My Mac Settings

Computer Name

To update the computer name that appears in the terminal:

System Preferences > Sharing > Computer Name

Terminal Prompt

To update the terminal prompt:

code .zshrc

Terminal ZSH

# PROMPT='%n@%m %. %% '
PROMPT='%F{035}%~%f %F{033}$%f '

powerlevel10k

brew install romkatv/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k
echo "source $(brew --prefix)/opt/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme" >>~/.zshrc

Repository

Uninstall

Oh My Zsh (favorite)

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

code ~/.zshrc

To uninstall

uninstall_oh_my_zsh

Theme

ZSH_THEME="refined"

Extras

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

code ~/.zshrc

plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)

Manual settings

• Font: JetBrains Mono Regular Regular 14
• Window Size: 140 x 35

Apps

Install Homebrew:

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

To install all applications from the Brewfile:

brew bundle

VS Code Extensions

Popular commands

code --list-extensions
code --install-extension ms-vscode.cpptools
code --uninstall-extension ms-vscode.csharp
code --install-extension a --force (to update)

See the extension ID on the extension details page under the Marketplace Info.

References

• zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Prompt-Expansion.html#Prompt-Expansion
• medium.com/dev-genius/customize-the-macos-terminal-zsh-4cb387e4f447
• Xterm 256 color Chart
• VS Code CLI