my dotfiles 🦚

A home for my mac configuration.

This repository contains:

• a list of software I use
• globally installed composer packages
• my aliases for fish shell
• adjusted list of sensible macOS defaults
• a maintenance script that updates installed packages
• an installation script to set up all the above on a new machine

Usage: Setting up a new machine

Before the re-install

• Did I commit and push any changes/branches to my git repositories?
• Did I save all important documents from local directories?
• Did I backup all local databases?
• Did i copy all .env files?

Installing a clean copy of macOS

1. Update macOS to the latest version
2. Turn on FileVault and Firewall (Stealth mode)
3. Install macOS Command Line Tools by running xcode-select --install
4. Install Homebrew by running /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
5. Clone this repo to ~/.dotfiles
6. Sign in to the Mac App Store and download Xcode
7. Accept the Xcode licence agreement by running sudo xcodebuild -license accept
8. Run . install.sh to start the installation
9. Switch the default shell to fish using echo /usr/local/bin/fish | sudo tee -a /etc/shells && chsh -s /usr/local/bin/fish
10. Run ./macos/.macos to apply "sensible macOS default" settings
11. Restart computer to finalize the process

Reading

• Hardening macOS
• macOS Security and Privacy Guide

Thanks 💙

• @medoai
• @driesvints
• @mathiasbynens