/new-mac-settings

A repository of settings I've added to Macs to make them work

new-mac-settings

A repository of settings I've added to Macs to make them work

Windows and view management

  • Spectacle - gives you keyboard commands to move app windows around similar to Windows keyboard commands
  • Recent applications - turn off in system preferences/dock

General

  • Show scroll bars: always

Dock

  • Size - about 1/3 towards "small"
  • Minimize windows using scale effect
  • Check:
    • Double-click a window's title bar to zoom
    • Minimize windows into application icon
    • Show indicators for open applications

Trackpad

  • Look up & data detectors
  • Secondary click
  • Tap to click
  • Uncheck "scroll direction: natural"

Apps

  • Lastpass
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Atom
  • Discord
  • AdBlock
  • Spectacle
  • Karabiner

Code and terminal

  • iTerm2
  • rbenv (version control for Ruby)
  • homebrew (/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)")
  • Xcode
  • Trailer (https://github.com/ptsochantaris/trailer) -

Firefox add-ons

  • Lastpass
  • Ghostery
  • Adblock plus

Github

  • git config --global core.editor "atom"