@diegorv .dotfiles

macOS and developer environment preferences with Brew/Git/Rbenv/ZSH

Setup

To install it is very easy.

Copy this command into the terminal, and the setup will start.

cd ~/
git clone https://github.com/diegorv/dotfiles.git .dotfiles
cd .dotfiles && ./setup.sh

Just follow the instructions! Easy peasy lemon squeezy 🤘

Setup process

1. OS X Customization
2. Brew installation
3. Git configuration
4. Shell configuration
5. Ruby configuration

1. OS X Customization

Others

• Install the latest macOS software updates
• Install the Xcode Command Line Tools (for compilers and Unix tools)
• Agree to the Xcode license
• Save screenshots in ~/Pictures/Screenshots folder
• Check for software updates daily, not just once per week
• Disable system-wide resume
• Turn off keyboard illumination when computer is not used for 30 seconds
• Make keyboard cursor faster
• Disable auto-correct
• Show the main window when launching Activity Monitor
• Visualize CPU usage in the Activity Monitor Dock icon
• Show all processes in Activity Monitor
• Sort Activity Monitor results by CPU usage
• Disable t.co urls on Tweetbot
• Don't automatically open Photos.app when connecting iPhone/iTunes
• Disable backups on iTunes
• Prevent Time Machine from prompting to use new hard drives as backup volume
• Disable automatic emoji substitution (i.e. use plain text smileys)
• Only use UTF-8 in Terminal.app
• Save screenshots in PNG format (other options: BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, TIFF)
• A lot of tweaks to Safari

Finder

• Disable window animations and Get Info animations
• Allow quitting Finder via ⌘ + Q; doing so will also hide desktop icons
• Show status bar.
• Show Path bar in Finder
• Show sidebar on Finder
• Use list view in all Finder windows by default
• Group files by name
• Enable spring loading for directories
• Remove the spring loading delay for directories
• Disable disk image verification
• Automatically open a new Finder window when a volume is mounted
• Avoid creation of .DS_Store files on network volumes
• Show all filename extensions
• Use current directory as default search scope in Finder
• Set default Finder path
• Show the ~/Library folder

Dock

• Show indicator lights for open applications in the Dock
• Set the icon size of Dock items to 48 pixels
• Set Dock zoom size
• Don’t show Dashboard as a Space
• Don’t automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use
• Remove the animation when hiding/showing the Dock

Security

• Disables Java in Safari
• Enables the macOS screensaver password immediately
• Enables the macOS application firewall
• Adds a Found this computer? message to the login screen
• Enables full-disk encryption and saves the FileVault Recovery Key to the Desktop
• Empty Trash securely by default

2. Brew installation

• Install Homebrew
• Install Homebrew Versions
• Install Homebrew Bundle
• Install Homebrew Services
• Install Homebrew Cask
• Install apps from files/Brewfile

3. Git configuration

• Install .gitignore
• Install .gitconfig
• Set user name and email to Git

4. Shell configuration

• Make ZSH default shell
• Install binaries to $HOME/local
• Install .zshrc
• Install .inputrc
• Install iterm2_shell_integration
• Install Oh-My-Zsh
• Install my diegorv.zsh-theme

5. Ruby configuration

• Install RBenv
• Install .gemrc
• Install .irbrc
• Install .pryrc
• Install Ruby 2.3.0 and 2.4.0
• Make Ruby 2.3.0 default

Resources

• https://github.com/MikeMcQuaid/strap
• https://github.com/carloscuesta/dotfiles
• https://github.com/kassio/dotfiles
• https://github.com/lucasmazza/dotfiles
• https://github.com/fnando/dotfiles