.dotfiles for macOS

What is this?

This repository services as a way to help setup and maintain my Mac. Consider this repository a fork of Dries Vints dotfiles. For full instructions on a fresh macOS setup, follow the directions on Dries' repo.

Steps to Setup your Mac

These instructions are for when you've already set up your dotfiles.

Before you re-install

First, go through the checklist below to make sure you didn't forget anything before you wipe your hard drive.

• Did you commit and push any changes/branches to your git repositories?
• Did you remember to save all important documents from non-iCloud directories?
• Did you save all of your work from apps which aren't synced through iCloud?
• Did you remember to export important data from your local database?
• Did you update mackup to the latest version and ran mackup backup?

Installing macOS cleanly

After going to our checklist above and making sure you backed everything up, we're going to cleanly install macOS with the latest release. Follow this article to cleanly install the latest macOS version.

Setting up your Mac

1. Update macOS to the latest version with the App Store

2. Generate a new public and private SSH key by running:

   curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ToddSmithSalter/dotfiles/HEAD/ssh.sh | sh -s "<your-email-address>"

3. Clone this repo to ~/.dotfiles with:

   git clone git@github.com:ToddSmithSalter/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

4. Run the installation with:

   ~/.dotfiles/fresh.sh

5. After mackup is synced with your cloud storage, restore preferences by running mackup restore

6. Restart your computer to finalize the process

Your Mac is now ready to use!