Read this post for a detailed setup of a new laptop.
Follow this gist for a simple summary of what to do (for my benefit primarily).
Note: there is also an older/outdated gist, so choose the post over the gist.
This section will reference any tools or information I've recently discovered, that aren't mentioned in the above gist (nor in my related blog post) and I've considered not important enough to necessarily install or fix by default (hence not updating the relevant gist/post to include them).
- owly: prevent screen going to sleep.
- tor browser: tor/onion relay browser.
mdless: tool for viewing Markdown files in a terminal (provides way to list headers and to filter only specific content).imgcat: tool for viewing images in your terminal.- handshaker: manage videos/photos for your Android phone.
- alltomp3: for backing up Spotify music.
- improve retina macOS wake-up from sleep performance:
sudo pmset -a standbydelay <time in seconds:7200> - meeting bar:
brew cask install meetingbarshows calendar meetings in macOS menu bar (make sure to connect Google calendar to macOS calendar). - monosnap: annotate images.
- menu hidden: macOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons.
- FreeTube: Use YouTube without advertisements and prevent Google from tracking you
Note: create a symlink to the internal
airportbinary so you can control wifi from your terminal:ln -s /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport /usr/local/bin/wifi, like:wifi -sto list available WiFi networks, andwifi -Ito get info on the current WiFi connection (this post has more tricks and tips).
- Dark Reader
- ExpressVPN
- ModHeader
- Privacy Badger
- Redirector (useful for fixing internal company url proxies, like http://go/foo, when using a VPN)
- uBlock Origin
- Enhancer for YouTube: block ads on YouTube.
- DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials: more tracking prevention.
- Multi-Account Containers: define unique browser streams (one for personal browsing, one for work browsing etc).
- Facebook Container: Facebook is clever, so this is extra insurance against them tracking you (instagram will also open in this container type).
- Temporary Containers: similar to multi-account-container, except each tab is a unique container instance.