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Setup a new mac

This repo has a series of scripts to setup a new Mac from scratch. It will install things like brew, conda/mamba, and set various MacOS & App settings.

Getting started

  1. Sign into iCloud
  2. Update MacOS
  3. Open Terminal.app
  4. Install basic tools with xcode-select --install
  5. Clone this repo: git clone https://github.com/raydouglass/setup-mac.git && cd setup-mac
  6. Run env DEBUG=false ./setup_mac.sh [new_hostname]
    • Run with DEBUG=true to see what would be run without making any changes
  7. Reboot

Customize the setup

Edit files

  1. Edit pkgs/brew.sh to add/remove brew packages
  2. Edit pkgs/cask.sh to add/remove brew cask packages
  3. Edit pkgs/mas.sh to add/remove MacOS app store packages
  4. Edit files in config/ to customize MacOS' & other apps' settings

setup_mac.sh settings

Set environment variables to control setup_mac.sh execution:

  • SKIP_ALL - Skip everything below unless explicitly set to false
  • SKIP_BREW - Skip installing brew, brew packages, and brew cask packages
  • SKIP_BREW_PKGS - Skip installing brew packages
  • SKIP_CASK_PKGS - Skip installing brew cask packages
  • SKIP_MINIFORGE - Skip installing Miniforge3
  • SKIP_MACOS_SETTINGS - Skip setting MacOS settings
  • SKIP_APP_SETTINGS - Skip setting application settings
  • SKIP_DOCK_SETTINGS - Skip setting up the dock
  • SKIP_MAS - Skip installing MacOS app store packages
  • SKIP_DUTI_SETTINGS - Skip using duti for setting default apps

For example:

  • To only install brew packages DEBUG=false SKIP_ALL=true SKIP_BREW=false SKIP_BREW_PKGS=false ./setup_mac.sh
  • To only configure the docker: DEBUG=false SKIP_ALL=true SKIP_DOCK_SETTINGS=false ./setup_mac.sh

Other macOS Settings

  1. Enable FileVault
  2. Enable Time Machine
  3. Trackpad settings
    1. Tap to Click
    2. Natural Scrolling
    3. Swipe between pages w/ three fingers
  4. Enable TouchID & enroll fingerprints

Testing

Run env DEBUG=true ./setup_mac.sh

References

See: