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dotfiles

I learned about dotfiles at dotfiles.eieio.xyz, and so can you! I highly recommend this course as an intro to dotfiles. You'll also learn a ton about zsh and automation.

Decommission Computer

Create a bootable USB installer for macOS.

Software audit:

  • Uninstall unwanted software (e.g. GarageBand, iMovie, Keynote, Numbers, Pages)
  • Install missing software (look at /Applications, panes in System Preferences , maybe ~/Applications, etc.)

Backup / sync files:

  • Commit and Push to remote repositories
  • Run code --list-extensions > vscode_extensions from ~/.dotfiles to export VS Code extensions
  • Time Machine
  • Google Drive
  • Manual Backups (external drives, redundant cloud services)
  • Contacts, Photos, Calendar, Messages (Google, iCloud)
  • etc.

Deactivate licenses:

  • Google Drive (Sign out)
  • Sign Out of App Store (Menu > Store > Sign Out)
  • iTunes, etc.

Restore Instructions

  1. xcode-select --install (Command Line Tools are required for Git and Homebrew)

  2. git clone https://github.com/JoePotentier/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles. We'll start with https but switch to ssh after everything is installed.

  3. cd ~/.dotfiles

  4. If necessary, git checkout <another_branch>.

  5. Do one last Software Audit by editing Brewfile directly.

  6. ./install

  7. Restart computer.

  8. Setup up Google Drive (use multifactor authentication!) and allow files to sync before setting up dependent applications. Alfred settings are stored here. Mackup (not yet installed) depends on this as well (and thus so do Terminal and VS Code).

  9. Generate ssh key, add to GitHub, and switch remotes.

    # Generate SSH key in default location (~/.ssh/config)
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "9673684+JoePotentier@users.noreply.github.com"

# Start the ssh-agent
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

# Create config file with necessary settings
<< EOF > ~/.ssh/config
Host github.com
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  UseKeychain yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

EOF

# Add private key to ssh-agent
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

# Copy public key and add to github.com > Settings > SSH and GPG keys
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

# Test SSH connection, then verify fingerprint and username
# https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/testing-your-ssh-connection
ssh -T git@github.com

# Switch from HTTPS to SSH
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:JoePotentier/dotfiles.git

Manual Steps

Alfred

  1. System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Spotlight > Show Spotlight search (cmd+space) uncheck.
  2. Alfred Preferences > Powerpack add License.
  3. Alfred Preferences > General > Request Permissions.
  4. Alfred Preferences > General > Alfred Hotkey change to cmd+space.
  5. Alfred Preferences > Advanced > Set preferences folder and set to ~/GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER TBD/dotfiles/Alfred.

Maintenance

TODO

  • Terminal Preferences
  • Dock Preferences
  • Mission Control Preference (don't rearrange spaces)
  • Finder Show Path Bar
  • Git (config and SSH - automated)
  • Alfred (turn off Spotlight shortcut and use for Alfred)
  • Fonts
  • Hot corners
  • Modifier keys
  • Desktop Wallpaper
  • Screenshot folder
  • AWS config file (Sync w/ google)

Updating Brewfile

brew bundle dump --force --describe

Updating Homebrew Apps

brew update
brew outdated
brew upgrade