mac-setup-1: A Shell repository from psychoticlabrat

Mac Setup

⚙️ Automatic configuration for my Mac.

ℹ️ Blog post about moving to macOS after ten years of Linux.

Automatic installation is based upon the following Ansible roles:

geerlingguy.homebrew manages homebrew installation and packages
geerlingguy.mas manages apps from the app store
ansible-role-binaries installs binaries
ansible-role-shell configures my shell
ansible-role-pip installs pip packages

Also kudos to Jeff Geerling for his work with mac-dev-playbook which obviously influenced my setup.

Bootstrap

Bootstrap your system to be able to run Ansible:

xcode-select --install
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Library/Python/3.8/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin
pip3 install --upgrade pip
pip3 install --user ansible

Run Ansible

Run Ansible with the provided Makefile:

make install to download required ansible roles
make configure to run ansible-playbook (sudo password required)

Manual installation

Some apps need to be installed manually

Download TinkerTool for some extra tweaks
Download bartender for a clean bar
Download Minbrowser - a clean browser without any distractions (fix permissions with xattr -cr /Applications/Min.app)
Download Forklift3 - a finder alternative and replacement
Download CleanShot X - a screen recording tool
Chromium cask not working as expected -> download manually and run xattr -cr /Applications/Chromium.app
Download and install FastRAWViewer
Download and install a patched font for your terminal
Download and install BetterDisplay

Configuration

Configuration is mainly done via my dotfiles repo and a private dotfiles repo that contains a script that does the symlinking (via rcm)

Replace Finder with Forklift3