Ansible script installs and configures most of software that I use on my MBP on a daily basis. It manages macOS settings via osx_defaults. Some settings are slightly difficult to automate, so I still have manual installation steps.
Sources:
- https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook
- https://github.com/jeromegamez/ansible-macos-playbook
- https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles
- https://github.com/pawelgrzybek/dotfiles
- https://pawelgrzybek.com/change-macos-user-preferences-via-command-line/
Defaults tweaks:
- https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
- https://github.com/pawelgrzybek/dotfiles/blob/master/setup-macos.sh
Note: macOS caches some settings! You may need to logout and login to apply the changes.
- Ensure Apple's command line tools are installed
- Install Brew:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" - Install Ansible:
brew install ansible make install
You can filter which part of the provisioning process to run by specifying a set of tags using ansible-playbook's --tags flag. The tags available are homebrew, settings and dotfiles.
You can customize installed packages and apps by editing config.yml:
install_apps: yes
install_dev_tools: yes
install_java: yes
install_scala: yes
install_haskell: yes
...
You will need to add $(brew --prefix)/bin/fish to /etc/shells. Then run: chsh -s $(brew --prefix)/bin/fish to make fish your default shell.
Install oh-my-fish:
curl -L https://get.oh-my.fish > install
fish install --path=~/.local/share/omf --config=~/.config/omf
Git aliases:
omf install https://github.com/jhillyerd/plugin-git
Links:
- Fish Shell: https://fishshell.com/
- oh-my-fish: https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish
- git aliases: https://github.com/jhillyerd/plugin-git