macOS SETTINGS

SYSTEM PREFERENCES

CONTROL CENTER

Wifi: Show in Menu Bar
Bluetooth: Don't Show in Menu Bar
Air Drop: Don't Show in Menu Bar
Focus: Show when Active
Stage Manager: Don't Show in Menu Bar
Screen Mirroring: Show when Active
Display: Show when Active
Sound: Show when Active
Now Playing: Show when Active
Battery: Show in Control Center
Fast User Switching: Show in Control Center
Keyboard Brightness: Show in Control Center
Menu Bar Only:
- Spotlight: Don't Show in Menu Bar
- Siri: Don't Show in Menu Bar
- Time Machine: Show in Menu Bar
- VPN: Show in Menu Bar
Automaticallt Show & Hide the Menu Bar: In Full Screen Only
Recent Docs, Apps & Servers: 5

DESKTOP & DOCK

Position on Screen: Bottom
Minimize Windows Using: Scale Effect
Double-Click a Window's Title Bar to: Zoom
Minimize Application Window into Icon: On
Automatically Hide & SHow the Dock: On
Animate Opening Applications: On
Show Indicators for Open Applications: On
Desktop & Stage Manager:
- Show Items:
  - On Desktop: On
- Click wallpaper to reveal desktop: Only in Stage Manager
- Widgets:
  - Show Widgets On Desktop -> On
  - Widget Style: Full Color
  - Use iPhone Widgets: On
- Default Web Browsere: Arc
- Windows:
  - Prefer Tabs when Opening Documents: Always
  - Ask to Keep Changes when CLosing Documents: On
  - Close Windows when Quitting an Application: On
- Mission Control:
  - Group Windows by Application: On
- Hot Corners:
  - Top Left: ⌥ Start Screen Saver
  - Bottom Left: ⌥ Put Display to Sleep
  - Top Right: ⌥ Notification Center
  - Bottom Right: ⌥ Quick Note

SCREEN SAVER

Matrix
Show on all Spaces: On

GAME CENTER

Disabled

macOS APPLICATIONS

FINDER SETTINGS

General:
- Show these on the Desktop: External Disks
- New Finder Windows Show: Downloads
- Open Folders in Tabs Instead of New Windows: Checked
Tags: Evedrything Unchecked
Sidebar:
- Checked: Applications, Downloads, Home iCloud Drive, Desktop, Hard Disks, External Disks, Cloud Storage, Bonjour Computers, Connected Servers
Advanced:
- Show all filename extensions: Checked
- Show warning before changing an extension: Checked
- Remove Items from the Trash After 30 Days: Checked
- When Performing a Search: Search the Current Folder
View:
- As List
- Sort By: Name
- Show Toolbar
- SHow Path Bar
- Show Status Bar

3RD PARTY APPLICATIONS

Unless otherwise specified, all 3rd party applications are installed using brew

HOMEBREW

Homebrew is dubbed as the missing macOS package manager and allows us to install tools and apps from the command line.

Installed using the command on the brew homepage. It will also install Apple's 'Command Line Tools for Xcode' as a dependency.
Download the txt files inside the brew folder of this repo
Run the following commands to install all casks (applications) and formulae (cli tools):

xargs brew install < brew_casks.txt
xargs brew install < brew_formulae.txt

RAYCAST - Replacing Spotlight

Raycast is installed as a cask by homebrew
Spotlight is replaced by RayCast.

Disable Spotlight shortcut in Settings/Keyboard/Keyboard Shortcuts/Spotlight

EXTENSIONS

AMETHYST - Window Management

MENU BAR

SYSTEM STATS - CLock & Widgets

Widgets:

Clock (Allows you to show many different timezones)

Name	Format	Time Zone
Home	HH:mm	UTC -4
Vancouver (Pacific)	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm	UTC -7
Edmonton	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm	UTC -6
Winnipeg (Central)	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm	UTC -5
Halifax (Atlantic)	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm	UTC -4
Hanoi	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm	UTC +7
Seoul/Tokyo	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm	UTC +9

Disable System Clock:
- System Settings / Control Center / Menu Bar Only / Clock Options / Time
  - Style: Digital
Disk:
- Widget: Bar Chart
  - Label: On
  - Frame: On
  - Color: Based on utilisation
RAM:
- Widget: Bar Chart
  - Label: On
  - Frame: On
  - Color: Based on utilisation

ITSYCAL - Date & Calendar Widget

Replaces the date in the menu bar and shows a calendar widget when clicked-on.

Settings:
- General:
  - Launch at Login: Checked
  - Automatically Check for Updates: Checked
  - First Day of the Week: Monday
  - Event List Shows: 4 days
- Appearance:
  - Menu Bar: 3rd icon
  - Format: E, d MMM YYYY
  - Hide Icon: Checked
- Calendar:
  - Size: Biggest
  - Theme: Dark
  - Highlight: S, S
  - Show Events Dots: Checked
    - Use Colored Dots: Checked
  - Show Event Location: Checked

SHELL, TERMINAL iTerm2 & VSC

ZSH

Using the brew version of ZSH (/opt/homebrew/bin/zsh) which is kept more up-to-date than Apple's version.

ITERM2

Documentation Settings are saved with this repository (com.googlecode.iterm2.plist).

[VISUAL STUDIO CODE(https://github.com/DeamonCorpse/VSC_Settings)

### ARC - Browser I use the following extensions to stay productive:

Tabliss - simple new tab page
OneTab - consolidate a bunch of open tabs into a shareable list of links
Dark Reader - turn any site into dark mode

I use the following extensions to protect my privacy while browsing the web:

Adblocker - uBlock Origin
Tracker Blocker - Privacy Badger
- Firefox now includes tracker blocking, but I leave Privacy Badger enabled.
Decentraleyes
- Caches CDN links locally and intercepts requests to serve from the cache. Prevents CDNs from tracking you across websites.

SETAPP APPLICATIONS

The following apps are installed through setapp:

Airbuddy: Monitor your wireless devices
Bartender: Personalize your menu bar
CleanMyMac X: Speed up and decluter your Mac
CleanShot X: Take better screen shots and GIFs
Forklift: Manage files across servers
Sip: Pick colors for your designs
PDF Squeezer: Compress PDFs without quality loss

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