Personal Scripts

Thanks to fireship's .dotfiles video for helping me. This could only have been possible through them.

Steps to bootstrap a new Mac

1. Install Apple's Command Line Tools, which are prerequisites for Git and Homebrew.

2. Clone repo into new hidden directory.

3. Create symlinks in the Home directory to the real files in the repo.

4. Install Homebrew, followed by the software listed in the Brewfile.

TODO List

• Learn how to use defaults to record and restore System Preferences and other macOS configurations.
• Organize these growing steps into multiple script files.
• Automate symlinking and run script files with a bootstrapping tool like Dotbot.
• Revisit the list in .zshrc to customize the shell.
• Make a checklist of steps to decommission your computer before wiping your hard drive.
• Create a bootable USB installer for macOS.
• Integrate other cloud services into your Dotfiles process (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.).
• Find inspiration and examples in other Dotfiles repositories at dotfiles.github.io.
• And last, but hopefully not least, take my course, Dotfiles from Start to Finish-ish!