TimonVS/dotfiles

Timon’s dotfiles

Timon’s dotfiles

Warning: the settings in this repo are highly personal. You may fork the repository and change the settings to your liking but please review the code before using!

Prerequisites

• Tested on: macOS Big Sur (11.x)

Installation

1. Install XCode Command Line Developer tools for Git

   xcode-select --install
   

2. Install Homebrew

   • Run brew doctor to make sure permissions are right
   • Give your user ownership over Homebrew directories: sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(brew --prefix)/*

3. Clone this repo to hidden .dotfiles directory in your home directory

   git clone https://github.com/TimonVS/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
   

4. Configure macOS preferences

   ~/.dotfiles/setup-macos.sh

5. Install applications

   ~/.dotfiles/setup-apps.sh

6. Install Volta to manage Node versions

   • Install latest LTS (Node 16 at the time of writing):

     volta install node@16

7. Install oh-my-zsh

   • Symlink .zshrc:

     ln -sf ~/.dotfiles/.zshrc ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

8. Symlink Git config

   ln -s ~/.dotfiles/.gitconfig ~/.gitconfig

9. Symlink .editorconfig

ln -s ~/.dotfiles/.editorconfig-global ~/.editorconfig

10. Turn on Settings Sync for VS Code to restore settings and extensions

11. Configure Raycast

• Disable Spotlight keyboard shortcut: (Keyboard > Shortcuts > Spotlight)
• Configure Raycast shortcut to ⌘ + space

12. Install customized Dracula terminal theme

    • Install theme: open ~/.dotfiles/Dracula.terminal
    • Open Terminal preferences and set Dracula as the default theme

13. Configure Finder view options (Finder > View > Show View Options)

    • Sort By: Name
    • Click "Use as Defaults"

14. Enable recommendations in Storage Management (Preferences > Storage Management)

15. Generate new SSH key and add it to GitHub and other Git providers

    • Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent
    • Adding a new SSH key to your GitHub account

16. Install apps from the Mac App Store:

    • Unsplash Wallpapers (new wallpaper from Unsplash every day)
    • Wipr (adblocker for Safari)
      • Enable extension in Safari
      • Enable automatic refresh
    • Things 3 (todo app)

Optional steps

Configure tilde key on Dutch keyboard

Follow this step only when given a Dutch keyboard layout (vertical enter). Set up Karabiner Elements to map § to `

• Install Karabiner Elements: brew install --cask karabiner-elements
• Open Karabiner Elements > Simple Modifications
• Select Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad from the dropdown
• Add a new item:
  • From key: non_us_backslash
  • To key grave_accent_and_tilde
• Go to Misc and disable "Show icon in menubar"

Acknowledgements

Inspiration and code was taken from many sources, including:

• mathiasbynens/dotfiles
• pawelgrzybek/dotfiles