mac-migration

My checklist for new macOS machine

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Mac Settings

• Dock
  • No System Apps
  • Left Dock & Adjust Size
  • No recent apps shown
  • Add dock spacer
• Trackpad
  • Tap to click
• Function Keys
  • Use F1, F2 keys as standard function keys
• Menubar
  • System Settings -> Clock Options -> display the time with seconds
  • remove
    • WIFI
    • spotlight
• Finder
  • Settings > Sidebar: check home locations

Software

• Browser (Microsoft Edge)

  • set as default browser
  • sign in for syncing
    • personal account & company account
  • config minimum style 你与清爽 Mac 版 Edge 浏览器还差一个配置文件的距离

• Key-mapping (Karabiner-Elements)

  • import configuration file from karabiner-configs repo

• Window Manager(SizeUp)

  • start on Login
  • reset shortcuts:
    • Make Window Full Screen: option + command + F
    • Make left/down/up/right window: control + option + command + H/J/K/L
    • Preferences > General > not Show Visual Action Overlay
  • a review article about alternatives: 7 款 Mac 窗口管理利器推荐，任务再多也不乱

• Quick Launcher

  • Raycast
    • config
    • set up Quicklinks
  • Alfred

• Menu bar simplifier (Hidden Bar)

• Dictionary (Eudic)

  • [] Download resources & config from Google Drive
    • Dictionary resources
    • Eudic config
  • set command+1 as hotkey

• Spaced Repetition (Anki)

• Note

  • Obsidian
    • Using Nutstore for syncing
      • not show icon in dock
  • Notion

• Dock badge monitor (Doll)

• Screenshot

  • Xnip

• Shortcut tools

  • Shortery

Coding

• Command Line Tools (CLT) for Xcode

  • xcode-select --install
  • or automatic install prompt from iterm2
  • packed with git?

• Package Manager (Homebrew)

• Terminal Emulator (iterm2)

  • dark theme
  • uncheck closing asking
  • requires pip3/command line developer tools installed
  • what magic does iterm2 do

• Zsh configuration manager - Oh My Zsh

  • autocompletion
  • plevel10k
    • font incompatible solution for editors

• Git Config

  • Basic configs (GTB instructions)
  • Generate a new ssh key & add ssh key to GitHub
  • config based on folder

• Editor

  • IntelliJ IDEA
    • create command-line launcher
    • Plugins
      • Idea-Vim plugin
        • .ideavimrc config
      • GitToolBox
  • Vim
  • VS Code

• SDK Manager (SDKMAN!)

  • select JDK to install: sdk list java & sdk install java {candidate}

• Containerization

  • OrbStack

• API Client (Postman)

• Cloud and Kubernetes

  • az brew install az
  • openlens brew install --cask openlens
  • kubelogin brew install Azure/kubelogin/kubelogin
  • kubectl brew install kubectl

Office-specific

• Zoom
• Wecom
• WeChat
• VMWare Horizon Client
• Office 365