Mac dot files

Setup

1. Update macOS
2. Generate an SSH key
   1. ssh-keygen
3. Copy the value of the SSH key
   1. cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub | pbcopy
      1. if this changes, update .ssh/config
4. Add the key to GitHub
   1. https://github.com/settings/keys
5. Install Homebrew
   1. Add brew to the PATH
6. Setup the bare git repo

git init --bare $HOME/.cfg
alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME'
echo "alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> ~/.zprofile
config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
config remote add origin [email protected]:Fullchee/mac-dotfiles.git
config fetch origin main -y
config reset --hard origin/main
config branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main main
zsh ~/.dotfiles/post-install.sh

Manual steps I haven't automated yet

Crontab

1. Copy the contents of .backup-crontab.sh

sudo crontab -e

Saving crontab to dotfiles repo

save-crontab

Apps

• Bluetooth devices
  • portable speaker
  • headphones
  • earbuds
• Printer
  • Canon printer driver
  • Brother printer driver

Settings

• Settings ->
  • Accessibility
    • Zoom -> Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom
    • Spoken Content
      • System Voice
        • Update the voice to Siri 1
        • Increment speed by 1
      • Speak Selection: enable
  • Control Center
    • Sound: Always Show in Menu Bar
    • Show battery percentage
    • Show Weather
  • Keyboard ->
    • Keyboard Navigation: Enable
    • Keyboard shortcuts
      • Mission Control: disable everything
      • Spotlight -> Show Spotlight Search: disable
  • Trackpad
    • Tap to click
    • -> Scroll & Save: Natural scrolling: disable
  • Login Items & Extensions
    • Actions: enable ImagOptim
  • Location
    • just allow weather and some System Settings to use location
• Screenshot: cmd shift 5 -> Options

Mac tips

Finder tips

Open with

• iTerm2
• VSCode

1. Install the App and place it in the Applications folder
2. Hold Option+CMD and drag the application to toolbar

• cmd k Remote Connect to a server
• Cmd shift a cmd [ jump around and Refresh Finder
• cmd-shift-n: create a new folder
• cmd-L Create a new alias
• cmd-shift-g: Goto file (autocompleted)
• cmd-shift-. toggle hidden files
• alt cmd space to open up finder

Finder Search file type

Type kind:doc to only select .doc types

Create a "Copy Path" service for Finder (Credit to OSX Daily: http://osxdaily.com/2013/06/19/copy-file-folder-path-mac-os-x/)

1. Launch Automator and create a new “Service”
2. Use the search function to look for “Copy to Clipboard” and drag that into the rightside panel of the Service
3. Set ‘Service recieves selected’ to “files or folders” and ‘in’ to “Finder” as shown in the screen shot below
4. Save the Service with a name like “Copy Path”

iTerm

• alt -> and <- to move a word at a time (Linux uses the super/meta key)
  1. Preferences (cmd ,) -> Profiles -> Keys -> Left Option as Escape
  2. Change the Alt -> and Alt <- to "Send Escape Sequence" (esc+b and esc+f)
• shortcut to toggle iTerm: Preferences -> Keys tab -> Hotkey section
• cmd-g: find next search result (instead of pressing enter), can also do cmd-shift-g to search forward in time
• http://teohm.com/blog/working-effectively-with-iterm2/
• cmd /: show where the cursor is

App not being found by Spotlight?

• add and remove whatever is not being found in Spotlight's list of directories it won't scan

Spotlight: Open the item's containing folder

• cmd-enter

Word: Change the Default/Normal Layout

1. Select some text with your desired font & spacing
2. Cmd-d (opens Font) window
3. Click the Advanced tab near the top
4. Click Default ... on the bottom left

Word: Don't show start screen

1. Open Preferences (cmd ,)
2. Click the General button
3. Untick Show Word Document Gallery

Calendar won't sync

Preferences -> Internet Accounts -> Untick and tick calendar

Reset SMC (System Management Controller, hardware settings)

1. Turn off laptop
2. Keep Power cable plugged in
3. Hold Shift+Control+Option+Power

Force Quit a program

• cmd-option-escape, then force quit the program you'd like
• otherwise, to kill the process, ps aux | grep <process name> and then kill it, like Linux

Only copy/paste the formatting (useful in Notes, Google Drive, not Word, especially for strikethrough)

cmd-alt-c and cmd-alt-v

Change default app for file extension

1. Right click a file with that extension to "Get Info"
2. Near the bottom, in "Open with", change the app and press "Change All..."

Hide apps (Finder, iTunes, Mail) from the cmd-tab menu

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/92004/is-there-a-way-to-hide-certain-apps-from-the-cmdtab-menu

Modify the icon of a program

1. Create an .icns file (convert online or something)
2. Click on your Application.app and press Cmd I
3. Drag your .icns file to the top left corner where the old icon until you see a green plus sign

Resize Finder column so it fits the text

• double click on the two bars at the bottom of the column
  • like Excel, no need to manually drag it out