I recently got a new computer, and I thought I’d try to track all the steps needed for me to set it up! Here’s what I made a note of.

Apple ID

This requires access to the previous computer to get a confirmation code.

Installing programs

Installed:

Chrome
Dropbox, needed for emacs.d configuration
- requires access to another device with the Dropbox account on it for authorization code
Emacs for Mac OS X
Google Drive for Desktop
LastPass
- requires Apple ID
- requires access to email to get LastPass approval
MacPorts
- use saved list of requested ports if possible: port echo requested | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | uniq > requested-ports.txt
- cat requested-ports.txt | xargs sudo port install
Monosnap
Office: log into office.com → “Install apps”
OneTab for Safari
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Vagrant
- vagrant-vmware-desktop plugin
VMWare Fusion
XCode
- sudo xcodebuild -runFirstLaunch
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UI configuration

System preferences
- Map caps lock to control
- Keyboard shortcuts > Input Sources: remove ctrl+space
- Keyboard shortcuts > Function Keys: enable
- Keyboard shortcuts > Modifier Keys: map caps lock to control
- Spelling and prediction > disable “Correct spelling automatically” and “Capitalize words automatically”
Terminal
- Profiles > Keyboard > “use Option as Meta key” for each profile
- Create a 2x2 grid of terminal windows and save them as a “window group”
Fonts
- Install Julia Mono

Shell configuration

ln -s ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox ~/Dropbox
mkdir ~/code
ssh-keygen -t ed25519
git clone ~/Dropbox/emacs.d ~/.emacs.d
touch ~/.emacs.d/custom.el
# add /opt/local/bin/bash to /etc/shells
chsh

# with bashmarks installed:
#
# `s` saves a bookmark for the current folder
cd ~/code
for i in *; do pushd $i; s $i; popd; done

GitHub

Add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub to GitHub keys + authorize for SSO

Secrets

Generate GPG key
Copy ~/.authinfo.gpg
Copy ~/build/M365-IMAP/config.py

Email

Comment out pre- and post- sync hooks in ~/.offlineimaprc
Run offlineimap – this takes a long time