My MacOS Setup for Developers

my-macos-setup-for-developers.md

Installing a new Mac for Developers

Old system

• Copy .ssh folder, .zshrc aliases

• VSCode > Upload settings on Settings Sync.

New system

• Paste .ssh folder, .zshrc aliases

• iCloud login restores Desktop, Documents etc.

• Open Safari > Install Chrome
  • Chrome Login will sync all the extensions, password, bookmarks

• Install Slack
• Install Notion

• Install Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Photoshop CC
  • Adobe XD

• Install VSCode
  • Install Settings Sync
  • Download plugins using Settings Sync: a80e2cd6d6465a9a3bef09497da7d175

• Install iTerm
  • Customise iTerm: https://gist.github.com/kevin-smets/8568070
  • ☝️That will install Developer tools
  • Settings > Appearance > General > Theme > Minimal
  • OhMyZsh plugins that I use
    • git zsh-autosuggestions laravel npm copyfile copydir common-aliases composer gitignore


• Utilities
  • Fix the home / end keys: http://www.evansweb.info/2005/03/24/mac-os-x-and-home-end-keys/
  • Keyboard Shortcut to Zoom the current window: Setup Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Cmd + Alt + = to “zoom”
  • Dato
  • Magnet
  • CopyClip

• Install
  • homebrew
  • Node / npm
  • Yarn
  • PHP / composer
  • PHP 7.3 for Catalina https://stackoverflow.com/a/59446276/213767
  • phpMyAdmin

• Install Xcode
  • Get simulators

• Install React Native
• Install Flutter

• mkdir ~/projects
• Clone repos