.dotfiles

Decommission Computer

Create a bootable USB installer for macOS.

Software audit:

Uninstall unwanted software (e.g. GarageBand, iMovie, Keynote, Numbers, Pages)
Install missing software (look at /Applications, panes in System Preferences , maybe ~/Applications, etc.)

Backup / sync files:

Commit and Push to remote repositories
Run code --list-extensions > vscode_extensions from ~/.dotfiles to export VS Code extensions
Time Machine
Dropbox / Google Drive
Manual Backups (external drives, redundant cloud services)
Contacts, Photos, Calendar, Messages (Google, iCloud)
etc.

Deactivate licenses:

Dropbox (Preferences > Account > Unlink)
ScreenFlow (Preferences > Licenses > Deactivate)
Sign Out of App Store (Menu > Store > Sign Out)
iTunes, etc.

Restore Instructions

xcode-select --install (Command Line Tools are required for Git and Homebrew)
git clone https://github.com/pontusnyman/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles. We'll start with https but switch to ssh after everything is installed.
cd ~/.dotfiles
If necessary, git checkout <another_branch>.
Do one last Software Audit by editing Brewfile directly.
./install
Restart computer.
Setup up Dropbox (use multifactor authentication!) and allow files to sync before setting up dependent applications. Alfred settings are stored here. Mackup depends on this as well (and thus so do Terminal and VS Code).
Run mackup restore. Consider doing a mackup restore --dry-run --verbose first.

Generate ssh key, add to GitHub, and switch remotes.

# Generate SSH key in default location (~/.ssh/config)
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "17062233+pontusnyman@users.noreply.github.com"

# Start the ssh-agent
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

# Create config file with necessary settings
<< EOF > ~/.ssh/config
Host *
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  UseKeychain yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
EOF

# Add private key to ssh-agent
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa

# Copy public key and add to github.com > Settings > SSH and GPG keys
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

# Test SSH connection, then verify fingerprint and username
# https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/testing-your-ssh-connection
ssh -T git@github.com

# Switch from HTTPS to SSH
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:pontusnyman/dotfiles.git

Manual Steps

Install postman
Install Spotify
Mullvad VPN