Perm Dotfiles

Setting Up a New Worksation

Please update this repo and README as you go if you encounter any problems!

1. Install any OS upgrades and updates
2. Fix basic configuration:
   • Update the password for the user pivotal
   • Adjust mouse and keyboard preferences according to preferences
   • Customize the Dock
   • Mute the OS alarm bell
   • ...etc.
3. Add your SSH key and run the following:

   mkdir ~/workspace
   cd ~/workspace
   git clone git@github.com:pivotal-cf/perm-dotfiles
   cd perm-dotfiles
   make
   

   • You may need to re-run make a few times due to MacOS security restrictions and other similar problems
4. Run brew link mariadb@<x.x> -f to namespace mariadb binary to mysql
5. Grant Flycut and ShiftIt "Accessibility" permisisons
6. Add Flux, Flycut, and ShiftIt to the "Login Items"
7. Customize ITerm colours, fonts, alarms, etc.
8. Play crosswords while you wait

Note: if any installed application is not showing up in osx spotlight, run the following (reloads spotlight indexing)

sudo mdutil -a -i off
sudo mdutil -a -i on