macos-system-setup

My system setup in most circumstances

Prerequisites

• Install Xcode Tools ()
• Install Node.js
• Install NVM

Also, don't forget about

• ⚠️ Bartender, so I can remove those pesky icons
• Consider Vanilla, Ice 🫥, or Hidden in the future based on the Bartender acquisition.
• Magnet, the window manager
• Pliim, for distraction free presentations No longer free/open source
• Tot, for useful, quick notes
• Dato, for some adjustments to the standard time, date in the menu bar
• Boop, developer tools
• DaisyDisk, disk space visualizer
• VS Code, code editor
• iTerm2, terminal emulator
• Alcove, dynamic island on Macbook

Installation

Navigate to your repo in terminal and type source bootstrap.sh which should automatically run you through the setup.

Credits

Thanks to Mathias and his sensible defaults, as well as the article by Lars Kappert for bringing this all to my attention. Also checkout GitHub does dotfiles.

My setup is pretty light in comparison to most of these, but if you find any value here feel free to modify for your needs.