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Notes and information from setting up my laptop.

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setup

Notes and information from setting up my laptop.

Things I usually do

  1. In Keyboard preferences:
    1. Decrease key repeat delay and increase repeat rate in Keyboard preferences
    2. Set "Touch Bar shows" to "Expanded Control Strip"
    3. Customize Control Strip and remove Siri, media controls, etc. to make space on the left where my fingers sometimes rest at the top of the keyboard
    4. Disable Dictation + dictation shortcut
  2. In Dock preferences:
    1. Automatically hide and show the Dock
    2. Disable Show recent applications
  3. In General preferences:
    1. Switch to Dark mode
  4. In Date & Time preferences:
    1. Show seconds, use 24-hour, show date
  5. In Security & Privacy preferences:
    1. Enable location services
    2. Disable access for Apple Ads and HomeKit, enable showing location menu icon
  6. Enable disk encryption, Require password on wake
  7. Install Homebrew (run brew analytics off after)
  8. Install oh-my-zsh
  9. Install my Brewfile (brew bundle install)
  10. Generate new SSH key and add it to GitHub
  11. Install Finicky (brew install finicky) and customize the configuration in this repo

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