dotfiles

Miscellaneous settings files I use across systems. Mostly OSX-specific.

This setup replaces https://ryanbrooks.co.uk/posts/2013-06-10-setting-up-os-x-mountain-lion/.

To get up and running

From a fresh MacOS install:

Set up SSH keys

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C “[email protected]”
ssh-add --apple-use-keychain ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
cat .ssh/id_ed25519.pub| pbcopy

Thanks to https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent

SSH-agent defaults are set by the script, so we don't need to worry too much about it for the initial clone of dotfiles.

• Add that SSH key to your GitHub SSH keys.
• Clone this repo and run things:

take ~/src
git clone [email protected]:spikeheap/dotfiles

cd dotfiles
./_bootstrap.sh

After that you'll probably want to do a couple of manual tasks:

• Check for compaudit/compinit errors in the terminal
  • Probably fix the error with: chmod 755 /opt/homebrew/share
• Set up Alfred.
  • Disable Spotlight's ⌘-space keyboard shortcut.
  • Configure Alfred to use ⌘-space.
  • Turn on clipboard history.
• Set up Backblaze.
• Set up Little Snitch.
• Install your purchased software from the App Store.
• Enable your mail accounts in Settings -> Internet Accounts.
• Settings -> Notifications -> Mail -> set to none.
• Sharing: enable remote login (on iMac only) and set hostname.
• Keyboard: Modifier Keys: Caps Lock to Command (Saves hitting caps lock by mistake)
• Run flux (or turn on Night Shift)
• Set iTerm to load the preferences from ~/dotfiles/iterm/.
• Set up Finicky to use config from this repository.
• Set Rectangle to start on boot (in app settings).
• Turn on VSCode sync using GitHub account.
• Add Slack accounts\
• Log into Dropbox and enable sync
• Configure Obsidian

Thanks

A lot of the auto-brewing has been stolen gratuitously from George Hickman. Cheers!