macOS Setup

A collection of tips & tricks I've used to setup my Mac after. Feel free to use whatever you want, or none at all. I'm no expert mac user. This is just stuff that works for me.

Preferences

Keyboard > Text > Disable "Correct spelling automatically".
File Sharing > Off

Security

Security and Privacy > Firewall > On
Security and Privacy > General > App Store and identified developers
Security and Privacy > FireVault > On

Before you do anything else; it is highly recommended that you install some basic virus and malware protection software.

Run the bootstrap.sh, from terminal

git clone git@github.com:rch317/rch-mbp.git
cd rch-mbp
sh ./bootstrap.sh

Other Applications:

Bash Setup

You can find a large variety of dotfiles on git, below is mine: rch317/dotfiles

git clone git@github.com:rch317/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
sh mkdotfiles.sh

GitHub Setup

git config --global user.name "Rob Hough"
git config --global user.email "rob.hough@gmail.com"
git config --global credential.helper "osxkeychain"

SSH

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -b 2048

### Create a config file
cat <<EOF>~/.ssh/config
Host *
  User rch
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  UseKeychain yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
EOF