chrisheninger/backpack

🎒 💻 🚀 A collection of scripts and instructions for setting up a fresh Mac

Shell

Backpack 🎒 💻 🚀

Backpack is a collection of scripts and instructions for setting up a fresh Mac OS X machine. Special thanks to @chrisshiplet/backpack for the starting-point.

Getting Started

./setup.sh
./ssh.sh then paste key to GitHub

Manually Install

Android Studio 🤖
Creative Cloud Apps (gather the crowd! shout it aloud!) ☁️
Divvy (will need Security & Privacy -> Accessibility permissions post-install) ➗
XCode 📲

System Preferences

Keyboard & Trackpad

Disable natural scrolling 🖱
Set key repeat rate to fastest ⌨️
Disable Spotlight keyboard shortcuts 🔎

Sharing & Security

Change hostname 📛
Require password immediately upon sleep 🔑

Desktop & Screen Saver

Desktop: Change picture every 30 min, random order 🌄
Screen Saver: Aerial 🌆
Screen Saver: Different on each display, download + cache 🌉

Finder & Dock

Adjust size and enable magnification on hover
Enable Automatically hide and show the Dock
Add Sites directory to sidebar in Finder
Add Screenshots directory to sidebar in Finder
Add Screenshots directory to Dock