manual.md

Manual configuration steps (or how much I miss Linux)

Install

• English language
• Norwegian location
• US English keyboard
• Disable iCloud Documents folders
• Disable Siri

Firmware

• Setup firmware password: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204455

System Preferences

• Desktop and screen saver
  • Desktop
    • Set background to https://unsplash.com/photos/07uiqD9LS6U
  • Screen saver
    • Aerial
    • Start after: 5 minutes
• Dock
  • Decrease size
  • Automatically hide
  • Position left
• Mission Control
  • Disable automatic rearranging of spaces based on usage
• Security and privacy
  • Firewall
    • Turn on firewall
    • Firewall options
      • Turn on stealth mode
• Spotlight
  • Search results
    • Disable all except:
      • Applications
      • Calculator
      • Conversion
      • Definition
      • System preferences
• Displays
  • Built-in Retina Display:
    • More Space
    • Night Shift
      • Subset to Sunrise
• Energy saver
  • Power adapter
    • Turn display off after: 30 minutes
• Keyboard
  • Press fn key to: expand control strip
• Trackpad
  • Lookup & data detectors: disable
• Sound
  • Disable interface sound effects
• Users and Groups
  • Skype: disable
• Date and Time
  • Clock
    • Show the day of week: disable

Safari

• General
  • Safari opens with: all windows from last time
  • New window opens with: empty page
  • Remove history items: manually
• Tabs
  • Show website icons in tabs
• Autofill
  • Username and passwords: disable
• Extensions
  • 1Password
• Advanced
  • Smart search field: show full website address
  • Show develop menu in menu bar

Firefox

• Install and configure extensions:
  • Tree Style Tab
    • Vertigo theme
  • uBlock Origin
  • Tridactyl
  • 1Password
  • Send To Things
• Preferences:
  • General
    • Select: Restore previous session
  • Privacy & Security
    • Disable: Ask to save logins and passwords
• Customize
  • Remove flexible spaces
  • Add flexible space for MacOS window controls
  • Density: compact
  • Remove home, refresh, library, sidebars buttons

Chunkwm

• System Preferences
• Keyboard
  • Shortcuts
    • Mission Control
      • Switch to Desktop 1: ^1
      • Switch to Desktop 2: ^2
      • Switch to Desktop 3: ^3
      • Switch to Desktop 4: ^4
  • Modifier keys
    • Caps lock -> Escape

VS Code

• Extensions:
  • Vim
  • Atom One Light Theme
  • Gitlens
  • Git Indicators
  • Go
  • Spell Right

Menubar

• Battery: Show percentage

Shifty

• General
  • Enable shifty at startup

Keybase

• Authenticate device

Reader

• Accounts: add feedly (Google auth)
• Services:
  • Disable all, except:
  • Pocket: Enable and show in toolbar
  • Reading:
    • Open links: Default browser
    • Open links in background

Cursorcerer

• Open: /Users/eu/Library/PreferencePanes
• control click Cursorcerer.prefPane: open
• Set idle delay to 5 seconds

iTunes

• Settings: General: Notifications: Disable when song changes

Mail

• Exchange
  • Name, email, password
  • Use with: mail, contacts, calendars

Calendar

• Preferences -> Accounts -> Google
  • Add personal mail
  • Change colors

1Password

• General
  • Show 1Password in menu bar: disable

Things

• Quick Entry
  • Enable shortcut for quick entry: control-option-space

Keybase

• Settings
  • Advanced
    • Open Keybase on startup: disable

OverSight

• Settings
  • Run in headless mode

BitBar

• Plugins folder: ~/src/mac/plugins