settings

setup instructions

install

Homebrew

Follow brew installation instructions.

packages

See:

• HTTPie: HTTP CLI client + web app
• Postman: HTTP GUI client
• Beekeeper Studio: SQL editor
• MusicBrainz Picard: music tagger

$ brew install --cask google-chrome firefox visual-studio-code postman beekeeper-studio android-file-transfer musicbrainz-picard
$ brew install coreutils tree git python pyenv httpie

zsh

• Follow “Basic Installation”.
• Run compinstall (adds compinit to ~/.zshrc).

Node

Follow nvm installation instructions.

$ nvm install node

Python

pyenv, poetry, pycodestyle, pytest.

Rust

Follow rustup and rustup completions installation instructions (including cargo completions).

$ rustup help completions

add SSH keys

GitHub, GitLab.

If git asks for a passphrase:

$ ssh-add --apple-use-keychain ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
Identity added: /Users/oleksmarkh/.ssh/id_ed25519 (email)

tweak

Firefox

• about:config
  • browser.fullscreen.exit_on_escape: false

System Preferences (Ventura)

This section is opinionated but tries to turn default UX into a usable state.

• Sound
  • Play sound on startup: off
• Screen Time: off
• Appearance: Dark
• Accessibility
  • Display -> Reduce motion: on :star:
• Control Centre
  • Keyboard Brightness: Show in Control Centre
• Siri & Spotlight
  • Ask Siri: off
  • Spotlight -> Search results: all off except Applications and Calculator
• Desktop & Dock
  • Size: 30%
  • Dock
    • Automatically hide and show the Dock: on
    • Show recent applications in Dock: off
  • Mission Control
    • Automatically rearrange Spaces: off :star:
• Privacy & Security
  • FileVault: on
• Displays
  • Display -> Automatically adjust brightness: off
  • Night Shift -> Schedule: Sunset to Sunrise
• Lock Screen
  • Require password: immediately
  • Show message when locked: off
• Game Center: off
• Keyboard
  • Keyboard brightness: 5%
  • Turn keyboards brightness off after inactivity: 5min
  • Press globe key to: do nothing
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Input Sources: ⌘Space
    • Spotlight: ⌃⌘Space
    • Function Keys -> Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys on external keyboards: on
    • Modifier Keys -> Caps Lock: Control
    • everything else (except Screenshots): off
  • Text Input -> Input Sources
    • Languages: British, Ukrainian
    • Edit…
      • Automatically switch to a document’s input source: on
      • Correct spelling automatically: off
      • Capitalize words automatically: off
      • Add full stop with double-space: off
• Trackpad -> Point & Click
  • Tracking speed: 60%
  • Click: light
  • Force Click and haptic feedback: off
  • Look up & data detectors: off
  • Tap to click: on

Finder

• Preferences
  • General -> New Finder windows show: Downloads
  • Sidebar: rearrange
  • Advanced
    • Show all filename extension: on
    • Keep folders on top -> In windows when sorting by name: on

Widgets

Remove all except Weather and Calendar.

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