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dotfiles

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dotfiles

I learned about dotfiles at dotfiles.eieio.xyz, and so can you!

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)
  • Sign Out of App Store (Menu > Store > Sign Out)
  • iTunes, etc.

Restore Instructions

  1. Take note of the hostname - sudo scutil --set HostName somehost.local

  2. xcode-select --install (Command Line Tools are required for Git and Homebrew)

  3. git clone https://github.com/sidouglas/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles. We'll start with https but switch to ssh after everything is installed.

  4. cd ~/.dotfiles

  5. If necessary, git checkout <another_branch>.

  6. Do one last Software Audit by editing your Brewfile directly.

  7. ./install

  8. Restart computer.

  9. Setup up Dropbox (use multifactor authentication!) and allow files to sync before setting up dependent applications. Alfred settings are stored here. backup depends on this as well (and thus so do Terminal and VS Code).

  10. Run backup restore. Consider doing a backup restore --dry-run --verbose first.

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

    # Generate SSH key in default location (~/.ssh/config)
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "1107946+sidouglas@users.noreply.github.com"

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

# Create config file with necessary settings
Other configs are saved in bitwarden.
<< EOF > ~/.ssh/config
Host *
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  UseKeychain yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github
EOF

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

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

# 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:sidouglas/dotfiles_macos.git

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