My Mac Setup

I forget stuff, so I made this list of configurations I need to do in a new Mac OS build.

Update System Preferences 

•  > System Preferences > Software Update
• General > Sidebar icon size > Large
• Dock > Automatically hide the dock
• Trackpad > Tap to click

Install Homebrew 🏠

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

Brew Node and other binaries 🥤

brew install node
brew install hugo
brew install yt-dlp libav ffmpeg

npm install webtorrent-cli -g

Prezto for Zsh 😈

Prezto Installation

zsh

git clone --recursive https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto.git "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zprezto"

setopt EXTENDED_GLOB
for rcfile in "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}"/.zprezto/runcoms/^README.md(.N); do
  ln -s "$rcfile" "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.${rcfile:t}"
done

chsh -s /bin/zsh

Open a new Zsh terminal window or tab.

Configure theme and modules

Go to,

open ~/.zpreztorc

And replace theme and modules,

zstyle ':prezto:module:prompt' theme 'minimal'

zstyle ':prezto:load' pmodule \
  'environment' \
  'terminal' \
  'editor' \
  'history' \
  'directory' \
  'autosuggestions' \
  'spectrum' \
  'utility' \
  'completion' \
  'syntax-highlighting' \
  'history-substring-search' \
  'prompt'

Git love ❤️

Setup Git

git config --global user.name "praveenjuge"
git config --global user.email ""
git config --global color.ui true

Then connect GitHub with SSH and make sure you can Sign commits with GPG.

Folder for Git Version Control

mkdir ~/Projects

Install Apps⚡️

brew install android-file-transfer android-platform-tools
brew install figma
brew install google-chrome
brew install iina
brew install image2icon
brew install raycast
brew install slack
brew install spotify
brew install telegram
brew install todoist
brew install visual-studio-code

OS Changes 💿

Sometimes mac doesn't get it right.

# Disable the “Are you sure you want to open this application?” dialog
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false

# Use current directory as default search scope in Finder
defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string "SCcf"

# Quit finder using cmd-q
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true

Aliases 🙆‍♂️

In terminal do, code ~/.zprofile and add,

# Lazy git
lg() {
  echo -e "\e[0;32m YOUR GIT STATUS: \e[0m"
  git status -s -u -v
  echo -n "\e[0;32m Press ENTER to continue: \e[0m"
  read var_name
  echo -e "\e[0;32m ADDING ALL... \e[0m"
  git add . -v
  echo -e "\e[0;32m COMMITING... \e[0m"
  git commit -a -s -v -m "$*"
  echo -e "\e[0;32m PUSHING... \e[0m"
  git push -v
}

# Youtube Downloader
yd() {
  yt-dlp \
    -f '(bestvideo[ext=mp4]/bestvideo)+(bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestaudio)/best' \
    --max-filesize 9999m \
    --console-title \
    -o "~/Downloads/%(title)s.%(ext)s" \
    $*
}
ydl() {
  yt-dlp \
    -f '(bestvideo[ext=mp4]/bestvideo)+(bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestaudio)/best' \
    --max-filesize 9999m \
    --console-title \
    -o "~/Downloads/%(playlist_title)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" \
    $*
}

# To Convert Video Files to GIF for Dribbble
# Usage: vtg videofilename.mov
vtg() {
  ffmpeg -y -i "${1}" -vf fps=${3:-10},scale=${2:-320}:-1:flags=lanczos,palettegen "${1}.png"
  ffmpeg -i "${1}" -i "${1}.png" -filter_complex "fps=${3:-10},scale=1600:1200:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" "${1}".gif
  rm "${1}.png"
}

# Torrent Downloader (https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent-cli)
tp() {
  webtorrent download $* --iina --out "Downloads/" --no-quit
}
td() {
  webtorrent download $* --out "Downloads/"
}

# Image Compressor (https://github.com/funbox/optimizt)
ic() {
  optimizt --verbose $*
}

# Find and delete .DS_Store Files
alias cleanup="find . -type f -name '*.DS_Store' -ls -delete"

# Empty Trash and Other Caches
alias emptytrash="sudo rm -rfv ~/Library/Caches/; sudo rm -rfv /Volumes/*/.Trashes; sudo rm -rfv ~/.Trash; sudo rm -rfv /private/var/log/asl/*.asl; sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'delete from LSQuarantineEvent'"

# To Open VS Code
alias c='code .'

# Update everything at once
alias brewup='brew update && brew upgrade && brew cu -a -f --cleanup -y && brew cleanup; brew doctor'

# Notes
pushnotes() {
  cd && cd projects/notes
  now=$(date '+%A %d %m %Y %X')
  git add . -v
  git commit -a -s -v -m $now
  git push -v
}
alias notes='cd && cd projects/notes && code .'

That's it! 👏

Enjoy your fully configured macOS, future me.