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New Mac

New mac, who dis

Bunch of checklists to do when setting up a new Mac

Last update: 3 September 2024


new-mac-2022

Wallpaper from Birmingham Museums Trust via Unsplash


S E C T I O N S




Tl;dr

This will install apps available in Homebrew. See files to be installed

bash -c "`curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arisacoba/new-mac/main/setup.sh`"

Applications

First things first

Design

  • Figma: browser-based design and prototype app, with collaboration
    • Nudge amount: 8
    • Enable Use number keys for opacity
  • Responsively App: mirrored user-interactions on various devices
  • Confectionery browser: Take delicious screenshots of your websites. Cleaner version of Safari and Arc

Productivity/Communication

  • Slack
  • Notion: powerful note-taking app
  • Zoom: video conferencing tool
  • Cron (Now, Notion Calendar): next-generation calendar for professionals and teams
  • CleanShot: Capture your Mac’s screen like a pro Highly recommended
  • Telegram: instant-messaging app
  • Discord: Less corporate Slack lol
  • Rewatch: For async communications, screen-recording tool, alternative to Loom
  • Clop: Image, video, PDF and clipboard optimiser Recommended
  • (Optional) Viber: instant-messaging app

Dev

Mac specific apps

  • Raycast: High productivity launcher (Spotlight/Alfred alternative) Highly recommended
  • Spectacle: easily resize windows in Mac
  • Kap: screen recorder for Mac
  • Screen Studio: Beautiful screen recordings. Can't recommend this enough
  • MuteKey: Mute your microphone with hotkey
  • Arc: Chrome alternative
  • Klack: Satisfying sound with every keystroke Recommended
  • Presentify: Annotate your screens

Menubar apps

  • Dozer: hides icons in menubar (free)
  • Vanilla: hides icons in menubar (with paid version)
  • Rocket: emoji picker and shortcut
  • Amphetamine: keeps your Mac awake
  • Mounty: re-mount write-protected NTFS volumes
  • HandMirror: Hand mirror, for Mac Recommended
  • MonitorControl: Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display
  • Clocker: Menubar world clock

Accessibility tools

  • Sim Daltonism: Lets you visualize colors as they are perceived with various types of color blindness
  • Color contrast analyser (CCA): WCAG 2.0 compliant contrast ratio checker with more information than Contrast
  • Stark: Figma plugin for your accessibility audits
  • HeadingsMap: List the headings structure of any website

Misc

  • Logitech Options: application to configure your logitech devices
  • Spotify: only the music and podcast streaming you need
  • Obsidian: powerful markdown editor
  • Keycastr: keystroke visualiser; useful with Kap

OS Configuration

Change computer name

System Settings β†’ General β†’ About

about@2x

Change user avatar

System Settings β†’ User & Groups

user-groups@2x

Keyboard app shortcuts

System Settings β†’ Keyboard

  • Enable "Keyboard navigation"
  • Add 1Password, Arc, Google Chrome

keyboard-app-shortcuts@2x

  • Use F3 for Mission Control
  • Use F4 for Application windows

Keyboard shortcuts@2x

Trackpad configuration

System Settings β†’ Trackpad

point-and-click@2x scroll-zoom@2x more-gestures@2x

Three-finger-drag System Settings β†’ Accessibility β†’ Pointer Control

  • Enable "Use trackpad for dragging"

three-finger-drag 2@2x


General CleanShot 2024-05-31 at 09 47 48@2x

Figma mxmaster3-figma-shortcuts

Misc

Show battery percentage System Settings β†’ Control Center

show-battery-percentage@2x

Open Spotify only on the second desktop

On dock β†’ Right-click Spotify β†’ Options β†’ This Desktop

spotify-configuration

Presentify

Update colors for annotation and cursor

Terminal Configuration

brew install zsh
  • Install oh-my-zsh
  • Configure ~/.zshrc
  • Install nvm
  • Install yarn
  • Download Amazon Q: Previously Fig. Downloading for terminal autocompletion
brew install yarn





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