setting up a new computer.md

Setting up a New Computer

📦 Applications

• Dropbox
• 1Password
• Chrome
• Alfred
• iTerm
• Sublime
• Postbox
• Quiver
• Slack
• Bartender
• Spectacle
• Tower
• Dash
• Screenhero

🍫 Install Command Line Goodies

• Oh My Zsh

  sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
  

• Homebrew

  /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
  

• subl

  ln -s "/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin/subl
  

🍻 Install Brews

• brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting

🍩 Use .dotfiles

1. Get .dotfiles

git clone https://jonahaga@bitbucket.org/jonahaga/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles

1. Move custom zsh theme to folder

cp avit-custom.zsh-theme ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/

1. Use custom .zshrc and .gitconfig

cp .zshrc ~/
cp .gitconfig ~/

1. Move Consolas font to System font directory

unzip Consolas.ttf.zip -d /Library/Fonts/

1. Use custom Sublime preferences

2. Open Sublime and install Package Control

3. Move *.sublime-settings, *.sublime-snippet, *.sublime-keymap files to Sublime user folder

```bash
for f in *.sublime-*; do cp $f ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 3/Packages/User/; done
```

🚠 iTerm Customizations

• Uncheck Preferences > Appearance > Show per-pane title bar with split panes
• Load custom colors via iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > Color Presets > Import
• In Preferences > Profiles > Keys, select "+Esc" from "Left option key acts as"

🍎 Mac OS Customizations

• Remap Caps Lock to Esc (Only for MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. Other computers will need Karabiner Elements)

  System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys
  

• Allow key repeats

  defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
  

• Show .dotfiles in Finder

  defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
  

• Control dialog windows with keyboard

  • In System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts, select "All controls" under "Full keyboard access ..."

• Do not warn before emptying the trash

  • In Finder > Preferences, uncheck "Show warning before emptying the trash"