💻 Aluminium

Aluminium is a shell script to set up a new macOS environment.

Reinstall macOS (Optional)

Reboot into Recovery Mode by holding the Command (⌘) and R keys until the Apple logo appears on the screen.

Run Aluminium

The following steps should be run in order.

1. 🗜 Install Xcode

• Open Terminal
• Run git
• Click Get Xcode

2. 🧟‍ Install zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

3. 👨‍💻 Sign into App Store

This needs to be done manually prior to running the script.

4. ⬇️ Download Aluminium

git clone https://github.com/jonmilner/aluminium.git ~/aluminium && cd aluminium

5. 💾 Run the Script

sh aluminium

6. 🎨 Install zsh-syntax-highlighting

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

7. ⌨️ Open VSCode from Command Line with code .

Open the Command Palette (⇧⌘P) and type shell command to find the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command.

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Acknowledgements

• Formation by Mina Markham.