My 2021 Mac setup

While referring to my Mac setup below, should take a look at swyx's new Mac setup video.

• Browsers:
  • Download Chrome / Canary and Brave, set Chrome to default
  • Page zoom 80%
• Login:
  1. GitHub
  2. Gmail
  3. Trello
  4. Notes using iCloud (Grammar and Spelling -> Deselect all)
• MacOS system settings:
  • Disable Spotlight search for all miscellaneous crap except apps, and system preferences. Especially Developer option
  • Ensure to add xcode.app to /Applications
  • Disable Ask Siri
  • Fix trackpad direction: Trackpad -> Scroll & Zoom -> Natural off
  • Increase trackpad + mouse sensitivity
• Finder settings:
  • Preferences -> show filename extensions
  • Enable showing dotfiles (just hold cmd + shift + dot keystroke) in a Finder window
  • Show path bar in footer for easier navigation
• Keyboard:
  • Shortcuts: copy picture of selected area to clipboard -> cmd + e
  • Remap cmd + q to anything else to prevent accidental close-all
  • Key Repeat: off
  • Text tab unselect 3 items: correct.., capitalise.. and add full stop..
• MacOS Dock:
  • Remove everything except - Finder, System Preferences, and Trash
  • Turn Dock Auto Hiding on
• Chrome extensions:
  • Paywall blocker
  • React Devtools
  • Octohint
  • OctoLinker
  • Wappalyzer
  • JSON Viewer
• Terminal environments:
  • My dotfiles.
  • ZSH - first usage of git will prompt you to install git (takes 15 minutes)
  • git config --global user.name "cyeehan"
  • git config --global user.email cyh0011215@gmail.com
  • Font - Inconsolata for Powerline
  • autosuggestions
  • syntax highlighting
  • Hyper Terminal.
    • settings: shell: '/bin/zsh'
    • settings: fontFamily: '"Inconsolata for Powerline", Menlo, "DejaVu Sans Mono", Consolas, "Lucida Console", monospace',
    • Fig (Search Fig on yeehanchung@gmail.com)
      • More CLI tools recommended by the founder of Fig - zsh abbreviations.
  • Homebrew
    • 
    • GitHub CLI
    • brew install bat
    • brew install deno
    • brew install node | NPM
• Apps
  • Stretchly (better rest time)
  • LICEcap (make Gifs)
  • SimpleNote | App store
  • Kap (video capture)
  • Caffeine (keep Mac awake)
  • Clipboard manager
  • Emoji on Mac
  • Magnet - luxurious
  • DaisyDisk - luxurious
  • iStat Menus 6 - luxurious | check my personal email cyh001..

References

• swyx's new mac setup 2021
  • swyx's dev.to post