Setting up a new mac

I bought a new iMac recently and figured it would be worthwhile to write down everything I did to get it to where I wanted it.

  • Install bootstraps:
    • Chrome – Preferred browser
    • Iterm2 – Terminal
    • Homebrew – The missing package manager
    • Atom – Text editor for code
  • Install brew packages and ruby
  • Configure git
  • Copy across SSH keys (Airdrop is a good way to do this)
  • Configure SSHD for passwordless entry
    • Modify /private/etc/sshd_config
    • Put the SSH key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
  • Sync remote files from old machine to new with rsync (Not everything is in Google Drive / Dropbox)
  • Install from the app store
  • Install from web
    • Backblaze – Whole mac offsite backup
    • Dropbox – Sync work files
    • Google Drive – Sync personal non-photo files.
    • Google Photo Sync – Yes really there are two different google clients
    • Emacs – Text editor for when you need to automate stuff
    • Gimp – Image editing
    • Office – Hey, I still need Excel
    • Skype – Talking to mom
    • VMWare – Run Windows and Ubuntu in a box
    • Paparazzi – Great screenshots
  • System Preferences
    • Dock
      • Set size as small as it will go, turn on zoom
    • Security
      • Turn on the firewall
    • Sharing
      • Permit remote login
    • Mouse
      • Turn on right click gesture
  • Remove from the dock:
    • Safari
    • Mail
    • Contacts
    • Calendar
    • Notes
    • Todo
    • Pages
    • Numbers
    • iTunes
    • iBooks

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