Dotfiles!

Your computer could explode at any time. No big deal - just brew a really large cup of coffee and restore your dotfiles.

Clean Install

• Open a terminal and type git to install developer tools.

• Clone this repo to ~/.dotfiles with:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/backlineint/.dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

• Generate new keys by running:

~/.dotfiles/ssh.sh <github email address>

• Add the newly created keys to your Github and (Drupal) Gitlab accounts

• Perform a clean install:

~/.dotfiles/clean_install.sh

Manual Follow Up Steps

Apps that currently require manual download:

• Final Cut Pro (associated with different Apple account)

• Login to Chrome profile to sync browser extensions and settings.

• Authorize iTunes

• Replace Spotlight with Raycast (Is this actually covered by current settings export?)

• Open CodeWhisperer to provide a11y permissions.

• Turn on VSCode settings sync

• Update terminal settings to use pro profile with powerline font size 11.

• Trust Lando certs after you've started a Lando app

• Complete DDEV install: mkcert -install

sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain ~/.lando/certs/lndo.site.pem

Subsequent syncing

To install apps, clone repositories and sync Mac settings, run:

~/.dotfiles/sync.sh

Commit settings changes

mackup backup --force

And commit the result.

Due to a bug with Sonoma and Mackup, it is then necessary to 'uninstall' Mackup to make sure settings are honored going forward.

mackup uninstall --force

Resources

• https://driesvints.com/blog/getting-started-with-dotfiles/
• https://github.com/driesvints/dotfiles
• https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2020/04/17/dotfiles-document-and-automate-your-macbook-setup/
• https://github.com/lcatlett/mydots