New Macbook Pro Setup 26 Jul 2015 I’m finally switching to a Macbook Pro as my personal computer after a few months of using one at work. Local development on OSX is a lot easier and bug-free than on a Windows computer.
I started a gist with what I did for setup:
Important tips:
* to open applications quickly, command + space and type the application name
* mac doesn't have an address bar in finder, you need to use command + shift + g to type a directory path
* mac doesn't have "snap window to screen" like windows does, you need to install moom for this
* activity monitor = task manager
* brew install = apt get install (you'll need to install brew)
* use command + tilde to switch between windows for the same application
Setup:
* Upgrade to El Capitan through the app store if you haven't already
* Install chrome (https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/)
* Install chrome plugins (adblock, etc)
* Install brew
* /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
* Install iterm2 (https://www.iterm2.com/)
* Fix alt + left/right arrow in iterm: http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/136931
* open up iterm with command + space and type "brew install git"
* Install xcode and agree to terms of service (it's required by some things)
* Install sequelpro (http://www.sequelpro.com/download)
* Install sublime text
* Install sublime package manager and plugins (like anaconda)
* restore sublime text settings from other computer
* Security hardening (especially turn off bluetooth): http://docs.hardentheworld.org/OS/OSX_10.11_El_Capitan/index.html
* Open dock settings and check "Automatically hide and show dock"
* Open trackpad settings and enable "Tap to Click"
* Open keyboard settings and set "key repeat" to "Fast" and "delay until repeat" to "Short"
* Install dropbox