dotfiles

I use this repository to store my configuration files and make migrating to a new macbook faster. archive folder contains some old configuration files from the time when I was using Linux and a bunch of other tools that I no longer use.

How to use it

To set up new Macbook run the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/switowski/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles
# Go through setup-macbook.sh and comment out what you don't need
chmod +x setup-macbook.sh
chmod +x brew.sh
chmod +x brew-cask.sh
chmod +x mas.sh
chmod +x fish.sh
chmod +x macos-defaults.sh
# Install brew packages, fish, and symlink configuration files
./setup-macbook.sh
# Run commands that require admin privileges
sudo ./sudo-setup-macbook.sh
# Write some better default settings
./macos-defaults.sh

Software that requires manual installation

Some software can't be installed neither with brew nor with mas. Here is a non-exhaustive list:

• Buho cleaner set of tools to clean up software (like CCleaner from Windows)
• Logi capture software for my logitech camera
• n8n automation tool

Manual tweaks

• Point iTerm2 settings folder to: /Users/switowski/workspace/dotfiles/.config/iterm2_profile
• Point Alfred settings to: ~/Dropbox/Backups/Alfred (requires Dropbox to be installed!)
• Point BetterTouchTool to use Dropbox for settings synchronziation
  • If this doesn't work, create the following shortcuts:
    • Cmd+H -> A No action (disables the annoying "Hide app" shortcut)
    • Cmd+M -> A No action (disables the annoying "Minimize app" shortcut)
    • Cmd+Shift+W -> Close app under cursor (Consistent behavior for closing any app)

Shortcuts

• Setup some custom shortcuts:
  • Shortcut for locking screen:
    • App Shortcuts -> Finder.app -> Downloads: Change the default shortcut to Shift+Cmd+L, so you can use Cmd+Alt+L for starting screensaver (see below)
    • App Shortcuts -> "+" -> Application: "All Applications"; Menu title: "Lock Screen" -> Cmd+Alt+L
• Accessibility -> Invert colors -> Cmd+Q (to prevent closing everything when I fat-finger Q instead of W)

Email accounts

They should synchronize from iCloud and you only need to enable them in the accounts (Mail -> Accounts), but if they don't, here are some tips:

• Gmail and Yahoo are straightforward and using their corresponding setup wizard will do the trick.
• For Zoho, here are the necessary settings (it was a bit problematic to get them right in the first place):
  • IMAP/SMTP Username: firstname@mydomain.com
  • IMAP host name: imappro.zoho.com
  • SMTP host name: smtppro.zoho.com

Alfred workflows

Go through all the workflows (just try to run them) and set them up. Some will requires setting up API tokens, like Todoist or Gist.

Virtualfish

Follow instructions from this comment to set up virtual fish with asdf:

python -m pip install virtualfish
asdf reshim python
vf install compat_aliases projects environment update_python && exec fish
mkdir $WORKON_HOME

Apple Music

There is a bug that changes the volume after you resume playback. You set the volume in Music to less than full, you start playing a song and the volume starts at full blast only to lower 1 second later. To prevent this from happening, open preferences, check the "Loseless audio" and choose "Losseless" for Streaming and Download options.

Troubleshooting

troubleshooting.sh contains software and tweaks to troubleshoot some issues. The might not be necessary right away on a clean macOS installation, but maybe in the future.