New Mac Installation Checklist

new-mac.md

General

• chrome
• 1pass
• intelliJ COMMUNITY (ou Ultimate)
• vscode
  • enable settings sync with github
• dropbox
• spectable
• skype
• teamviewer
• disk inventory X
• whatsapp web
• skim pdf reader
• xtra finder
• grammarly
• firefox
• youtube-dl
  • Install ffmpeg `brew install ffmpeg
• Slack
• Discord
• AppCleaner
• Evernote
• Configure work email on Mail
• togglr (time tracker)
• Java JRE (java runtime environment)

Dev

• install gpg: https://www.gnupg.org/download/
  • Create gpg key and add it to github: https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/managing-commit-signature-verification/generating-a-new-gpg-key
  • Configure git to sign commits: git config --global commit.gpgsign true
• nvm
  • Install yarn npm install --global yarn
• tfenv
• vault (hashicorp)
  • Login with vault login -address=https://vault.address.com -method=github token=$TOKEN
• dbeaver
• sequel pro
• github desktop
• docker for mac os
• homebrew
• awscli brew install awscli
  • Configure credentials with aws configure
• postman
• insomnia (gRPC calls)
• mongodb Compass
• kubectl brew install kubectl
• kubetail
• brew install aws-iam-authenticator (auth for kube)
• helm brew install helm
• kind or minikube
• Google Cloud SDK (gcloud) https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install
  • Login to gcp: gcloud auth login
• watch binary with brew install watch
• Oh My Zsh (https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh)
• Install jq brew install jq
• Install 1pass CLI
• nmap
• GraphQL developer tools (chrome extension for debugging graphql)
• AWS CURL pip install awscurl
• https://github.com/akavel/up
• install heroku CLI
• Tunnelblick
• Go version manager https://github.com/moovweb/gvm
• sdkman https://sdkman.io/

Configs

• Turn guest user access off
• add entry to ~/.zprofile to source /Dropbox/Dev/alias.sh
• hide dock automatically
• make F-keys work without pressing fn
• configure trackpad drag function ("Enable Dragging with Drag Lock" in System Preferences > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad (or "Pointer Control")> Trackpad Options)
• configure terminal "Homebrew" theme as default
• configure keyboard as US-Iternational
• Remove dots after two spaces (keyboard preferences, "Add full stop with double space")
• Disable smart quotes (to prevent weird shit, keyboard preferences)
• Setup .vimrc > https://gist.github.com/renatoargh/a092077bbcbda2755f02275bbf72e559
• Import chrome bookmarks from dropbox (bnookmark manager > /chrome-boomarks.html)
• Configure GIT to rebase by default (instead of merging): git config --global pull.rebase true
• Make chrome and firefox ask for download locations
• Configure any printers
• Disable "smart quotes": stupid feature that adds additional quotes
• Configure ~/.npmrc to point to company registry too, something like:

  //npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=...
  @yourGitHubOrg:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com
  //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=...
  

Chrome Extensions

• grammaly
• 1pass
• google translate
• adblock
• react developer tools
• redux
• elastic search head

Other

• Log in to instagram
• Log in to linked in
• Log in to twitter
• Log in to facebook
• Log in to Google accounts
• Log in to stackoverflow
• Make external monitor the default (drag and drop little white bar on system preferences -> displays)