Dotfiles

To install: after cloning this repository to a new system (location agnostic):

1. run install to automatically set up the environment with help from dotobt.
2. Download ssh config-file from my secret gist and put in .ssh/config. (REQUIRES 1Password that is installed in the next step.)
3. If you want to also install applications, automatic install only "tested" on my personally managed Mac, run install-apps.

Below is my full workflow to get a new Mac up and running.

Getting Started

• Set up Mac regarding startup wizard. Migrate or start as new.
• Make sure iCloud Documents and Desktop is syncing.

More info regarding Dotfile

In order to keep ssh-connection ports mildly private, my ~/.ssh/config file is stored in a secret gist connected to my GitHub account. (Sadly a URL reveals the content to anyone. Maybe I should move it to Notion or some other location.)

• example of someone using this method - https://github.com/anishathalye/dotfiles
• write up of method - https://www.anishathalye.com/2014/08/03/managing-your-dotfiles/
• Dotbot - https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot/
• How Github uses dotfiles repos, specifically for Codespaces - https://help.github.com/en/github/developing-online-with-codespaces/personalizing-codespaces-for-your-account
• Think about adding https://github.com/sobolevn/dotbot-brewfile, and maybe other plugins.

Install apps

I have a script in dotfiles/install-apps. This installs:

• Homebrew
• homebrew, cask & Mac AppStore apps
• black & pytest via pipx

Potential brewfile issues

If miniconda is having issues, get the full installation instructions can be found at https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html. In short wget the appropriate script and run the install script.

• https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
• https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh

Set up iTerm and Alfred

The preferences for these applications are installed ~/Documents/2 Areas/P - Computing/application preferences/

SSH keys (& config?)

https://www.bartbusschots.ie/s/2015/03/29/taming-the-terminal-part-30-of-n-sshing-more-securely/

• Generate a new rsa key with ssh-keygen -t rsa.
• Save password and copy of key to 1Password.
• Upload the public key to a server:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/beautifulcode/ssh-copy-id-for-OSX/master/install.sh | sh
ssh-copy-id user@computer

• Add the key to ssh agent.

ssh-add

or

ssh-add -a ~/some_ssh_identity_file

• Check status of ssh-agent with ssh-add -l

MacOS setting to change

Hoping to make this a script.

• Safari

Other apps or Files?

Fonts

Homebrew downloaded some. I also usually create a favorites folder with:

• one
• other