Bootstrap mroth mac

Scripts and walkthroughs to bootstrap my new Macs when I get them. This doesn't happen all too often, but in between home, work, desktops, laptops, etc., it happens more often than I'd like!

Dev Environment

XCode

Homebrew (now handled in setup_homebrew.sh)

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/gist/323731)"

Configure git

git config --global user.name "Matthew Rothenberg"
git config --global user.email "mrothenberg@gmail.com"
git config --global github.user mroth
git config --global github.token github_api_token
git config color.ui true

rvm and ruby 1.9 (why not default in Lion? lame...)

bash < <(curl -s https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/install/rvm)
echo '[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM function' >> ~/.bash_profile
hash -r
rvm install 1.9.2
rvm use ruby-1.9.2
gem install rails bundler

Configuration

1. Install all software updates. sudo softwareupdate -i -a

2. Generate new SSH keys for the machine.

   1. Generate keys

      ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "mroth@bitly.com"

   2. Copy to github

   3. Copy to home server

3. Set up GUI preferences

   1. DEAR GOD DISABLE NATURAL SCROLLING

      defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences com.apple.swipescrolldirection -bool false

   2. Change appearance and highlight color to be more monochromatic

App Configuration

Installers

Additional things I need to install to be productive.

1. Dropbox
2. TextMate
3. iTerm2
4. solarized theme
5. Keynote

Other Miscellany