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macOS 10.12 Sonoma and Up Setup

Most things should work in newer versions of macOs with slight tweaks.

Custom recipe to get macOS 10.12 Sierra running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. This is very similar (and currently mostly the same) as my 10.11 El Capitan setup recipe and 10.10 Yosemite setup recipe. I am currently tweaking this for 10.12 Sierra and expect to refine this gist over the next few weeks.

I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install. I generally reinstall each computer from scratch every 6 months, and I do not perform upgrades between releases.

This keeps the system performing at top speeds, clean of trojans, spyware, and ensures that I maintain good organizational practices for my content and backups. I highly recommend this.

You are encouraged to fork this and modify it to your heart's content to match your own needs.

If you find it useful: feel free to shoot me an email, leave a comment, or tell others about it.

Install Software

The software selected is software that is "tried and true" --- software I need after any fresh install. I often install other software not listed here, but is handled in a case-by-case basis.

Prerequisites

Homebrew

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Xcode Command Line Tools

During install of Homebrew, the script will kindly detect that you have not yet installed Xcode Command Line Tools, and pop up a dialog asking if you want to install it. Yes, you do. I defer to install the full Xcode until later since the download takes longer and I want to keep moving forward. For now, just the Xcode Command Line Tools.

Confirm the license:

sudo xcodebuild -license

Fix CLT include bindings:

Needed for poppler to make poppler-simple and npm/yarn happy. (No clue why)

xcode-select --install

Mac App Store Command Line Tools

The mas command by argon is a handy tool to interact with the App Store without needing to point and click, search, and otherwise need manual intervention. This lets us install the next batch of software very quickly using Terminal.

Now that Homebrew is installed, it's easy to get mas:

brew install mas

Then signin to the Mac App Store for the first time:

mas signin [email protected]

Install binaries from a Brewfile (apps from App Store using mas, apps from Cask)

Retrieve Brewfile

curl -o Brewfile https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kevinelliott/7a152c556a83b322e0a8cd2df128235c/raw/2-macOS-10.12-sierra-setup-brewfile

Edit Brewfile for last minute changes

You may wish to add or remove a few App Store or Cask items before initiating Homebrew to install all of the applications. If you wish to review these now you may examine the Brewfile now.

Install apps

brew bundle install

This will take some time, especially if you have a slow internet connection and because Xcode is huge. But it's faster than you having to search the App Store app and click to install for each of these!

Install from Third-Party Websites

Fonts

Mensch coding font

Xcode Command Line Tools

Xcode > Preferences > Downloads > Command Line Tools

Homebrew

Shell

Install custom .dotfiles

git clone [email protected]:kevinelliott/.dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
~/.dotfiles/install.sh

Update .bash_profile

echo 'source ~/.dotfiles/base.sh' >> ~/.bash_profile

OS X Preferences

# https://gist.github.com/nmccready/eebeafb0f1404e5afc5d727b1753fc05#os-x-preferences

#Set a blazingly fast keyboard repeat rate
defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1

#Set a shorter Delay until key repeat
defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10

#Add a context menu item for showing the Web Inspector in web views
defaults write NSGlobalDomain WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true

#Show the ~/Library folder
chflags nohidden ~/Library

#Store screenshots in subfolder on desktop
mkdir -p ~/Desktop/Screenshots
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/Screenshots

Set hostname

sudo scutil --set HostName SpaceX-Falcon-9

#Git

Setup Github

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"

# Copy ssh key to github.com
subl ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

# Test connection
ssh -T [email protected]

# Set git config values
git config --global user.name "Kevin Elliott"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global github.user kevinelliott
git config --global github.token your_token_here

git config --global core.editor "subl -w"
git config --global color.ui true

Sublime Text

Add Sublime Text CLI

This is done automatically by Homebrew Cask.

Install Package Control

Run Sublime Text 3 and access the console via the CTRL + ``` shortcut or the View > Show Console` menu.

import urllib.request,os,hashlib; h = '7183a2d3e96f11eeadd761d777e62404' + 'e330c659d4bb41d3bdf022e94cab3cd0'; pf = 'Package Control.sublime-package'; ipp = sublime.installed_packages_path(); urllib.request.install_opener( urllib.request.build_opener( urllib.request.ProxyHandler()) ); by = urllib.request.urlopen( 'http://sublime.wbond.net/' + pf.replace(' ', '%20')).read(); dh = hashlib.sha256(by).hexdigest(); print('Error validating download (got %s instead of %s), please try manual install' % (dh, h)) if dh != h else open(os.path.join( ipp, pf), 'wb' ).write(by)

See https://sublime.wbond.net/installation for more information. Their site has a note that this install code will change for each new release, so it would be good to check once in a while.

Install Packages

BracketHighlighter CoffeeScriptHaml

Install Soda Theme

git clone git://github.com/buymeasoda/soda-theme.git ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/Theme\ -\ Soda

Install Tomorrow Theme

git clone git://github.com/chriskempson/textmate-tomorrow-theme.git ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/Color\ Scheme\ -\ Tomorrow

Settings

Sublime Text > Preferences > Settings - User

{
  "bold_folder_labels": true,
  "close_windows_when_empty": true,
  "color_scheme": "Packages/User/SublimeLinter/Monokai-Cobalt (SL).tmTheme",
  "draw_indent_guides": false,
  "fade_fold_buttons": false,
  "font_face": "Source Code Pro",
  "font_size": 16,
  "highlight_line": true,
  "highlight_modified_tabs": true,
  "ignored_packages":
  [
    "Vintage"
  ],
  "show_tab_close_buttons": false,
  "spell_check": false,
  "tab_size": 2,
  "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true,
  "theme": "Soda Light.sublime-theme",
  "word_separators": "./\\()\"'-:,.;<>~!@#%^&*|+=[]{}`~?",
  "word_wrap": true
}

Key Bindings

[
	{ "keys": ["super+b"], "command": "expand_selection", "args": {"to": "brackets"} },
	{ "keys": ["super+f"], "command": "show_panel", "args": {"panel": "replace"} },
	{ "keys": ["super+alt+f"], "command": "show_panel", "args": {"panel": "find"} }
]

Snippets

git clone [email protected]:bytestudios/sublime-snippets.git "/Users/Joel/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/Byte"

Server

MySQL

brew install mysql
brew pin mysql

MySQL Settings

# Copy launch agent into place
mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents && cp /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/VERSION/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

# Edit launch agent and set both keepalive and launch at startup to false
vi ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

# Inject launch agent
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

# Set up databases to run as your user account
unset TMPDIR && mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp

# Start mysql
start mysql

# Secure mysql
/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/VERSION/bin/mysql_secure_installation

PostgreSQL

brew install postgres --no-ossp-uuid
brew pin postgres

PostgreSQL Settings

# Initialize db if none exists already
initdb /usr/local/var/postgres

# Create launchctl script
mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents
cp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/VERSION/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

# Edit launchctl script (set to not start automatically and keepalive false)
subl ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist

# Inject launchctl script
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist

# Start PostgreSQL
start pg

Ruby Gems

libv8 / therubyracer

brew uninstall v8
gem uninstall libv8
brew install v8
gem install therubyracer
gem install libv8 -v 3.16.14.3 -- --with-system-v8

nokogiri

brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew install libxml2 libxslt libiconv
gem install nokogiri -- --with-iconv-dir=/usr/local/Cellar/libiconv/VERSION/

capybara-webkit

brew install -v https://raw.github.com/cliffrowley/homebrew/patched_qt/Library/Formula/qt.rb --HEAD --without-ssse3
gem install capybara-webkit -v '0.9.0'

aww yeah

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