dotfiles

My dotfiles & configs as well as the setup of macOS via Ansible.

Setup

1. Complete the initial Mac setup (Sign in to iCloud and the App Store).
2. Install Xcode command line tools: xcode-select --install.
3. Upgrade pip: sudo pip3 install --upgrade pip
4. Install Ansible: pip3 install ansible.
5. Add Ansible to your $PATH: export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/Library/Python/3.9/bin"
6. Clone or download this repository to your local $HOME directory.
7. Change directory to playbook and run ansible-playbook main.yml --ask-become-pass.

Manual Steps

Apps

• Install Apps from the App Store:
  • Magnet
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
• Remove all Apps from the Dock (defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array && killall Dock) and add yours.
• Log into all your Apps: OneDrive, Discord, etc.
• Safari:
  • General: Homepage → about:blank
  • General: Open "safe" files after downloading → false
  • AutoFill: false
  • Search: Include search engine suggestions → false
  • Search: Include Safari Suggestions → false
  • Privacy: Apply Pay and Apple Card → false
  • Privacy: Web advertising → false
  • Advanced: Show full website address → true
  • Advanced: Show Develop menu in menu bar → true
• Mail:
  • General: Enable message follow up suggestions → false
  • General: When searching all mailboxes, include results from → Trash, Junk
  • Viewing: Show most recent message at the top → true

System

• Notifications: Adjust options.
• Siri & Spotlight → exclude from Spotlight search:
  • Bookmarks & History
  • Definition
  • Fonts
  • Movies
  • Music
  • Other
  • Siri Suggestions
• Privacy & Security: App Management → Add Terminal.app
• Battery: Options → Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off → true
• Lock Screen: Require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off → After 5 seconds
• Keyboard: Keyboard Shortcuts → Input Sources → Uncheck "Select the previous input source" (Control + Space)
• Customize Finder sidebar and toolbar.
• Copy SSH keys and set permissions (chmod 700 ~/.ssh and chmod 600 ~/.ssh/*).

Special Thanks

To Jeff Geerling for his Mac Dev Playbook, Ansible Collection Mac and generally for all his contributions to the open source community.