Scripts to automate the setup of a new macOS installation with my preferred settings and apps.

1. Set up git

   You will be prompted to install Xcode Command Line Tools when you first run git.

   git config --global user.name "Brian Kuzmanoski" git config --global user.email "<email address>" # Generate a new SSH key and add it to ssh-agent ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "<email address>" ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 # Copy the key to the clipboard pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

   Associate the SSH key on your clipboard with your Github account in Github Settings.

2. Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/bkuzmanoski/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles

3. Run the setup script

   Grant Terminal.app Full Disk Access permission (required to write to some plist files).

   cd ~/.dotfiles ./setup.sh

   The setup script can be re-run if there are any errors.

• macOS

  • System Settings
    • Menu Bar → Turn off "Wi-Fi"
    • Menu Bar → Turn off "Now Playing"
    • Menu Bar → Turn off "Spotlight"
    • Displays → Turn off "Automatically adjust brightness"
    • Notifications → Turn off "Allow notifications from iPhone"
    • Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts → Mission Control → Click on "Restore Defaults"
  • Set up Menu Bar, Control Center, and Notification Center layouts (see reference screenshots)
  • Set up Finder favorites (see reference screenshot)

• Apps

  • 1Password

    • Settings
      • General
        • Set "Show Quick Access" shortcut to ⌃⇧␣
        • Clear "Autofill" shortcut
      • Appearance → Set "Density" to "Compact"
      • Security → Set "App unlock preset" to "Convenient"
      • Developer
        • Turn on "Show 1Password Developer experience"
        • Turn on "Integrate with 1Password CLI"

  • AltTab

    • Settings
      • Controls → Shortcut 1 → Trigger → Set "Hold" to "⌘"
      • Controls → Shortcut 2 → Trigger → Set "Hold" to "⌘"

  • CleanShot X

    • Settings
      • General → After capture → Screenshot → Turn off "Show Quick Access Overlay"
      • General → After capture → Screenshot → Turn on "Copy file to clipboard"
      • General → After capture → Recording → Turn off "Show Quick Access Overlay"
      • General → After capture → Recording → Turn on "Copy file to clipboard"
      • General → After capture → Recording → Turn on "Save"
      • Shortcuts → General → Clear "All-In-One" shortcut
      • Shortcuts → General → Set "Open Capture History" shortcut to ⇧⌘6
      • Shortcuts → Screenshots → Set "Capture Area" shortcut to ⇧⌘2
      • Shortcuts → Screenshots → Set "Capture Fullscreen" shortcut to ⇧⌘1
      • Shortcuts → Screen Recording → Set "Record Screen / Stop Recording" shortcut to ⇧⌘5
      • Shortcuts → OCR → Set "Capture Text" shortcut to ⇧⌘4
      • Shortcuts → Annotate → Set "Annotate Last Screenshot" shortcut to ⇧⌘3
      • Shortcuts → Annotate → Clear "Save" shortcut
      • Shortcuts → Annotate → Set "Save as" shortcut to ⌘S

  • Figma

    • Settings
      • Turn off "Show Figma in Menu Bar"
      • Turn off "Rename duplicated layers"
      • Turn off "Flip objects while resizing"
      • Set "Big nudge" to 8px

  • Folder Preview

    • Settings → Turn on "Launch at login"
    • Enable Extensions

  • Hammerspoon

    • Settings → Turn on "Launch Hammerspoon at login"

  • Homerow

    • Settings → Turn on "Launch on login"

  • Ghostty

    • Grant Full Disk Access permission

  • Google Chrome

    • Grant Screen & System Audio Recording permission
    • Settings
      • Turn off ads privacy settings (ad topics, site-suggested ads, and ads measurement)
      • Turn off "Make searches and browsing better"
      • Turn off "Show downloads when they're complete"
      • Select "Third-party sign-in" → "Block sign-in prompts from identity services"
      • Set "Google Web" as default search engine

  • IINA

    • Settings → Utilities → Select "Set IINA as the Default Application…"

  • Mail

    • Set up sidebar favorites (see reference screenshot)
    • Turn off "Show Mail Categories"
    • Settings
      • Junk Mail → Turn on "Enable junk mail filtering"
      • Junk Mail → Set "When junk mail arrives" to "Perform custom actions (Click Advanced to configure)"
      • Junk Mail → Advanced → Perform the following actions → Add "Mark as Read"

  • Raycast

    • Import settings file
    • Disable unused extensions/commands

  • VS Code

    • Sync settings and extensions
    • Position Command Center in center of window

  • Xcode

    • Install Additional Tools for Xcode