macOS dotfiles

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

Installation

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.

Manual steps

• 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 "Save new items in" to "Personal"
        • Set "Show Quick Access" shortcut to ⌃⇧␣
        • Clear "Autofill" shortcut
      • Appearance → Set "Density" to "Compact"
      • Security
        • Set "App unlock preset" to "Convenient"
        • Turn on "Use Universal Clipboard to copy to other devices"
      • Developer
        • Turn on "Show 1Password Developer experience"
        • Turn on "Integrate with 1Password CLI"

  • Affinity

    • Set up studios: "Pixel", "Colour Grading", "Retouching"
    • Settings
      • General → Document → Turn off "Reopen document(s) on startup"
      • Machine Learning Models -> Segmentation -> Install
      • Home Screen → Turn off all options

  • AltTab

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

  • CleanShot X

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

  • Figma

    • Settings
      • Turn off "Rename duplicated layers"
      • Turn off "Flip objects while resizing"
      • Turn on "Invert Zoom Direction"
      • Nudge Amount… → Set "Big nudge" to 8px
      • Turn off "Show Figma in Menu Bar"

  • FineTune

    • Set HypetheSonics EQ preset
    • Settings → General
      • Set "Icon Style" to speaker
      • Set "Popup Size" to "Compact"

  • Ghostty

    • Grant Full Disk Access permission

  • Google Chrome

    • Grant Screen & System Audio Recording permission
    • Settings
      • You and Google → Sync and Google services → Turn off "Make searches and browsing better"
      • Privacy and security
        • Ads privacy
          • Turn off "Ad topics"
          • Turn off "Site-suggested ads"
          • Turn off "Ads measurement"
        • Site settings
          • Additional permissions → Web app installations → Select "Don't allow sites to install web apps on your device"
          • Additional content settings → Third-party sign-in → Select "Block sign-in prompts from identity services"
      • AI innovations → Gemini in Chrome
        • Turn off "Show Gemini at the top of the browser"
        • Turn off "Show Gemini in Mac menu bar and turn on keyboard shortcut"
      • Search engine → Manage search engines and site search → Set "Google Web" as default search engine
      • Downloads → Turn off "Show downloads when they're complete"
      • System → Turn off "On-device AI"
    • Flags
      • #lens-overlay-optimization-filter → Set to "Disabled" → Set to "Enabled"

  • Hammerspoon

    • Settings → Turn on "Launch Hammerspoon at login"

  • Homerow

    • Settings → Turn on "Launch on login"

  • 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"
        • Set "When junk mail arrives" to "Perform custom actions (Click Advanced to configure)"
        • 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