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Machine Setup

Things to do when setting up a new machine

Downloads

  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • VS Code
  • Sublime
  • Docker
  • Zoom
  • Slack

Settings

  • Dock & Menu Bar: Enable "Automatically hide and show the Dock"
  • Trackpad Point and Click: Enable secondary click with bottom right corner
  • Trackpad Scroll and Zoom: Disable Scroll Direction: Natural
  • Change battery settings
  • Change screensaver settings

Dev

  • Install XCode from App Store
  • Install XCode command line
xcode-select --install
  • Install Oh my zsh, make sure that the file .zshrc is exporting the below path at the top:
# Path to your oh-my-zsh installation
export ZSH="/Users/<USERNAME>/.oh-my-zsh"

Node Setup

  • Remove existing installations
brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies node
brew uninstall --force node
  • Install NVM with brew
brew install nvm
  • Create a directory in home folder
mkdir ~/.nvm
  • Add config inside ~/.zshrc
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "/opt/homebrew/opt/nvm/nvm.sh" ] && \. "/opt/homebrew/opt/nvm/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "/opt/homebrew/opt/nvm/etc/bash_completion.d/nvm" ] && \. "/opt/homebrew/opt/nvm/etc/bash_completion.d/nvm"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
  • Restart the terminal and run nvm --version to check
  • Install the current LTS node version
nvm install --lts

Git Setup

  • Install git
brew install git

ssh -T git@github.com
  • Set github username and email
git config --global user.name "Amy Walker"
git config --global user.email "birdsandbutterflys@hotmail.com"