dotfiles for MacOS with chezmoi

This dotfiles repository exists for setup of Macbooks. It uses chezmoi to manage dotfiles and homebrew to install tools, apps and Visual Studio Code extensions.

Mac setup

Icons for usage:

• 🏡 home mac
• 🏢 work mac

Old Mac

• Deactivate Dropbox
  • Sign out from personal Dropbox
• Save Moom settings
  • Quit Moom
  • Export Moom settings and copy to chezmoi source defaults export com.manytricks.Moom ~/.local/share/chezmoi/dot_dotfiles/moom/Moom.plist
• 🏢 Export JetBrains IDEs settings
  • DataGrip
    • Make database sources global and export settings to OneDrive
  • Rider
    • Export settings to OneDrive
• 🏢 Export MS Remote Desktop settings to OneDrive
  • Copy to OneDrive 3 files in /Users/<username>/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.rdc.macos/Data/Library/Application Support/com.microsoft.rdc.macos starts with com.microsoft.rdc.application-data.sqlite*

New Mac

• Update OS to latest version and install Rosetta 2 also from Terminal (or run /bin/bash ~/.dotfiles/.mac_update.sh script):

  • softwareupdate -l
  • sudo softwareupdate -i -a --restart --agree-to-license --verbose
  • sudo softwareupdate --install-rosetta

• Install Xcode command line tools from the Terminal:

  • xcode-select --install

• Install Homebrew from Terminal:

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

• Install chezmoi via Homebrew:

  • brew install chezmoi

• Init chezmoi repository from remote dotfiles:

  • chezmoi init --apply --verbose https://github.com/$GITHUB_USERNAME/dotfiles.git

• Install apps via Homebrew manually from Terminal:

  • brew bundle install --file=~/Brewfile

• Import app settings to Defaults from Terminal:

  • /bin/bash ~/.dotfiles/.import_plists.sh

• Install .NET SDKs

  • Download SDKs from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet

• Restart computer

• Set up ssh keys. Articles about settings:

  • https://dev.to/yashsway/setting-up-multiple-ssh-profiles-to-manage-multiple-git-accounts-macos-3m7m
  • https://medium.com/@xiaolishen/use-multiple-ssh-keys-for-different-github-accounts-on-the-same-computer-7d7103ca8693

• 🏢 Import MS Remote Desktop settings to OneDrive

  • Copy from OneDrive 3 files to /Users/<username>/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.rdc.macos/Data/Library/Application Support/com.microsoft.rdc.macos which starts with com.microsoft.rdc.application-data.sqlite*

• 🏢 Install JetBrains software

  • Download JetBrains Toolbox manually and install it.
  • Sign in to JetBrains Toolbox and install all needed apps.
  • Import JetBrains IDE settings from OneDrive

• 🏢 Set up Docker Desktop

  • Sign in to Docker Desktop

• Set up Visual Studio Code

  • Set settings
  • Set up launching VSCode from command line with tutorial

• 🏢 Install M365 apps

  • Sign in to https://portal.office.com
  • Go to https://portal.office.com/account/?ref=Harmony and click to Install Office

• Set up personal Dropbox

  • Sign in to Dropbox
  • Set up sync folders

• Install Python from pyenv

  • Use guide on Tidy Tales - Python Setup

• 🏢 Install Astrill VPN

For daily sw update use swupdate and macupdate commands and JetBrains Toolbox.