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A Fresh macOS Setup

Before you re-install

First, go through the checklist below to make sure you didn't forget anything before you wipe your hard drive.

Did you commit and push any changes/branches to your git repositories?
Did you remember to save all important documents from non-iCloud directories?
Did you save all of your work from apps which aren't synced through iCloud?

Installing macOS cleanly

After going to our checklist above and making sure you backed everything up, we're going to cleanly install macOS with the latest release. Follow this article to cleanly install the latest macOS version.

Setting up your Mac

If you did all of the above you may now follow these install instructions to setup a new Mac.

Update macOS to the latest version with the App Store
Install Xcode from the App Store, open it and accept the license agreement
Install macOS Command Line Tools by running xcode-select --install
Generate a new public and private SSH key and add them to Github
Clone this repo to ~/.dotfiles
Install Oh My Zsh
Run install.sh to start the installation
Restart your computer to finalize the process

Your Mac is now ready to use!

NOTE: Put secret environment variables in $HOME/.environment

New setup checklist