Development Environment Setup (macOS)

Steps to set up a new macOS machine.
Updated for macOS Sequoia.

SSH key

Generate an SSH key:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

Add the key to your Github account. To copy the public key to your clipboard run:

pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Terminal tools

• Homebrew - Package manager for macOS
• Node.js - Nodejs with nvm
• Download git-prompt script:

  curl -fsSo ~/.git-prompt.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
  

Config files

• Clone this repo:

  cd && mkdir Dev && cd Dev
  git clone [email protected]:rbika/dotfiles-macos.git dotfiles && cd dotfiles
  

• Create symlinks:

  ln -s $(pwd)/src/zsh/.zshrc ~/.zshrc
  ln -s $(pwd)/src/zsh/.hushlogin ~/.hushlogin
  ln -s $(pwd)/src/git/.gitconfig ~/.gitconfig
  
  mkdir ~/.config
  ln -s $(pwd)/src/nvim ~/.config/nvim
  ln -s $(pwd)/src/ghostty ~/.config/ghostty
  

Apps

Apps can be installed running:

brew bundle --file=./src/homebrew/Brewfile

See the src/homebrew/Brewfile for the list of apps.

Wipe all apps from the Dock:

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array && killall Dock

Custom app icons can be found inside /src/app-icons.

Cursor

Install extensions:

cursor --install-extension arcticicestudio.nord-visual-studio-code
cursor --install-extension bradlc.vscode-tailwindcss
cursor --install-extension dbaeumer.vscode-eslint
cursor --install-extension esbenp.prettier-vscode
cursor --install-extension pkief.material-icon-theme
cursor --install-extension streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker

Karabiner Elements

Copy config file to Karabiner's folder:

mkdir -p ~/.config/karabiner/ && cp ./src/karabiner/karabiner.json ~/.config/karabiner/

Finder

Delete all .DS_Store files so when setting view options, they are applied to all folders:

cd ~ && find . -name '.DS_Store' -type f -delete

System preferences

source ./src/macos/defaults.zsh

General - Language and Region

• Number Format: 1,234,567.89

Keyboard

• Shortcut
  • Mission Control
    • Show Desktop: Option+D
    • Move left a space: Option+1
    • Move right a space: Option+2
  • Spotlight
    • Show Spotlight Search: Disable it

Extra configs

• Disable font smoothing:

  defaults -currentHost write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 0