macOS Setup Script

This script provisions your Mac for a specified environemt by installing the necesarry tools from Homebrew and Apple App Store

It utilizes

• brew to install the Homebrew packages and
• mas to install the Apple App Store apps like Xcode

• Login to Mac App Store before executing the script
• not important: Authenticate terminal to github using the command ssh -T [email protected]

• Since this relies on brew, you get idempotence by default
• Some apps will require you to enter you computer login password during install (keep an eye on the terminal)

git clone https://github.com/emmanuelstroem/macosetup.git && cd macosetup

This path should exist in macosetuo/dotfiles and contain all you configs.

1. Clone dotfiles from your own repository. (highly recommended)
2. You can also try out mine and customize it to fit your preference: git clone https://github.com/emmanuelstroem/dotfile.git
3. Create a folder dotfiles and add your config to it
4. Ignore this step and continue

These dotfiles are widely based on personal preference and we highly advice maintaining your own version in your own repo. Either clone your own dotfiles repo into this workspace Or

Populate user, email, username values in the dotfile/.gitconfig file

Replace the file dotfiles/.zshrc with your own

Replace the powerlevel config dotfiles/.p10k.zsh with your own

• mobiledev: for Mobile App Developer tools like Xcode, Android Studio, Fastlane . . .
• security: for Security related tools
• sre: for cloud provider tools frequently used by SREs and DevOps
• webdev: for Web Developer tools like Node, PHP, grunt, . . .
• base: for basic tools that all macOS should have like Spotify, VLC, VSCode, . . .
• -h or --help: for help

./setup <environment>

./setup sre

./setup --help

• CMD + , to open Terminal Preferences
• Goto Profiles
• Select Text
• Change Font to either MesloGS NF to have graohical images like git branch or folder show on Terminal

Symlink

ln -s fn /usr/local/opt/openjdk/libexec/openjdk.jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk.jdk

Add JAVA JDK Path to .zshrc file

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/openjdk/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

Sublime-Text:

brew cask install sublime-text

Pasta:

mas install pasta

Oversight by Objective-See:

• app installs but have to quit it to continue

brew cask install oversight

Issue:

• Images not showing on Terminals

Solution:

• Select one of the already installed Nerd Fonts Meslo or Hack.
• If not installed, then install Nerd Fonts

Issue:

• nerd-font: Multiple Casks found

Solution:

• Only homebrew/cask-fonts is available. Untap caskroom/fonts using command:

• brew untap caskroom/fonts

• Re-run the environment again

Issue:

• fatal: unable to access 'github.com/Homebrew/brew': Could not resolve host: github.com

Solution:

• Check your internet connection or proxy settings
• Run the environment again

TODO:

• scale display to: more space

• set nighshift to custom time: 1900 - 0700

• set trackpad tracking speed to: fast

• set Accessibility->Pointer Control->Trackpad Options-> Enable Dragging - Three finger drag

• set trackpad tap to click

• Trackpad: enable tap to click for this user and for the login screen

  defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1

  defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1