
More CLI tools recommended by Brendan Faik (founder of Fig) - bat, exa, ripgrep, and other Rust CLI alternatives. Waitlisted now, but you can skip the waitlist here (i get nothing from this) Fig - context-aware autocomplete for terminal. settings: fontFamily: '"Inconsolata for Powerline", Menlo, "DejaVu Sans Mono", Consolas, "Lucida Console", monospace',. $ sudo chown -R root:staff /usr/local/share/zsh May need to chmod stuff or warnings show at start of every session $ sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/share/zsh Git config -global user.email - Inconsolata for Powerline #Code tweaks for mac install#
Install ZSH (first usage of git will prompt you to install git - takes 15 minutes)
Video Speed Controller ← VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDĬopy my dotfiles (vimrc, zshrc.See Tweets about any page ( my blogpost here).Chrome extensions: (tied to Chrome account).turn this on for MacOS Menu bar as well.Remove everything from the Dock except: Finder, System Preferences and Trash.Shortcuts: copy picture of selected area to clipboard -> Cmd+E.
remap command+Q to literally anything else - to prevent accidental close-all. Show path bar in footer for easier navigation. Enable showing dotfiles (just hold Cmd + Shift +. (if using windows keyboard) remap alt and cmd keys for ergonomics. Disable dictionary lookup: Trackpad -> Point & Click -> Look up & data detectors off. Fix trackpad direction: Trackpad -> Scroll & Zoom - Natural off. Set to Big cursor for accessibility during presentation. including stupid Developer option (make sure to add Xcode.app to /Applications not /user/swyx/Applications). Disable Spotlight search for all miscellaneous crap except apps and system preferences. Log in to: (this helps with logins for the other services below). Browser: Download Chrome, set to default. I previously tracked my new mac setup in an old version of this page from 2018-2020. Unlike Mina Markham, I choose not to automate my setup because I only do it about once a year and I want the ability to make conscious changes each time. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.