Mac Mini

Mac mini (2018) running macOS Sequoia. This repo contains Mac-specific tools and apps. Dotfiles are managed separately via blue-az/dotfiles.

Contents

Directory	Description
MacOSTennisAgent/	Real-time tennis swing detection (Apple Watch → iPhone → Mac WebSocket pipeline)
Tennis/	Tennis video analysis — pose extraction, contact detection, session sync

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Hardware

• Mac mini (2018)
• Intel Core i7-8700B @ 3.20GHz (12 threads)
• Intel UHD Graphics 630
• 8GB RAM / 500GB SSD
• External: Acer XB271HU (2560×1440 @ 60Hz)
• macOS Sequoia 15.x

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Setup

1. Clone dotfiles

git clone https://github.com/blue-az/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles

macOS uses ~/dotfiles (no dot prefix), unlike ~/.dotfiles on Linux.

2. Install tools

brew install neovim fzf stow fastfetch
brew install koekeishiya/formulae/yabai koekeishiya/formulae/skhd

3. Deploy configs

cd ~/dotfiles
stow macos

4. Setup fzf

$(brew --prefix)/opt/fzf/install

5. Install Neovim plugins

nvim --headless +PlugInstall +qall

6. Grant accessibility permissions

System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility → enable yabai and skhd

7. Start window manager

yabai --start-service
skhd --start-service

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Window Management (yabai + skhd)

BSP tiling WM — same muscle memory as sway/i3 on Linux.

Binding	Action
Caps + hjkl	Focus window
Caps + Shift + hjkl	Move / swap window
Caps + Ctrl + hjkl	Resize window
Caps + 1-5	Switch space
Caps + Shift + 1-5	Move window to space
Caps + f	Toggle fullscreen
Caps + Shift + Space	Toggle float
Caps + Return	Open terminal
Caps + Shift + q	Close window
Caps + Shift + r	Restart yabai

Caps Lock is remapped to Cmd (Super) via ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.local.KeyRemapping.plist.

Service commands

yabai --restart-service
skhd --restart-service

Logs: /tmp/yabai_$USER.[out|err].log, /tmp/skhd_$USER.[out|err].log

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Shell (zsh)

• vi mode (bindkey -v)
• fzf: Ctrl+R history, Ctrl+T files
• nvim as default editor

Alias	Command
ll	ls -halF
ff	fastfetch
cl	claude
jn	jupyter notebook
sbash / szsh	source ~/.zshrc

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Neovim

• Config: ~/.config/nvim/init.lua
• Plugin manager: vim-plug
• jk → Escape, F2 → NERDTree
• IPython cell execution via vim-slime
• ALE linting (flake8)

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Ricing (unixporn setup)

The core stack for a screenshot-worthy macOS desktop. Designed to match the Dracula aesthetic from the Linux setup.

Install

# Status bar
brew install FelixKratz/formulae/sketchybar

# Window borders
brew install FelixKratz/formulae/borders

# Terminal
brew install --cask kitty

# Nerd Font (icons in bar + Neovim statusline)
brew install --cask font-jetbrains-mono-nerd-font

sketchybar

Custom status bar — hides the macOS menu bar and replaces it with a fully configurable alternative. Port the Dracula color scheme from Waybar (#1e1e2e background, #50fa7b accents).

# Start service
brew services start sketchybar

# Config location (add to dotfiles under macos/)
~/.config/sketchybar/sketchybarrc
~/.config/sketchybar/colors.sh
~/.config/sketchybar/plugins/

Hide the native menu bar first: System Settings → Control Center → Automatically hide and show the Menu Bar → Always

JankyBorders

Adds colored borders to windows — focused vs unfocused. Same visual effect as sway's border settings.

# Start service
brew services start borders

# Config: ~/.config/borders/bordersrc
#!/bin/bash
options=(
    style=round
    width=6.0
    hidpi=on
    active_color=0xff50fa7b    # Dracula green
    inactive_color=0xff44475a  # Dracula comment
)
borders "${options[@]}"

Kitty terminal

Drop-in replacement for macOS Terminal with GPU acceleration and full color scheme support.

# Config location (add to dotfiles under macos/)
~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf

Minimal Dracula config:

font_family      JetBrainsMono Nerd Font
font_size        13.0
background       #1e1e2e
foreground       #f8f8f2
selection_background #44475a
color0  #21222c
color1  #ff5555
color2  #50fa7b
color8  #6272a4
color9  #ff6e6e
color10 #69ff94

Wallpaper

Dracula wallpaper pack: https://draculatheme.com/wallpaper Or a solid dark: #1e1e2e (Dracula base).

Final touches

# Hide the dock
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true && killall Dock

# Disable window shadows (cleaner screenshots)
sudo yabai -m config window_shadow off

Dotfiles additions

After configuring, stow back to dotfiles:

cd ~/dotfiles
# Add sketchybar, borders, kitty configs to macos/ then:
stow macos

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Dotfiles Reference

Full config in blue-az/dotfiles under macos/:

macos/
├── .zshrc
├── .yabairc
├── .skhdrc
├── .config/nvim/init.lua
├── .config/kitty/kitty.conf          # after ricing
├── .config/sketchybar/sketchybarrc   # after ricing
├── .config/borders/bordersrc         # after ricing
└── Library/LaunchAgents/com.local.KeyRemapping.plist