See it in action

• On YouTube https://youtu.be/NtREW4gOSgs

macOS setup

• install git

xcode-select --install

• clone repository

git clone https://github.com/jorycz/macOS-setup

• run initialSetup.sh & reboot

cd macOS-setup
./initialSetup.sh
sudo shutdown -r now

• run afterRebootSetup.sh and let all apps sync

./afterRebootSetup.sh

In case you need to run one Apple Script, run:

./macOS/guiSetup.sh ./macOS/initialSetup/Finder.applescript

macOS version

• macOS 15 Sequoia

List of Global Settings - using Terminal

• Set ZSH shell as default (should be already)
• Computer Name
• Enable Firewall

List of Settings - using Apple Script

initialSetup

Desktop

• Sort By: Date Created

Dock-MissionControl

• Add 4 Spaces if less than 4 Spaces detected

Finder

• Add NAS to Connect to Server (CMD + K)
• View > Show Path Bar
• View > Show Status Bar
• Create Applications folder in home if not exists
• Show View Options
  • Show item info : TRUE
  • Show icon preview : TRUE
  • Show Library Folder : TRUE
  • Always open in icon view : TRUE
  • Group By : Name
  • Sort By : Name
  • Click > Use as Defaults
• Settings...
  • Sidebar
    • Recents : FALSE
    • HOME FOLDER : TRUE
  • Advanced
    • Show all filename extensions : TRUE
    • Keep folders on top :
      • In windows when sorting by name : TRUE
      • On Desktop : TRUE
    • When performing a search: Search the Current Folder
  • General
    • Show these items on the desktop
      • Hard disks : TRUE
      • Connected servers : TRUE
    • New Finder windows show : HOME FOLDER

Settings-AppleAccount

• Apple Account > iCloud > Drive > Desktop & Documents Folders : TRUE

Settings-AppleIntelligenceAndSiri

• Apple Intelligence & Siri > Custom shortcut to open AI or Siri (Globe + Space or S)

Settings-ControlCenter

• Control Center
  • Sound : Always Show in Menu Bar
  • Battery
    • Show Percentage : TRUE
    • Show Energy Mode : Always
  • Fast User Switching
    • Show in Menu Bar : Account Name
  • Recent documents, applications, and servers : 30

Settings-DesktopAndDock

• Desktop & Dock
  • Position on screen: Right
  • Automatically hide and show the Dock : TRUE
  • Show suggested and recent apps in Dock : FALSE
  • Click wallpaper to reveal desktop : Only in Stage Manager
  • Ask to keep changes when closing documents : TRUE
  • Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use : FALSE
  • Group windows by application : TRUE
• Shortcuts...
  • Set Mouse Button 3 to Application Windows (App Expose)

Settings-Energy_Battery

• Energy (Mac without battery)
  • Prevent automatic sleeping when the display if off : TRUE
• Battery (Mac with battery)
  • Options > Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off : TRUE

Settings-Keyboard-Dictation

• Keyboard
  • Dictation : TRUE
  • Dictation > Languages : Add Czechia

Settings-Keyboard-InputSources

• Keyboard
  • Automatically switch to a document's input source : TRUE
  • Correct spelling automatically : FALSE
  • Capitalize words automatically : FALSE
  • Add period with double-space : FALSE
  • Use smart quotes and dashes : FALSE
  • Click on + and add Czech – QWERTY input source ...

Settings-Keyboard-Shortcuts

• Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts...
  • Mission Control
    • Show Notification Center : Control + Space
    • Disable All shortcuts for switching to Spaces by numbers
    • Set Control + 1 to move to left Space (Desktop)
    • Set Control + 2 to move to right Space (Desktop)
  • App Shortcuts
    • All Applications (Terminal mainly)
      • Zoom : Control + Option + Z * Return to Default Size : Control + Option + X
      • Window Top Left : Option + Control + 1
      • Window Top Right : Option + Control + 2
      • Window Bottom Left : Option + Control + 3
      • Window Bottom Right : Option + Control + 4
      • Return to Default Size : Control + Command + X (for Terminal in Utility)
    • Safari
      • Quit : Control + Option + Q
        • Duplicate Tab : Control + Option + D
    • Stickies
      • Paste and Match Style : Command + V
    • Notes
      • Paste and Match Style : Command + V
    • Photos
      • Move 1 Photo to Shared Library : Command + S
  • Input Sources
    • Select the previous input source : FALSE
    • Select next source in Input menu : Shift + Command + A

Settings-LockScreen

• Lock Screen
  • Require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off : After 5 seconds
  • (Mac with battery) Turn display off on battery when inactive : For 30 minutes
  • (Mac with battery) Turn display off on power adapter when inactive : For 1 hour
  • (Mac without battery) Turn display off when inactive : For 2 hours

Settings-Mouse-Apple-Magic-Mouse

• Mouse (Apple Mouse only)
  • Secondary click : Right Click
  • Smart zoom : TRUE
  • Swipe between pages : Scroll Left or Right with One Finger
  • Swipe between full-screen applications : TRUE
  • Mission Control : TRUE

Settings-TouchIDAndPassword

• Touch ID & Password > Enable unlock with Apple Watch (in case Watch word is found in name) : TRUE

Settings-Trackpad

• Trackpad
  • Point & Click > Tap to click : TRUE
  • More Gestures > App Exposé : Swipe Down with Three Fingers

Settings-Trackpad2-Dragging

• Accessibility > Pointer Control > Trackpad Options...
  • Use trackpad for dragging : TRUE
  • Dragging style : Without Drag Lock

Terminal

• Settings...
  • General
    • New window with profile : Pro
  • Profiles
    • Pro (select as default)
  • Profiles > Shell > When the shell exits : Close if the shell exited cleanly
  • Profiles > Advanced > Set locale environment variables on startup : FALSE
• font name : SF Mono Light
• font size : 13

afterRebootSetup

Notes

• Sort notes by : Title

Safari

• View > Show Favorites Bar
• View > Show Status Bar
• View > Show Sidebar
• Settings...
  • General
    • Safari opens with : All windows from last session
    • Remove history items : Manually
    • Remove download list items : Manually
    • Open “safe” files after downloading : FALSE
  • Advanced
    • Show full website address : TRUE
    • Default encoding : Unicode (UTF-8)
    • Show features for web developers : TRUE

X-Run-Last

• Open Application (for initial confirmation / sync)
  • Messages
  • Music
  • Calendar
  • Notes
  • Reminders
  • Photos

List of Settings - using Terminal

• Finder - Allowing text selection in Quick Look/Preview in Finder by default
• Finder - Expand the following File Info panes: General, Metadata, Open with, and Sharing & Permissions
• Dock - Launchpad - show more apps in grid
• TextEdit - Use plain text mode for new TextEdit documents
• TextEdit - Open and save files as UTF-8 in TextEdit
• TextEdit - Set default plain text font and size
  • Verdana, size 14
• TextEdit - Set default rich text font and size
  • Verdana, size 14
• Global - Expand Save dialogs
• Global - Do NOT create .DS_Store files on Network or USB volumes