Mac Settings

Mac Settings.md

General

• Show the battery percentage (System Settings > Control Centre > Battery)
• Show all filename extensions on Finder (Finder > Settings > Advanced)
• Show Path Bar on Finder (Finder > View)
• Install KeePassXC to manage credentials
• Install Google Drive to sync important files such as KeePass file
• Install Google Chrome
• Install AlDente to limit maximum charging percentage
• Show App Switcher (cmd+TAB) on all displays
  • defaults write com.apple.Dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true
  • killall Dock
  • ref: https://superuser.com/questions/670252/cmdtab-app-switcher-is-on-the-wrong-monitor
• Automatically hide and show the Dock (Settings > Desktop & Dock > Dock settings)
  • This allows Mac to show the Dock on each display
• Disable the Dictation shortcut (System Settings > Keyboard > Dectation > Shortcut)

Input (Keyboard, Mouse, etc.)

• Install Scroll Reverser to reverse the scroll order only with the mouse
• Install Karabiner-Elements and Windows-like Karabiner-Elements Configuration to use Windows/Linux-like key bindings
• Run defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false on the terminal to enable key-repeating
• Set Key Rpeat Rate and Delay Until Repeat as fast/short as possible in Systems Settings
  • InitialKeyRepeat doesn't need to be set via the terminal as the shortest time available on system preferences is good enough
• System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Mission Control
  • Mission Control: Option + Up Arrow
  • Application windows: Option + Down Arrow
  • Mission Control, Move left a space: Option + Left Arrow
  • Mission Control, Move right a space: Option + Right Arrow
  • By default, they use Control but it does not function well with Windows/Linux-like key bindings set up above

CLI/Shell/Terminal

• Run chsh -s /bin/bash to set the login shell to Bash
• Install Homebrew
• Install iTerm2
  • Enable clipboard access Settings (Preferences) > General > Selection > Applications
  • For better visibility, go to Settings (Preferences) > Profiles > Colors, then
    • Choose "Pastel (Dark Background)" for a colour preset
    • Unselect "Brighten bold text"
    • Set "Minimum Contrast" to 30%
• Build Vim via Homebrew brew install vim
• Generate a new SSH key for GitHub following the official instructions
  • Add the following settings to ~/.ssh/config:

Host github.com
  User git
  Hostname github.com
  Identityfile ~/.ssh/github/id_ed25519

• Generate a GPG key for GitHub following the official instructions
• Install the dotfiles and those dependencies (follow README)