | disable shortcuts # important for duplicating lines in sublime, for example
# install spectacle => resize windows
keyboard | shortcuts | app shorcuts | all applications | add: minimize cmd+m
# remove volume change sound
sound | uncheck: play feedback when volume is changed
# disable boot chime
sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%80
# change mac hostname machine name (nachos)
sharing | computer name
# remove screen saver
desktop & screen saver | start after: never
# hide dock
dock | automatically hide and show the dock## new install checklist
## iterm2
change keys for next and previous tab
change keys for options |keys option left (send escape: b) and option right (send escape: f)
preferences | profiles | keys | add numeric enter | send hex code 0x0D
preferences | profiles | keys | choose xterm with numeric
preferences | profiles | text | Regular font 18pt Monaco
preferences | profiles | text | Non-ASCII font 18pt Monaco (or the ñ will look weird)
preferences | profiles | general | reuse previous session's directory # this gets rid of the "last login time"
preferences | profiles | colors | load presets | import | monokai soda.itermcolors
preferences | profiles | terminal | unlimited scrollback
## homebrew
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install aria2 wget gawk git tree coreutils gnu-tar gnu-sed findutils git-extras zsh node python
brew tap homebrew/dupes; brew install grep
# install xcode (command line tools are now automatically installed)
xcode-select --install
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