New Mac setup

Inspired by swyx.

OS Settings

• Disable Spotlight search for all miscellaneous crap except apps and system preferences.
• Fix trackpad direction: Trackpad -> Scroll & Zoom - Natural off.
• Turn off the Quick Note bottom-right corner: Spotlight search "Hot Corners Shortcuts"
• Disable dictionary lookup: Trackpad -> Point & Click -> Look up & data detectors off.
• Remap Cmd+Q.
• Show path bar in Finder footer for easier navigation.
• Show dotfiles in Finder (Cmd + Shift + .(dot) in a Finder window)

Homebrew installs

Install Homebrew:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Copy the text below into a Brewfile, then run `brew bundle` to install.

tap "homebrew/bundle"
tap "homebrew/cask"
tap "homebrew/core"
brew "fnm"
brew "git"
brew "node"
brew "gdal"
brew "z"
brew "python"
brew "imagemagick"
brew "ffmpeg"
brew "imageoptim-cli"
brew "vips"
cask "google-drive"
cask "brave-browser"
cask "microsoft-excel"
cask "google-earth-pro"
cask "visual-studio-code"
cask "adobe-creative-cloud"
cask "imageoptim"
cask "bitwarden"
cask "rocket"
cask "github"
cask "licecap"
cask "spotify"
cask "figma"
cask "whatsapp"

Other Applications

• Logi Options (for Logitech MX Master 3 mouse)
• ImageOptim for a suite of image optimisation tools with decent UI.

VS Code extensions

• Prettier – File > Preferences > Settings > "Default formatter" > "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
• Enable bracket pair colorization in settings
• Wattenberger's footsteps
• auto-rename-tag
• auto-close-tag

• Add keyboard shortcuts for wrapping in html tags. Add to keybindings.json:

  json Copy

  {
    "key": "cmd+i",
    "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
    "when": "editorTextFocus",
    "args": {
      "snippet": "$TM_SELECTED_TEXT$0"
    }
  }

Browser extensions

• Bitwarden
• Bypass paywalls
• Video speed controller

Final checks

• Ensure Google Drive client is syncing locally
• Sync phone